Ali Ataie – The One Who is Silent is Safe Save Your Tongue from Picking Sides
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AI: Summary ©
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.
AI: Transcript ©
One of my teachers said, don't be a
cause of fitna. The prophet
he said, man, the
one who is silent is safe. The man
came to Imam Ahmad, and the man said
to him, who was right? Aisha or Ali,
pick a sign. Imam Ahmad, he said, Allah
saved our swords from blood and picking sides.
Why don't we now save our tongues from
picking sides?
In other words, I was not forced back
then to pick a side. Thank God. He
wasn't even alive back then. So why are
you forcing me now to pick a side?