Irshaad Sedick – Identifying the True and the Fake #2

			Principle number one, always learn authentic knowledge systematically. This is a very important and
deliberate statement. Always meaning never stop. Learn as in seek knowledge, authentic knowledge,
meaning, knowledge that is coming from authentic sources, knowledge that comes from the Quran from
the Sunnah. And via valid scholarship, recognize scholarship, and then systematically, meaning that
you're not just taking it. And in fact, or listening to a lecture, you're reading a pamphlet, a
reading an article over the, and then thinking that you've got knowledge, but rather systematically
going through the sciences of Islam, whether that be aqeedah, or theology, whether that be physical
		

			jurisprudence, but to go through it systematically with teachers from A to Zed so that we get a
holistic understanding of knowledge. Principle number two, always ask, Where does this information
come from? Does it have an Eastern ad? So you receive a WhatsApp message, and it says, it is soon to
do a particular act on this day? So the first question you ask yourself is, where is this coming
from? is this coming from a scholar? Who is just coming from my friend? Is it coming from an
authority on the topic? Can I trust this source? Islamic scholars, we generally ask two questions
about the Howdy. Does it have an S NAD? Can it be corroborated? In other words, can I place with
		

			this knowledge comes from? And then are the other sources that can corroborate this knowledge?
		

			Principle number three,
		

			are there any contradictions? So if I hear a particular statement, for example, a Muslim should
begin everything with Alhamdulillah. And immediately I think, well, aren't we supposed to begin
things with Bismillah? So now, it seems like there's a contradiction. It's up to me as an individual
to now go and seek knowledge to clarify, if I'm confused as to how to resolve this contradiction.
And most of the time, when it comes from authentic sources, the contradictions can easily be
resolved.
		

			Are the other opinions? And is there a greater context? Let's not be from among those who only
listen to one point of view, or listen to one particular scholar, and whatever that view states or
whatever that one book says, or whatever that one scholar said, is the gospel truth, the Absolute
Truth, and nothing and no one can be, can be right beside that one opinion. Rather, if there are
other opinions, we should be open and and we should be tolerant to respect the other views that
exists, and then go and seek knowledge as to find out which of these views are more authentic? Or
are they authentic, and they basically will have a place within Islam. So these simple points, these
		

			will allow us to be more mature with regards to the information that we take in and not just to
simply accept, believe, and even worse, pass on things without the verification, of authenticity,
and of the truth behind it. So to revise, always, seek, always learn authentic knowledge
systematically. That's the first principle. Principle number two, does it have an Eastern ad? Where
does this information come from? Who is just from an unknown source? Number three, can it be
corroborated? Or the other forms of information that support what this thing is saying? And then are
there contradictions or opinions that I need to resolve before I find the truth? And lastly, what is
		

			the context? What is the context of this information, for sometimes effect can be so out of place,
that you get a completely different understanding to what was intended? So always find out what the
context is of a particular statement of effect that you receive? May Allah Subhana Allah always
guide us to the truth, maybe recognize the truth when we see it, and maybe recognize falsehood when
we see they will always follow the truth and steer clear of falsehood to try and handle the lack of
blinding me