Benefits in Manhaj from our Sitting with Shaikh Ahmad Baazmool

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Benefits in Manhaj from our Sitting with Shaikh Ahmad Baazmool (hafidhahullaah), Part 3

Excerpt:

There are four issues Ash-Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahaab mentioned. All of us know them, but not all of us implement them!

1. Al-'Ilm (knowledge) That is that you learn before you speak, then;
2. Action, because knowledge is either a proof for you or a proof against you, the;
3. Call the people to that which you have learnt, and if you do so then it is a must that you have;
4. Sabr (Patience) because you will find harm (from the people), you will find opposition to your da'wah and those who will speak against you with a view to destroying your da'wah.

So do not busy yourself with defending yourself and your person, but as for defending the truth, then busy yourself with that because this is an affair that is waajib. Some of the people say, 'but if you're upon the truth, then why do you need to respond to those who speak against you?' If it is about your person, then there is no need for you to speak about your person. But if they speak about you due to your manhaj, the manhaj you are upon, then either you explain with evidence that which you are upon or you abandon the falsehood you are upon [the falsehood] they are speaking about you for.

Thus some of the people say, 'I don't get involved in these affairs,' then we say to him: Stop! Come here. If they are saying about you, (saying) 'you are short' or 'tall' or 'slim' or 'fat' or 'he doesnt spend on his children,' or 'he doesn't spend on his wife,' then yes do not speak (i.e. do not respond to these types of statements). But if they say, 'you have opposed the manhaj of the Salaf concerning such and such,' then either you explain with evidence (as did) Imaam Ibn Jareer At Tabari and he was the Imaam of his time – may Allaah show him mercy. When some of the people spoke about him, he wrote a book and named it 'Sareehus Sunnah' (The Clear Sunnah), explaining his belief with evidence, and he defended himself and his da'wah. Pay attention!

Source: Part 3