Attributing the content of the first question to Salman al-Oudah.
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The questioner : I do not know whether the first question you asked me is considered an error in 'aqeedah (creed) or in ... .
The Shaykh: What is it?
The questioner : Their statement: "If the prophets and reformers up to the Day of Resurrection had fought against those who ... .
The Shaykh : It is a major misguidance. I have answered you regarding Noah (peace be upon him).
The questioner : This is what he also said.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner: HeThe Shaykh : Salman.
The Shaykh : Where did he say it?
The questioner : In this book.
The Shaykh : Show me this so I can see.
The questioner : Page 72.
The Shaykh : Look, what is here now? It says: "And that they know, O these callers, that if the prophets or the reformers up to the Day of Resurrection had fought against the types of shirk (associating partners with Allah) that contradict the word 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah), which are related only to popular customs, no one would have been exposed to them, and only a few would have stood in their way." Now, does the word "popular" here have a concept or not, in terms of the Arabic language?The questioner : What I am saying is that Allah knows best; I may be mistaken.
The Shaykh : We may all be so.
The questioner : Popular customs are these that exist among people, for example ... popular customs mean, for instance, that most people today are at the graves, circumambulating them, making vows, hanging rags, and so on, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but is the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) stopping here?
The questioner : What is the call to tawhid?
The Shaykh : Stopping here only, meaning fighting against popular shirk.
The questioner : No, but against shirk in its entirety.
The Shaykh : Well, it means that certain individuals, whether correctly or incorrectly, understand that they are pleased with the rulers and their actions that contradict the Shari'ah, whereas they only mean to reform the hearts of the people and the individuals of the people. Perhaps I was able to change for you what the man means? It means that the call to the truth is not limited only to reforming the individuals of the people, without the rulers, and being pleased with the actions of the rulers and leaving them in what they do of religious violations.
The questioner : O Shaykh, is the last sentence correct?
The Shaykh : We hear from the people of Makkah.
Another questioner : "I know its valleys best."
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
Another questioner: I say
The Shaykh: What is it?
The questioner : Their statement: "If the prophets and reformers up to the Day of Resurrection had fought against those who ... .
The Shaykh : It is a major misguidance. I have answered you regarding Noah (peace be upon him).
The questioner : This is what he also said.
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner: HeThe Shaykh : Salman.
The Shaykh : Where did he say it?
The questioner : In this book.
The Shaykh : Show me this so I can see.
The questioner : Page 72.
The Shaykh : Look, what is here now? It says: "And that they know, O these callers, that if the prophets or the reformers up to the Day of Resurrection had fought against the types of shirk (associating partners with Allah) that contradict the word 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah), which are related only to popular customs, no one would have been exposed to them, and only a few would have stood in their way." Now, does the word "popular" here have a concept or not, in terms of the Arabic language?The questioner : What I am saying is that Allah knows best; I may be mistaken.
The Shaykh : We may all be so.
The questioner : Popular customs are these that exist among people, for example ... popular customs mean, for instance, that most people today are at the graves, circumambulating them, making vows, hanging rags, and so on, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but is the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) stopping here?
The questioner : What is the call to tawhid?
The Shaykh : Stopping here only, meaning fighting against popular shirk.
The questioner : No, but against shirk in its entirety.
The Shaykh : Well, it means that certain individuals, whether correctly or incorrectly, understand that they are pleased with the rulers and their actions that contradict the Shari'ah, whereas they only mean to reform the hearts of the people and the individuals of the people. Perhaps I was able to change for you what the man means? It means that the call to the truth is not limited only to reforming the individuals of the people, without the rulers, and being pleased with the actions of the rulers and leaving them in what they do of religious violations.
The questioner : O Shaykh, is the last sentence correct?
The Shaykh : We hear from the people of Makkah.
Another questioner : "I know its valleys best."
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
Another questioner: I say
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