What is the meaning of the straight path in the saying of the Exalted: “Indeed, this is My path, so follow it…”? And what are the paths from which He has forbidden?
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The questioner: O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: Is it possible to ask one more simple question?
The Shaykh : Yes, you may.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with all good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: The question is about the verse:[Al-An'am 6:153].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: What is meant by the straight path, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: It means Islam.
The questioner: Islam?!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: The straight path = Islam.
The Shaykh: Islam.
The questioner: The paths?
The Shaykh: And the paths are: what contradicts Islam.
The questioner: What contradicts Islam!
The Shaykh: From shirk (associating partners with Allah), bid'ah (religious innovation), and everything that contradicts Islam.
The questioner: Is everything that contradicts Islam these paths?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with all good, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: May Allah benefit us with your knowledge.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: Is it possible to ask one more simple question?
The Shaykh : Yes, you may.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with all good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: The question is about the verse:
And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways
وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: What is meant by the straight path, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: It means Islam.
The questioner: Islam?!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: The straight path = Islam.
The Shaykh: Islam.
The questioner: The paths?
The Shaykh: And the paths are: what contradicts Islam.
The questioner: What contradicts Islam!
The Shaykh: From shirk (associating partners with Allah), bid'ah (religious innovation), and everything that contradicts Islam.
The questioner: Is everything that contradicts Islam these paths?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with all good, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: May Allah benefit us with your knowledge.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
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