What is your opinion of this saying: “The Jahiliyyah of the twentieth century”?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, there is a phrase widespread among writers, which is their saying: “We are in the Jahiliyyah of the twentieth century.” Does the Shaykh’s statement here indicate that?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt it indicates that. Everything that contradicts the Messenger is Jahiliyyah.
The questioner : ... the word previously, so I said this statement is not correct, or the meaning of this.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : I remember it; I remember the opposite, Shaykh, and that you affirmed that this word is correct and factual.
The Shaykh : Yes, in any case, the rule is that everything that contradicts the Shari'ah is ignorance. And you have just learned that ignorance is either the absence of knowledge or the absence of action; both are ignorance. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt it indicates that. Everything that contradicts the Messenger is Jahiliyyah.
The questioner : ... the word previously, so I said this statement is not correct, or the meaning of this.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The questioner : I remember it; I remember the opposite, Shaykh, and that you affirmed that this word is correct and factual.
The Shaykh : Yes, in any case, the rule is that everything that contradicts the Shari'ah is ignorance. And you have just learned that ignorance is either the absence of knowledge or the absence of action; both are ignorance. Yes.