The Shaykh’s warning regarding the term “committed youth.”
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The questioner : Your Eminence, a while ago, what is called Islamic songs were spread among the youth, and sometimes the youth engage in them to an excessive degree!
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Some of the committed youth engage in them to an excessive degree, I mean!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is your opinion on them?
The Shaykh : First, you told me: committed youth. Who gave you this expression?
The questioner : We consider them to be so.
The Shaykh : We do not consider them so. It is not in order to certify them or not certify them, but using the word “committed” for a good person is not correct. Read the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[Fussilat 41:30] What?
The questioner :.
The Shaykh : And they did not commit?
Now read the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Mishkat al-Masabih 15Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i), so I hope our brothers will replace the word “committed” with the word “upright,” because this is what came in the Qur’an and the Sunnah. However, the word: “committed” has another meaning among the jurists. They say: the committed one is the one who adheres to the rulings of Islam, even if he is a Jew or a Christian. They call the People of the Book (dhimmis) committed. Read the book on hudud (fixed punishments) in fiqh and you will find that it says: “The hadd is obligatory upon every adult, sane, committed person who knows the prohibition”. They said, and the committed one is the Muslim, the Jew, and the Christian, the People of the Book (dhimmis). Did you understand?
Take it with you and convey it to your companions. Change “committed” to “upright” in accordance with the Qur’an and the Sunnah, and to avoid what the jurists have agreed upon in their books.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Some of the committed youth engage in them to an excessive degree, I mean!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is your opinion on them?
The Shaykh : First, you told me: committed youth. Who gave you this expression?
The questioner : We consider them to be so.
The Shaykh : We do not consider them so. It is not in order to certify them or not certify them, but using the word “committed” for a good person is not correct. Read the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah " and then
إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثمThe questioner :
they were upright
استقامواThe Shaykh : And they did not commit?
Now read the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Say, ‘I believe in God’, then keep to the straight path.
قل آمنت بالله ثم استقمTake it with you and convey it to your companions. Change “committed” to “upright” in accordance with the Qur’an and the Sunnah, and to avoid what the jurists have agreed upon in their books.