(Speaking about al-Tusi, his creed, and the danger of placing non-Islamic curricula in schools) And likewise, al-Tusi came with open war, with the sharpness of his sword and the tongue of his speech
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The Shaykh : He said: "And likewise, al-Tusi came with open war *** with the sharpness of his sword and the tongue of his speech"
Who is al-Tusi? It is al-Khujjah Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, whom did he appoint as vizier? Hulagu Khan, the king of the Tatars. This is the one called by them Nasir al-Din, but Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and his student Ibn al-Qayyim call him: Nasir al-Kufr (Supporter of Disbelief). And truly, he is a supporter of disbelief, as you heard in last night's lesson about what he did to the Muslims along with his ally, Ibn al-'Alqami. Yes, he says:
"And likewise, al-Tusi came with open war *** with the sharpness of his sword and the tongue of his speech" meaning: he came with two weapons, the sharp sword and the tongue, which is the speech of what he had of slander, until he destroyed the Muslims in Baghdad.
"And he came to Islam to destroy its root *** its foundation and the pillars of the building
He built schools for the philosophers who *** disbelieved in the religion of Allah and the Qur'an"
This wicked man built schools, but for whom? For the philosophers. He taught in them the science of philosophy, which is a deviation from the path of Allah. Just as there are now in the lands of Muslims those who have introduced the philosophy of the West, the extravagances of the West, and the corruption of the West into the methodology and culture of Muslims, until the religious subjects were weakened in order to force in this information that destroys religions and morals. In fact, the religious sciences were lost in some Islamic lands and were not in their curricula. And Allah knows best; perhaps if those who forced these sciences into the curricula and schools had been able to abolish the religious subjects in the lands where religious subjects exist, they would have abolished them. But they fear the power of the common people, so they left some of the religious curricula and weakened them, then they replaced them with these curricula that contain open disbelief. In some of them, there is open disbelief. Let us leave aside the curricula that call for abandoning morals and for images of some naked women or some men who are almost naked, but they contain destructive ideas that have corrupted the world. So this is truly an extension of what came before. This man who is called Nasir al-Din says that he built schools for the philosophers who disbelieved in the religion of Allah and the Qur'an.
Who is al-Tusi? It is al-Khujjah Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, whom did he appoint as vizier? Hulagu Khan, the king of the Tatars. This is the one called by them Nasir al-Din, but Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and his student Ibn al-Qayyim call him: Nasir al-Kufr (Supporter of Disbelief). And truly, he is a supporter of disbelief, as you heard in last night's lesson about what he did to the Muslims along with his ally, Ibn al-'Alqami. Yes, he says:
"And likewise, al-Tusi came with open war *** with the sharpness of his sword and the tongue of his speech" meaning: he came with two weapons, the sharp sword and the tongue, which is the speech of what he had of slander, until he destroyed the Muslims in Baghdad.
"And he came to Islam to destroy its root *** its foundation and the pillars of the building
He built schools for the philosophers who *** disbelieved in the religion of Allah and the Qur'an"
This wicked man built schools, but for whom? For the philosophers. He taught in them the science of philosophy, which is a deviation from the path of Allah. Just as there are now in the lands of Muslims those who have introduced the philosophy of the West, the extravagances of the West, and the corruption of the West into the methodology and culture of Muslims, until the religious subjects were weakened in order to force in this information that destroys religions and morals. In fact, the religious sciences were lost in some Islamic lands and were not in their curricula. And Allah knows best; perhaps if those who forced these sciences into the curricula and schools had been able to abolish the religious subjects in the lands where religious subjects exist, they would have abolished them. But they fear the power of the common people, so they left some of the religious curricula and weakened them, then they replaced them with these curricula that contain open disbelief. In some of them, there is open disbelief. Let us leave aside the curricula that call for abandoning morals and for images of some naked women or some men who are almost naked, but they contain destructive ideas that have corrupted the world. So this is truly an extension of what came before. This man who is called Nasir al-Din says that he built schools for the philosophers who disbelieved in the religion of Allah and the Qur'an.