What is the ruling on introducing young people to the methodology of the Salaf gradually, by first taking them on trips and the like?
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The questioner : One should proceed gradually, meaning, for example, gather them and take them on trips with them, not all at once, meaning... while introducing them to the Salafi methodology and teaching them "La ilaha illa Allah" and the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah," not all at once without, for example, without, for example, without, for example, preliminaries, without.
The Shaykh : No, without preliminaries. The one who is on fitrah (the innate natural disposition) does not need preliminaries.
The questioner : For example, for the purpose of attracting beginners, especially those whose age is under ten.
Another questioner : I mean, like the Muslim Brotherhood, O our Shaykh.
Another questioner : No, other than us... Do you know how the attraction works?
The student : It has negative aspects, O our Shaykh, and by Allah, O our Shaykh, I mean.
The Shaykh : ... It is like that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The time of the youth is wasted in play as a means to attract them, or do we also emphasize to them that they should not play or have fun?
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : It is beneficial... but look, the Muslim Brotherhood has been around for seventy years and they have not advanced in knowledge, nor in righteous action... The means became the end for them, and they stopped at it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, the Muslim educator who is truly sincere, meaning, he balanced and approximated and did not involve these young people in this play under the name of attracting them, so that the means does not become the end. There is no objection. We have a clearer example of this: the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) standing for Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) so she could watch the play of the Abyssinians. She was a woman and a young girl, and she might have been under the age of puberty as well.
The questioner : He carried her, O our Shaykh, on his shoulders, is that not so?
The Shaykh : No, we say Aisha.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not carry her on, Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : The one who carried her on his shoulders was his daughter's son.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you see how it is?
The questioner: Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, without preliminaries. The one who is on fitrah (the innate natural disposition) does not need preliminaries.
The questioner : For example, for the purpose of attracting beginners, especially those whose age is under ten.
Another questioner : I mean, like the Muslim Brotherhood, O our Shaykh.
Another questioner : No, other than us... Do you know how the attraction works?
The student : It has negative aspects, O our Shaykh, and by Allah, O our Shaykh, I mean.
The Shaykh : ... It is like that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The time of the youth is wasted in play as a means to attract them, or do we also emphasize to them that they should not play or have fun?
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : It is beneficial... but look, the Muslim Brotherhood has been around for seventy years and they have not advanced in knowledge, nor in righteous action... The means became the end for them, and they stopped at it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, the Muslim educator who is truly sincere, meaning, he balanced and approximated and did not involve these young people in this play under the name of attracting them, so that the means does not become the end. There is no objection. We have a clearer example of this: the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) standing for Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) so she could watch the play of the Abyssinians. She was a woman and a young girl, and she might have been under the age of puberty as well.
The questioner : He carried her, O our Shaykh, on his shoulders, is that not so?
The Shaykh : No, we say Aisha.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not carry her on, Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : The one who carried her on his shoulders was his daughter's son.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you see how it is?
The questioner: Yes, Shaykh.
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