Suhaib Webb – Imam Subki’s Advice On Critique
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First of all, Imam Asukri,
who comes later on, he's a later scholar,
he comes after Imam. He's an Imam student.
Right? He writes a very important book called.
And he mentions this very important principle when
it comes to,
criticism and the validation of a person.
And he says, it is crucial and beneficial
to understand this principle,
which is not commonly found in the foundational
text. And that is the principle is when
you there should be a colon there. When
you hear the criticism,
that criticism takes precedence over validation. You hear
this
a lot. You hear it a lot. But
it's not true, actually.
And that's something that you may find out
there. Like if someone's criticized, we prefer the
criticism, and we don't listen to any good
qualities about them, so we cancel them, basically.
So
is saying,
no.
They said that might cause you to assume,
especially if you are inexperienced or solely rely
on books,
that criticism should always be adhered to.
So like now, we think about how easily,
like, you could just put something online. Someone
can put something online about someone
and that's it. Like, it's a wrap. Peace
out, homie.
At least Khadr gave him 3 times.
So he says beware of this assumption
that, you know, if someone's criticized, that's it.
As it is critical to approach this matter
with caution.
The correct approach as we see it is
that when someone's leadership and integrity has been
established,
and they have numerous supporters and years also
of work and few detractors,
and if there is evidence suggesting that the
criticism
stems from sectarian bias,
or other motives,
we disregard the criticism
and uphold their integrity.