The Meaning of the Poet's Saying: If That Answer Is Sincere *** Then Proceed Upon It, O People of Knowledge. By Allah, After Clarification, for One Who Is Just, *** There Is Nothing But Stubbornness and the Mount of Abandonment
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The Shaykh :"If that answer is sincere *** Then proceed upon it, O people of knowledge"
The answer is not sincere, but Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) is mocking them. He says: "O people of knowledge," and how far they are from knowledge.
"By Allah, after clarification, for one who is just, *** There is nothing but stubbornness and the mount of abandonment"
So, these two opponents, according to what the Islamic legal evidence requires, who is the winner? The second one mentioned, who is the first in rank. And the loser? The first one mentioned, who is the last in rank. So now, choose for yourself whether to be like these or like those. Every person of sound mind will choose to be among those who judged by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes? Tawhid (the oneness of Allah), yes, that is right.
The answer is not sincere, but Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) is mocking them. He says: "O people of knowledge," and how far they are from knowledge.
"By Allah, after clarification, for one who is just, *** There is nothing but stubbornness and the mount of abandonment"
So, these two opponents, according to what the Islamic legal evidence requires, who is the winner? The second one mentioned, who is the first in rank. And the loser? The first one mentioned, who is the last in rank. So now, choose for yourself whether to be like these or like those. Every person of sound mind will choose to be among those who judged by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes? Tawhid (the oneness of Allah), yes, that is right.