Another question regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And when it is said to them, 'Believe as the people have believed,' they say, 'Should we believe as the fools have believed?'"
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The questioner : The Shaykh, may Allah reward you. [Al-Baqarah 2:13] It appears that these people will come on the Day of Resurrection saying, "O our Lord..." People will come to them who confuse them. Do they have an argument?
The Shaykh : They have no argument as long as the truth has reached them.
The questioner : The truth has reached them. The higher one conveyed falsehood to them, and the lower one...
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for them that when the lower one said to them, "This is wrong, this is disbelief, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah)," they should pause and investigate. As for saying:[Al-Ahzab 33:67], that is not an argument.
And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?"
وإذا قيل لهم آمنوا كما آمن الناس قالوا أنؤمن كما آمن السفهاءThe Shaykh : They have no argument as long as the truth has reached them.
The questioner : The truth has reached them. The higher one conveyed falsehood to them, and the lower one...
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for them that when the lower one said to them, "This is wrong, this is disbelief, this is shirk (associating partners with Allah)," they should pause and investigate. As for saying: