Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah — Collected Episodes (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | 36- Concepts about the people of falsehood fighting knowledge and scholars - (534-538)
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The efforts of the people of falsehood to combat sacred knowledge by creating confusion around it.
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Since the people of falsehood are unable to confront knowledge and its scholars directly,
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they have resorted to fighting sacred knowledge
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by obscuring it from the people or casting doubt upon it.
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Just as the disbelievers of Quraysh did in the past, when they said,
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“Those who disbelieve say: Heed not this Qur'an, and drown the hearing of it; haply ye may conquer.” (41:26)
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And just as the enemies of Ibn Taymiyyah burned his books,
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and just as contemporary tyrants ban the books of scholars who oppose them,
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and likewise block websites that express opposition.
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Occupying people with their livelihoods and entertainment to distract them from sacred knowledge.
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Among the methods used to combat the spread of knowledge
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is distracting people from it by preoccupying them with their livelihoods and various means of amusement,
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such as sports, competitions, television series, and game shows,
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and other such things, under the pretext of entertainment.
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In reality, this is a waste of what is called people's leisure time on falsehood,
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so that they do not turn toward seeking sacred knowledge.
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Alienating people from the schools of fiqh.
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Another method is
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searching for the extreme and radical opinions within every school of thought,
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gathering them, and presenting them in a single context,
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and repeating this in various forms
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to influence minds
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and alienate them from all schools of fiqh,
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along with all the knowledge and truth they contain.
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Attacking the scholars themselves.
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In addition to attacking knowledge,
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the people of falsehood attack the bearers of knowledge and truth themselves,
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either through imprisonment and torture,
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which is well-known and needs no description,
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or by tarnishing the image of the scholars
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so that they fall in the eyes of the people and are shunned.
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For if the bearer falls, the burden they carry falls with them.
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Pharaoh said regarding Moses, peace be upon him,
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“(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!” (26:27)
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And the disbelievers of Quraysh said to Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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“And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!” (15:6)
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The West’s containment of Muslim scholars,
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or getting rid of them.
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The West strives to contain those who excel among the Muslims
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in modern sciences
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and to benefit from them.
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If they do not succeed in that,
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they seek to kill them and get rid of them,
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just as they did with the Egyptian nuclear scientist,
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Yahya al-Mashad.