The Shaykh’s remarks on purification and nurturing in religion.

The Shaykh : Therefore, I have an idea for which I have set a title. We have been in this situation for more than ten years. The path to salvation from the situation we are in is what I express in two words: purification and nurturing are necessary.

The questioner : Purification and nurturing. Purification of what?

The Shaykh : Purification of Islam from what has entered it, and what has entered it is more than what is in it.

The questioner : I mean, are the enemies of Islam from Islam?

The Shaykh : No, rather it is from the ignorant Muslims. I mean, the causes are many and the causes have multiplied, but death is one. Some of it sprang from their own souls, and some of it came upon them from their enemies. So I think it has become clear to you what we mean by purification. Purification means purifying the beliefs that have entered the minds of Muslims, and Islam is innocent of them, innocent as the wolf is of the blood of the son of Ya'qub, as it is said. Purifying the Prophetic hadiths from weak and fabricated hadiths, and there are many of them. You do not hear a sermon in a mosque or on the radio without finding a weak or fabricated hadith or more. Purifying Islamic jurisprudence from the opinions and ideas in it, some of which sprang from the independent legal reasoning of scholars, but they are not infallible, and some of which came from people who are not people of knowledge but rather followers of a scholar without knowing his evidence. Purification, purification, then purification of conduct from deviation from the Book and the Sunnah. For example, the Sufi conduct that despises the world and contradicts, such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:
The Shaykh : And although this address, contrary to what many Muslims think due to their lack of study of the Noble Qur'an, is not directed by Allah directly to the Muslims, rather it is a report about the believers, the followers of Musa, who said to Qarun, "And do not forget your share of the world." So this is the speech of the believers advising Qarun. It is known that he was one of the richest people in that time. But this is a word of truth, except that we should distinguish between this speech coming from Allah directed directly to the believers, and Allah reporting it from the believers advising someone like this Qarun. And such as the saying of Allah the Exalted: Many people imagine that this is the speech of Yusuf, while it is the speech of the wife of al-'Aziz. She is the one who said, "And I do not declare myself innocent."
The Shaykh : The point is that purification and nurturing are necessary. Purifying Islam from everything that is foreign to it, and this requires very great efforts. And this purification must be accompanied by nurturing the Muslims upon this purified Islam.