The discussion regarding the emergence of the takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) group in Iraq
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The questioner: Oh Shaykh, if Allah wills, we would like to ask you a simple question.
The student: He wants to ask you a question, our Shaykh.
The questioner: We are in Iraq, praise be to Allah. The da'wah (calling others to Islam) was struggling in the seventies in Iraq, but now, praise be to Allah, it is very widespread.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner: I mean, many of the Sufis have converted, and many of the Shi'ah have converted, but for the past two years, and now three years, the issue of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) has emerged, and they are new young men, so they have started to engage in takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) a lot, by Allah.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: So I told him, through the magazine al-Hikmah or through ... that Iraq was a difficult country, meaning, but by the mercy of Allah, He is above all things.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: Because sixty percent of them are Shi'ah, and they started to convert, sixty percent is a large percentage, meaning.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. That is a favor from Allah.
The questioner: Now, Professor, regarding the Hijrah Mosque, we are from Nasiriyah, and one hundred people come out from them, just from the city of Nasiriyah, at the mosque in the Rughdan square, the Hijrah Mosque.
The Shaykh: ... among the Salafi youth.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: It goes back to two things. The first thing is ignorance of Islam, its Book and Sunnah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I mean, as it came in some proverbs, "The date becomes a fly before it ripens." These people are dominated by arrogance and conceit, and as you know from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):.
The questioner: You spoke the truth, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: So they are two plagues.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Ignorance and conceit.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Therefore, you do not find among all these people who write or lecture on the issue of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) a Shaykh.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I mean, in terms of language and knowledge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: A Shaykh who has grown old in knowledge; they are all boys.
The questioner: You spoke the truth, you spoke the truth.
The Shaykh: And from here comes the destruction.
The questioner: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The Shaykh: For this reason, it came in some Salafi narrations, the meaning of which is, "You will remain in goodness as long as you take knowledge from the elders and do not take knowledge from the juniors." These are the juniors.
The questioner: You spoke the truth, oh Shaykh, may Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Helper.
The student: He wants to ask you a question, our Shaykh.
The questioner: We are in Iraq, praise be to Allah. The da'wah (calling others to Islam) was struggling in the seventies in Iraq, but now, praise be to Allah, it is very widespread.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner: I mean, many of the Sufis have converted, and many of the Shi'ah have converted, but for the past two years, and now three years, the issue of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) has emerged, and they are new young men, so they have started to engage in takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) a lot, by Allah.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: So I told him, through the magazine al-Hikmah or through ... that Iraq was a difficult country, meaning, but by the mercy of Allah, He is above all things.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner: Because sixty percent of them are Shi'ah, and they started to convert, sixty percent is a large percentage, meaning.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. That is a favor from Allah.
The questioner: Now, Professor, regarding the Hijrah Mosque, we are from Nasiriyah, and one hundred people come out from them, just from the city of Nasiriyah, at the mosque in the Rughdan square, the Hijrah Mosque.
The Shaykh: ... among the Salafi youth.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: It goes back to two things. The first thing is ignorance of Islam, its Book and Sunnah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I mean, as it came in some proverbs, "The date becomes a fly before it ripens." These people are dominated by arrogance and conceit, and as you know from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Three things that lead to destruction: an obeyed stinginess, a followed desire, and the self-admiration of every person who has an opinion with his own opinion
ثلاث مهلكات : شحٌّ مطاعٌ ، وهوًى متَّبعٌ ، وإعجاب كلِّ ذي رأيٍ برأيهThe questioner: You spoke the truth, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: So they are two plagues.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Ignorance and conceit.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Therefore, you do not find among all these people who write or lecture on the issue of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) a Shaykh.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I mean, in terms of language and knowledge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: A Shaykh who has grown old in knowledge; they are all boys.
The questioner: You spoke the truth, you spoke the truth.
The Shaykh: And from here comes the destruction.
The questioner: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The Shaykh: For this reason, it came in some Salafi narrations, the meaning of which is, "You will remain in goodness as long as you take knowledge from the elders and do not take knowledge from the juniors." These are the juniors.
The questioner: You spoke the truth, oh Shaykh, may Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Helper.
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