If advising a member of the groups existing today leads to his deviation, should he be left as he is?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, does the Shaykh’s statement include the case where a person finds a man from one of the groups currently in the scene, and he is convinced that if he were not called away from this group...
The Shaykh : Why not
The questioner : ...if he were called away from this group...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...and he did not leave it and went to sins and to what is forbidden...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...his condition might worsen.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is included in this, especially if the criticism of the group is not correct, or if it involves risk, or if it involves exaggeration. Because some people, when they find an innovation in a group, vilify it and spread this innovation, while remaining silent about the many benefits that exist in this group. It is obligatory for us, and we are Muslims, praise be to Allah, and we ask Allah to keep us and you firm upon Islam. It is obligatory, when we see a deficiency in our brothers, to clarify it to them and to press them to correct this deficiency. As for taking the deficiency as a fault and spreading the scandal, this is not the straightest path. There is no man or group that does not have a deficiency, but the obligation is to try to complete this deficiency. As for vilification, I see that it is not the straight path, especially now.
Now, the groups in the scene, as I said, and praise be to Allah, we hope that they will disperse and disappear. Now, if some of these groups misguide others, declare others innovators, forbid others, and deem them foolish, then this satisfies the eyes of whom? The enemies of the religion, who are the true enemies. So the obligation is to fix what is corrupt and not to slander one who has erred in something. Hajjaj, the time is over, O Salim.
The Shaykh : Why not
The questioner : ...if he were called away from this group...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...and he did not leave it and went to sins and to what is forbidden...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...his condition might worsen.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is included in this, especially if the criticism of the group is not correct, or if it involves risk, or if it involves exaggeration. Because some people, when they find an innovation in a group, vilify it and spread this innovation, while remaining silent about the many benefits that exist in this group. It is obligatory for us, and we are Muslims, praise be to Allah, and we ask Allah to keep us and you firm upon Islam. It is obligatory, when we see a deficiency in our brothers, to clarify it to them and to press them to correct this deficiency. As for taking the deficiency as a fault and spreading the scandal, this is not the straightest path. There is no man or group that does not have a deficiency, but the obligation is to try to complete this deficiency. As for vilification, I see that it is not the straight path, especially now.
Now, the groups in the scene, as I said, and praise be to Allah, we hope that they will disperse and disappear. Now, if some of these groups misguide others, declare others innovators, forbid others, and deem them foolish, then this satisfies the eyes of whom? The enemies of the religion, who are the true enemies. So the obligation is to fix what is corrupt and not to slander one who has erred in something. Hajjaj, the time is over, O Salim.