Explaining the Obligation to Return to the Truth
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The Shaykh : I say that establishing tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is a difficult matter, especially for one who has lived in lands where there are defects in this regard. However, the believer, in truth, returns to the truth wherever it is. The truth is the believer’s lost property; wherever he finds it, he takes it. It is not permissible for a person, when the truth is presented to him, to say, “We found our fathers upon a nation.” Who said this? It was the words of the enemies of the messengers who rejected what the messengers brought by saying: [Az-Zukhruf 43:22] or . So the believer says, “Where is the truth? I will follow it.” And if we look at the guidance of the Companions, the Rightly Guided Caliphs and those after them, and the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) and the imams of the Muslim community, we find that when the truth became clear to them, they returned to it, even if they had previously said the opposite.
Now, if Allah wills, we move to the questions, and we ask Allah to grant us success in the correct answer.
The audience: Amen.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad. May Allah reward our honorable Shaykh and our father, the honorable Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymeen, for what he has benefited us with. These are many questions, and we apologize to the brothers whose questions we did not present.
Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
إنا وجدنا آباءنا على أمّة وإنا على آثارهم مهتدونand we are following in their footsteps
وإنا على آثارهم مقتدونNow, if Allah wills, we move to the questions, and we ask Allah to grant us success in the correct answer.
The audience: Amen.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad. May Allah reward our honorable Shaykh and our father, the honorable Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymeen, for what he has benefited us with. These are many questions, and we apologize to the brothers whose questions we did not present.