Abu Taymiyyah – Heartfelt Advise to the Twitter Muslims aadh
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Assalamu alaikum. Arhamatulahi, obaraka to my beloved brothers
and sisters. I hope every single one of
you guys is in the best of health
and iman. In light of recent events, I
have decided to record this video out of
care and concern
for those
who are indulging
in that which is displeasing to Allah
on Twitter.
A video of mine, went viral.
It's a video that we posted on Instagram,
and then it was taken onto Twitter,
and, it was completely obliterated,
as a lot of people, they felt really
strongly about it. Right? So in this video,
my brothers and my sisters, I'm analogizing between
2 different scenarios.
A man now, my brothers and my sisters,
fornicating with his mother,
carrying out *, which is, of course, a
despicable,
filthy act to be doing. Right?
And then he ends up killing her and
so on and so forth. This my brothers
and my sisters is a disgusting major sin.
And I was trying to prove that it's
still not as bad as shirk, which is
the worst possible sin. Right? And I've explained
that, and you can see Insha'Allah Ta'ala, the
Twitter thread, I will be posting under this
video. Okay.
So Alaikul Ihala, I gave some examples,
and some of these examples that I gave,
right,
didn't go down nicely with a group of
people, right, mainly with the Brelwi community.
Right?
And this is me teaching this concept in
a class.
I wasn't name calling, I wasn't
labeling anyone to be a kafir or a
mushrik, I was giving a general hukum. I
was giving a general hukum, a general ruling.
And my brothers and my sister, it's time
that we understood that there is a distinction
between saying that someone has fallen into shirk,
and labeling a specific person as a mushrik,
right? As Sheikh Al Samtimi mentions, not everyone
who falls into kufr becomes a kafir, and
not everyone who falls into innovation, bidah becomes
an innovator.
It's important that we understand that and we
distinguish between these two sarias. So if I'm
now mentioning a general example of whoever does
this, it doesn't necessitate that I'm now applying
this specifically to an individual.
Right? So when I gave these examples,
a lot of prophets felt that this was
a disgusting example to use,
and I fully understand my brothers and my
sisters
that,
why they would feel like that. Right? However,
I want you guys to understand the following.
I base this on a narration
that many of you guys may be unfamiliar
with. This is when the messenger Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam said,
Right? Riba, which is a major sin by
the way guys, right? It's a despicable major
sin, right? Is of 70 degrees, 70 levels.
The least of it is 1
committing sexual * with his mother.
Right? And I know, of course, there is
Kalam. There is a dispute among scholars as
to whether it's authentic or not. However,
there are reputable scholars, my brothers and my
sisters,
that have authenticated this narration. Right? I understand
that those who are unfamiliar
with this hadith would find my example extremely
problematic,
and perhaps I could have used a different
similitude.
Right? But As demonstrated in the hadith, my
brothers and my sisters, this is not something
that is uncommon. So what happened my brothers
and my sisters?
Right? Twitter Muslims came out
behind a screen,
typing all sorts of insults. I've been called
a kafir. I've been called a heretic.
Right? And of course now, Alhamdulillah,
some brothers have actually deleted the tweets. But,
just now I just searched my name. I
was actually
trending at a time. Abutemia
was trending on Twitter because of how,
you know, my name was being used.
Right? So Al Akuli had to cut a
very long story short, and you will see
some of these tweets on the screen right
by now. Okay? As you guys saw now,
my brothers and my sisters,
these are some very disgusting
statements that are being mentioned. Right? I never
called anyone a kafir, I never called anyone
a deviant. Right? I would have hoped
for the likes,
of Sheikh Hassan Rashid. I'm going to be
respectful.
Sheikh Hassan Rashid, who referred to me as
a deviant,
would maybe not do something like that. Right?
I honestly don't mind
being,
debunked.
Right? I'm not against
knowledge based,
rebuttals.
Right? And responses.
However, when when you call somebody a deviant,
what kind of impression are you giving off
to your followers? I honestly advise you guys
to take a leaf
out the,
book of Imam Khalid, who is part of
the same community. Right?
From the bravery community here in Islam. In
the past, we have had mature civilized
respectful conversations.
We don't see eye to eye. Right? We
don't agree
on a number of concepts.
Right? However, that didn't lead him now,
labeling me with all types of insults and
names and what have have you. Right? So
I honestly, you know, suggest that you guys
really take this into consideration.
Right? There's a large
contingent
of people on Twitter, my brothers and my
sisters who cannot
handle reading an opinion which differs from their
own. And that is of course a degree
of immaturity that we do not need adults
to be functioning with in the modern world
today, brothers and sisters. Right? I even mentioned
this, right? As you can see in the
tweets that I'll be posting a link. Some
are behaving like Mark Zuckerberg. Right?
Canceling people because of a contrary view that
they came across.
Right? Why can't we have
the freedom of expression,
right? This is extremely important, right?
Why is that, you know, people are behaving
like that? And just to let you guys
know my brothers and my brother, this really
doesn't get to me. Right? And I actually
thank Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that this happened
because when I get insulted the way I
do or the way I did, right? It
really does, you know, humble me.
It brings me back down to earth. So
I just wanna thank you guys for that.
But even then, it's not good for you,
so don't do it again. If that makes
sense, brothers and sisters. Whatever view I put
forward, my brothers and my sisters, are views
that are held by reputable scholars you may
not necessarily
agree with. However,
like I said, I'm not enforcing anyone to
take this view.
Right?
So inshallah, just bear that in mind. Right?
Keep respectful.