Ali Ataie – The One Who is Silent is Safe Save Your Tongue from Picking Sides

04 August 2023

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A teacher tells a story about a teacher who was not allowed to pick a side and instead chose to save swords from blood. The teacher believes that being forced to pick a side means being right, and questions why this is happening.

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One of my teachers said, don't be a

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cause of fitna. The prophet

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he said, man, the

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one who is silent is safe. The man

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came to Imam Ahmad, and the man said

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to him, who was right? Aisha or Ali,

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pick a sign. Imam Ahmad, he said, Allah

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saved our swords from blood and picking sides.

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Why don't we now save our tongues from

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picking sides?

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In other words, I was not forced back

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then to pick a side. Thank God. He

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wasn't even alive back then. So why are

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you forcing me now to pick a side?

"I really think this is one of the greatest causes one could support"

Mufti Ismail Menk