“Those who are involved in the blessed Islāmic awakening of today must not allow their emotions to carry them away. Here, I am referring to those kinds of emotions that hinder one from sound reasoning, from working in harmony with the teachings and the principles of the Sharī‘ah. If one does not confine his emotions to the sound reasoning and to the principles of the Sharī‘ah, his emotions will lead him to recklessness, whereby more harm than good will result. And this is why we should be farsighted in our approach. I do not mean, however, that we should endorse falsehood or remain quiet while falsehood is being perpetrated; instead, I am saying that we should enter houses through their doors – that we should try, as much as we can, to tread the path of wisdom in removing and eradicating any given falsehood. Although it might take one longer to tread the path of wisdom, the results achieved by doing so are pleasing to all. I exhort my young brothers who are a part of the present Islāmic awakening to be prudent, to be farsighted, and to consider every matter sensibly and judiciously before they take any action. Simply put, they should always act and behave according to the teachings of the Sharī‘ah, and in order to do that, they should contemplate the Prophet’s wisdom in performing da‘wah to the way of Allāh or in removing evil, so that they can take him as their ideal – and what a blessed and wonderful ideal he (ṣallā Allāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam) is!” —Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn (d. 1421 AH)
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:20:07 +0000
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