The Ruling on Politics
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The Shaykh: Educating oneself in this purified knowledge from the Book and the Sunnah. And I say that politics is obligatory, but not on this day. I said this, and our brother Abd al-Rahman might find it objectionable. Now, part of politics is abandoning politics right now. Now, part of politics is abandoning politics, because a person has jumped into everything before taking the measures that prepare him for that jump. So the one who jumps will fall on his head. This is very clear in material matters, just as it is in spiritual matters.
The student: Like Abbas ibn Dirbas.
The Shaykh: This is it, yes. May Allah help us.
The student: This is his friend, or the one who was invited. I don't know, of course. What is his connection to it? He is from Indonesia. His accent is weak. The Shaykh's accent is strange. My Shaykh, a strange way.
The Shaykh: He is older than him.
The student: No, by about a year.
The Shaykh: By his age.
The student: Yes, so he is doing it, my Shaykh, in this way, like this.
The Shaykh: I mean, he is not Arab.
The student: No, he is Arab, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I said he is from Indonesia.
The student: He might be working as a guard, or have a business, or something like that. The point is, later he will carry a cane. The handle of the cane is a bird's head.
The Shaykh: A head.
The student: A bird or an animal, I don't know. And he brings it into the mosque. I was told this, and I did not see it until this morning. Indeed, I saw it carved like that, with a bird's head, or a bird's head, I did not specify exactly.
The Shaykh: Well, what do you think about starting a conversation with the imam from this side?
The student: From this side, as a chat, meaning. Good, yes, my Shaykh, meaning it should be an entry point.
The Shaykh: An entry point, or at least to gauge what he knows and what he does not know.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: What is his position regarding the violations that have started to creep into the mosques, including images?
The student: If Allah wills, my Shaykh.
The student: Like Abbas ibn Dirbas.
The Shaykh: This is it, yes. May Allah help us.
The student: This is his friend, or the one who was invited. I don't know, of course. What is his connection to it? He is from Indonesia. His accent is weak. The Shaykh's accent is strange. My Shaykh, a strange way.
The Shaykh: He is older than him.
The student: No, by about a year.
The Shaykh: By his age.
The student: Yes, so he is doing it, my Shaykh, in this way, like this.
The Shaykh: I mean, he is not Arab.
The student: No, he is Arab, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I said he is from Indonesia.
The student: He might be working as a guard, or have a business, or something like that. The point is, later he will carry a cane. The handle of the cane is a bird's head.
The Shaykh: A head.
The student: A bird or an animal, I don't know. And he brings it into the mosque. I was told this, and I did not see it until this morning. Indeed, I saw it carved like that, with a bird's head, or a bird's head, I did not specify exactly.
The Shaykh: Well, what do you think about starting a conversation with the imam from this side?
The student: From this side, as a chat, meaning. Good, yes, my Shaykh, meaning it should be an entry point.
The Shaykh: An entry point, or at least to gauge what he knows and what he does not know.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: What is his position regarding the violations that have started to creep into the mosques, including images?
The student: If Allah wills, my Shaykh.
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