What is your opinion regarding what is called going out in the path of Allah?
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The Shaykh : He says: What is your opinion regarding what some of the brothers call going out in the path of Allah, with the intention of reforming the self and training it in patience for the sake of da'wah (calling to Islam)? They consider that a person... and they cite as evidence the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) departure to Ta'if.
We say: There is no doubt that going out for the da'wah (calling) to Allah is part of the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it is not jihad in the path of Allah. Jihad in the path of Allah is fighting the disbelievers in war and combat. As for this, the da'wah (calling) to Allah is undoubtedly part of the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and whenever a person sees benefit in this, let him do it.
The reader: Some of the brothers brought a research paper on those who intended to visit al-Madini, using this hadith as a proof, specifically the hadith narrated by al-Madini, not al-Bukhari or others. Shall we read it, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Is it long or not?
The reader: It is long, O Shaykh, it is long.
The Shaykh : Let him write the summary and give it to us. In the name of Allah.
The reader: 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 blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If we were to enumerate the authentic reports among the people of knowledge, which this claimant considers to be few, and count them, we would be unable to exhaustively mention and count them all. However, we preferred to select a number of them to serve as a sign for what we have remained silent about. And these are Abu Usman al-Nahdi and Abu Rafi' al-Sayyagh, both of whom lived through the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and were companions of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from among the participants at Badr, and so on. They transmitted reports from them until they reached the level of Abu Hurayrah and Ibn 'Umar, and their peers. Each of them narrated a hadith from Abi' ibn Ka'b from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)... "
We say: There is no doubt that going out for the da'wah (calling) to Allah is part of the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it is not jihad in the path of Allah. Jihad in the path of Allah is fighting the disbelievers in war and combat. As for this, the da'wah (calling) to Allah is undoubtedly part of the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and whenever a person sees benefit in this, let him do it.
The reader: Some of the brothers brought a research paper on those who intended to visit al-Madini, using this hadith as a proof, specifically the hadith narrated by al-Madini, not al-Bukhari or others. Shall we read it, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Is it long or not?
The reader: It is long, O Shaykh, it is long.
The Shaykh : Let him write the summary and give it to us. In the name of Allah.
The reader: 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 blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If we were to enumerate the authentic reports among the people of knowledge, which this claimant considers to be few, and count them, we would be unable to exhaustively mention and count them all. However, we preferred to select a number of them to serve as a sign for what we have remained silent about. And these are Abu Usman al-Nahdi and Abu Rafi' al-Sayyagh, both of whom lived through the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and were companions of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from among the participants at Badr, and so on. They transmitted reports from them until they reached the level of Abu Hurayrah and Ibn 'Umar, and their peers. Each of them narrated a hadith from Abi' ibn Ka'b from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)... "