What is the meaning of the author's statement that opposing the disbelievers is only possible when the religion is manifest?
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The questioner : The Shaykh, what the Shaykh of Islam mentioned is that opposing them is only possible when the religion is manifest.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What the Shaykh of Islam mentioned is that opposing them is only possible when the religion is manifest.
The Shaykh : That opposing them
The questioner : That opposing them is only possible when the religion is manifest.
The Shaykh : It is not possible, yes, meaning that the obligation to oppose them is in the outward guidance, not in the beliefs.
The questioner : The beliefs... that it is the Sunnah of Allah in the universe; the weak follows...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : That the weak follows the strong... so the strong is independent of the weak...
The Shaykh : And the weak
The questioner : And the weak... so there is nothing new.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : So there is nothing new.
The Shaykh : So there is nothing new. How can there be anything new? Because someone might say that the obligation is to oppose them whether we are strong or weak.
The questioner : The strong, O Shaykh, imitates the weak.
The Shaykh : No, he does not imitate them, but they are currently on a specific guidance, with specific clothing. If a person in their lands were to oppose them in their clothing, they would harm him, and he is unable to oppose this. This is the Shaykh's intent, yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What the Shaykh of Islam mentioned is that opposing them is only possible when the religion is manifest.
The Shaykh : That opposing them
The questioner : That opposing them is only possible when the religion is manifest.
The Shaykh : It is not possible, yes, meaning that the obligation to oppose them is in the outward guidance, not in the beliefs.
The questioner : The beliefs... that it is the Sunnah of Allah in the universe; the weak follows...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : That the weak follows the strong... so the strong is independent of the weak...
The Shaykh : And the weak
The questioner : And the weak... so there is nothing new.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : So there is nothing new.
The Shaykh : So there is nothing new. How can there be anything new? Because someone might say that the obligation is to oppose them whether we are strong or weak.
The questioner : The strong, O Shaykh, imitates the weak.
The Shaykh : No, he does not imitate them, but they are currently on a specific guidance, with specific clothing. If a person in their lands were to oppose them in their clothing, they would harm him, and he is unable to oppose this. This is the Shaykh's intent, yes.