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The Creeping Influence of Emotionalism, Whataboutism, and Populism in Discussing Da’wah Issues
Allah, The Most High, said: يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّٲمِينَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ شُہَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوِ ٱلۡوَٲلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَۚ إِن يَكُنۡ غَنِيًّا أَوۡ فَقِيرً۬ا فَٱللَّهُ أَوۡلَىٰ بِہِمَاۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعۡدِلُواْۚ وَإِن تَلۡوُ ۥۤاْ أَوۡ تُعۡرِضُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرً۬ا O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to […]
Language and Concepts: Preserving Identity Through Education
One of the general fundamental principles (in Islam) is to know that words are two types- words that are mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and it is obligated to every believer to affirm them- affirm what Allah and His Messenger have affirmed, and negate what Allah and His Messenger have negated. The words affirmed […]
Contemplate: When Those Closest to You Want You To Hide Truth
Allah, The Most High, said: يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّٲمِينَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ شُہَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوِ ٱلۡوَٲلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَۚ إِن يَكُنۡ غَنِيًّا أَوۡ فَقِيرً۬ا فَٱللَّهُ أَوۡلَىٰ بِہِمَاۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعۡدِلُواْۚ وَإِن تَلۡوُ ۥۤاْ أَوۡ تُعۡرِضُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرً۬ا O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to […]
Ahlul Fadl May Suddenly Plunge into the Abyss of the Greatest Misguidance
Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Madkhali, may Allah preserve him, said: Indeed, Allah severely censured the one who does not act. Allah said: وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ ۚ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ […]
Ahlul Fadl Never Deliberately Persist in Error
Imam Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Arabi Al-Maliki, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Muhammad Bin Qasim Al-Uthmani, may Allah have mercy upon him, told me more than once: “I arrived in Fustat one day, then I went to the gathering of Shaikh Abi Al-Fadl Al-Jawhari, may Allah have mercy upon him, and there I witnessed […]
The Sole Determinant of Truth
Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Truth is what agrees with the evidence, without giving consideration to the large number of those who accept it or the small number of those who turn away from it. Truth is not weighed by men; rather, men are weighed by the truth. The […]
