Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
· Lesson 741 of 1251
Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (739) | Verify before taking positions and making judgements
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Verification before adopting positions and issuing judgments.
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Verification is a fundamental virtue among the ethics of Islam.
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Verification is most clearly manifested in news and reports.
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As Allah the Almighty says:
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“O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did.” (49:6)
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“O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did.” (49:6)
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“O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did.” (49:6)
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And in another reading: "Then verify."
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However, verification is not limited to that alone.
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Rather, it applies to everything.
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News and outward appearances.
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Knowledge, conclusions, and rulings.
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And so on.
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Therefore, one must not judge anything based on conjecture.
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As Allah the Almighty says:
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“O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.” (49:12)
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“O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.” (49:12)
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The motivation for this verification and its universality in all things,
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Is the saying of Allah the Almighty:
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“(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.” (17:36)
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“(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.” (17:36)
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For the trust of the limbs and the senses,
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And the intellect and the heart,
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Is that one should not judge except by what one knows.
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Because they are responsible for everything they produce.
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Thus, the tongue should not utter a word or narrate an incident,
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The intellect should not pass a judgment,
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A person should not finalize a matter,
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And one should not take a stance,
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Except after knowledge and verification.