How to Call Those Influenced by Certain Cultures
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If the person being called, or the people being called, are influenced by certain cultures or certain societies, what is the best way to call them?
Answer: Explain to them what is lacking in the methodologies, paths, and environments that influenced them. Explain to them that these environments, or these paths, or these associations, or these traits that you have acquired from such and such are deficient in such and such, and that you must weigh them against the scale of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Whatever you have acquired, or learned, or adopted as a character trait due to the environment, or due to mixing with the family of so-and-so or the family of so-and-so, you must weigh that against the scale of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), just as scholars weigh issues of Islamic jurisprudence against the evidence. Whatever conforms to the Shari'ah must be retained, and whatever contradicts the Shari'ah must be discarded, even if it is the character of the fathers, neighbors, ancestors, or scholars, or others. The important thing is that the good character indicated by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) remains, and that one does not become biased toward the conduct of one's father or grandfather, or one's environment, or the environment of one's country, or the like. Rather, one must hold to the ruling that it is not permissible to contradict, which is what is indicated by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or the consensus of the Muslim community. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: Explain to them what is lacking in the methodologies, paths, and environments that influenced them. Explain to them that these environments, or these paths, or these associations, or these traits that you have acquired from such and such are deficient in such and such, and that you must weigh them against the scale of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Whatever you have acquired, or learned, or adopted as a character trait due to the environment, or due to mixing with the family of so-and-so or the family of so-and-so, you must weigh that against the scale of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), just as scholars weigh issues of Islamic jurisprudence against the evidence. Whatever conforms to the Shari'ah must be retained, and whatever contradicts the Shari'ah must be discarded, even if it is the character of the fathers, neighbors, ancestors, or scholars, or others. The important thing is that the good character indicated by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) remains, and that one does not become biased toward the conduct of one's father or grandfather, or one's environment, or the environment of one's country, or the like. Rather, one must hold to the ruling that it is not permissible to contradict, which is what is indicated by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or the consensus of the Muslim community. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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