What is the correct method for calling people to the Sunnah without causing fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
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The questioner : We said that the scholar is required to mean... the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, if there is no imam... people say, from the perspective of gathering, so that even the common people do not turn away from such things.
The Shaykh : No, no. In such a case, a person should make an introduction. Yes, perhaps if he immediately confronts them with what they deny, but he should make an introduction. He should first speak words saying, for example, "This is the Sunnah," so that their hearts accept this matter.
The questioner : Is it possible, Shaykh... they say... I mean, they bring...
The Shaykh : We are talking about one who is accepted, the well-known scholar. If a student of knowledge who is not known to the common people comes, they immediately say, "This is a new religion, rejected." Yes. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean, if there is no imam... people say, from the perspective of gathering, so that even the common people do not turn away from such things.
The Shaykh : No, no. In such a case, a person should make an introduction. Yes, perhaps if he immediately confronts them with what they deny, but he should make an introduction. He should first speak words saying, for example, "This is the Sunnah," so that their hearts accept this matter.
The questioner : Is it possible, Shaykh... they say... I mean, they bring...
The Shaykh : We are talking about one who is accepted, the well-known scholar. If a student of knowledge who is not known to the common people comes, they immediately say, "This is a new religion, rejected." Yes. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab?