Abu Taymiyyah – Lets Rip that scholar apart and cutting people’s eyes out
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Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah.
Brothers and sisters, here we come again in
another episode of Benefits
and InshaAllah
we benefit ourselves and we benefit the rest
of the people that are around us.
Putting into application the statement
of
Allah Remind for inida, remind their benefits to
believers. What I wanna do inshallah wu ta'ala
is read a speech of Ibn R Usaymin
Rahimahullah Wa Ta'ala the great sallah Muhammad bin
Sallihir R Usaymin
that which is related to dealing with the
mistake of a person of knowledge.
When we hear a mistake or something negative
about a scholar, do we jump on Twitter
or on Instagram
or start Snapchatting
to the people that this scholar has just
done this and he's like this and start
defaming him and speaking negatively about him?
Is this
the way that we should go about dealing
with
a negative aspect we heard about the sheikh
or a person of knowledge? Whether he's a
scholar, whether he's a student of knowledge. How
do we go about dealing with it? This
is inshallah wata'ala what I want to do
because it has become very very common in
our society today.
People coming out on social media,
taking pictures of scholars or taking pictures of
students,
taking their eyes out, putting red marks on
their face, oh he said this.
Without actually going
and
the the correct
steps of dealing with a negative thing,
a incorrect statement you may have heard about
a
person of knowledge.
So Insha Allahu Ta'ala, I want to point
this out here. And
I will just notify every single one of
you. What I'm speaking about is a person
of knowledge. Someone who is known to be
upon goodness, known to be following the Quran
and the Sunnah.
Someone that has become known for this. As
for an innovator
who is known for innovation,
he is known to
oppose Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's book and the
messenger
Then this individual
he doesn't have the same
way of being dealt with like a personal
knowledge would be dealt with.
He is to be refuted openly.
His mistakes are meant to be mentioned and
explained to the people because he's someone that
is stubborn and arrogant who has failed to
come to the reality of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala's religion after time and time again he's
been spoken to. We're speaking about an individual
known to be upon the sunnah, known to
have knowledge, known to be teaching the books
of the Salaf, the 3 golden generations and
then those that came after them.
So he says under the hadith Adeen and
Naseeha.
The religion is advised.
When the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam,
he said,
When he was asked of him to who?
He said to Allah Azzawajal,
I met
him also to the book and to the
messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and also the
rule, the leaders of the Muslims.
And the leaders of the Muslims are of
2 types. You have the Umara,
the
leaders of, like, the countries and things like
that, and you also have the scholars.
And brothers and sisters
write this in golden ink. Wallahi, it is
something that many people today,
they
haven't done and they have torn apart
the honor of the scholars
because
they haven't learned this.
So Ibn Uthimin says
If something has not been ascribed to any
of the scholars,
something that is disliked, something that you disapprove
of,
It is upon you to take these steps.
The first step,
And firstly, you need to
verify that which has been ascribed to this
individual.
How many things have been ascribed to scholars?
But the reality of the matter is that
it is a lie.
Firstly, it is a must
that you go and verify and you make
sure that which has been ascribed to him
is actually true.
If you have now
verified and made sure that which has been
ascribed to him
It's upon you now
to move on to the second step which
is
It's upon you to ponder.
Is this something that is worthy of
criticism?
Or is it not?
Because it could become apparent to a person
from the get go.
That this statement is a statement that
is
criticized.
And after pondering upon the issue, you find
that
this statement is the truth.
It's upon you to ponder and look into
the issue so that you're able to know
as to whether this issue is is worth
of,
you know, criticism or not.
The 3rd step.
It even becomes now clear to you that
this
statement that has been ascribed to him
is not worthy of criticism or anything like
that.
It is mandatory upon you to what?
To defend the honor of the Sheikh. And
to also spread this amongst the
people.
And to also make it clear to the
people that which the statement, this what the
scholar has mentioned, Haqqun, it is a statement
of truth.
Even if the people are in a position
to this.
4th
step.
If it becomes now, you know, clear to
you based upon your opinion.
That which has been ascribed to this scholar
after after verifying
that this was, you know
this is not a statement of truth or
looking into the issue that it's not a
statement of truth.
It is upon you and it's mandatory upon
you to hold this scholar
with etiquette and also with tranquility, with calmness.
I heard this and this about you.
And I would like for you
to explain to me the angle that you're
coming from. Allahu Akbar.
This statement brothers and sisters underline it twice.
You call him, not that you're saying a
statement of Iptida. You've you've set an innovative
statement. No.
Call him
and say to him, can you explain to
me the angle that you're coming from?
This is adab of its highest.
Manas of its highest.
Because you are more knowledgeable than me,
humbling yourself in front of him.
If he now clarifies this to you,
You have the right now to discuss the
issue with him.
But with etiquettes.
And also
preserving his status.
And also
that which suits him best.
Without downgrading him or pushing him down. Because
we know that these scholars are higher than
all of us. They deserve the respect.
And he has been in knowledge more longer
than you.
And then he goes on to say what
many people do today.
As for what many ignorant people do.
When they come to a scholar who sees
other than the what they see.
They come to him
with harshness
and also with severity.
And
maybe they start moving their hands in front
of his face.
What is this statement? They say to him,
what is the statement you have innovated into
the religion?
What is this evil statement that you have
said?
Do you not fear Allah
After pondering and looking into the issue, they
realized that the scholar,
this person of knowledge, he was in accordance
to the hadith
and they were in opposition to it.
And a lot of these people you find,
they tend to adopt this kind of approach
due to them being amazed with themselves.
And the fact that they think that they
are the people of the
Sunnah.
And they actually think that they are upon
the way of the Salaf.
And they're the furthest when it comes to
being upon the way of the Salaf and
from the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam.
So brothers and sisters,
that's very very important. These four steps I
advise every single one of you to write
in golden ink and to adopt this. If
you hear this from a scholar whether he
is in Saudi Arabia, whether he is in
Egypt, whether he is in Aleman, then you
call, you pick up the phone and you
find out.
Maybe there is a time that he's looking
at something from a certain angle. He has
proofs with him or he might not even
have a proof with him but he's looking
at something from a certain angle.
And he may have
used a consensus
that you're not aware of or you have
made or you might have made a analogy,
a qiyas,
that
is a bit too much for you to
comprehend.
So it's upon you to ask. If you
think that he's wrong then you have every
right to discuss with him the issue.
And to carry on discussing it with him
but with adib and baqaar,
with etiquette and manners.
And also at 10b
something that I'm going to bring to your
attention he also mentions
If you see a mistake from these scholars,
don't keep quiet and say that he's more
knowledgeable than me.
Rather it's upon you to
discuss the issue with Adam with etiquettes and
also with respect.
Because sometimes you find that the ruling is
hidden from a person.
So someone that might be lesser than him
in knowledge
might what?
Notify him of the mistake.
So this scholar or this person is higher
than the one that's actually advising him. He
begins to pay more attention.
And this is part of giving advice to
the scholars.
Sometimes you find that a brother may have
refuted or maybe clarified some of the mistakes
of a certain individual, and he's done this
with Adam
as you find now on social media and
other places.
And you find people posting in the comment
section, who are you to come advise him?
Who are you to come advise him? You
are no way near the guy in knowledge.
That is totally wrong.
Rather the prophet
said, Whoever sees an evil, they can change
it with his hand.
As is very well known in Usul Fiqh.
The word
means whoever. It is from the words that
indicate generality. It's not specific to a certain
individual.
Even if it is the biggest Sheikha, I
always tell my students, the brothers, 'Naam Even
if Sheikh Falaah or Sheikh Fawzan was to
come to our Masjid and he would say
a statement and he doesn't bring
proof, we have every right to go up
to the Sheikh and ask him, 'Yas Sheikh
what's your proof?' As for it being 'Aib'
as what people say, oh don't ask him
this question, it is shameful for you to
ask him about the proof
Allah says
Say to Ramb Muhammad bring forth your proof
if you are people that are truthful.
So bringing proof is connected to what?
Truthfulness.
You have every right to
mention the mistake.
As for you being lower in knowledge and
saying, oh no, he's higher than me. This
is not correct.
And this is also an ignorant statement that
we see time and time again on Facebook
and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
give us a tawfiqna success to act upon
the speech of this great imam, Sheikh Salihal
Bussaimin Rahimahullah
Subhanakallahu