Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve
him) stated:
It is obligatory upon every Muslim to accept
the truth from whoever comes with it, because the truth is the lost property of
a believer; he takes it wherever he finds it; either with his friend or his
enemy because he seeks for the truth. But if he considers individuals only, such
is considered the way of the people of the pre-Islamic days of ignorance. An
example of such is what Allaah mentioned concerning the Jews and the Christians
– and they are the people of the Book and Knowledge.
The Jews rejected the truth that was with the
Christians and the Christians rejected the truth with the Jews as stated by
Allaah regarding them: “The Jews say, ‘The Christians have nothing
[true] to stand on,’ and the Christians say, ‘The Jews have nothing to stand
on…’” [Soorah al-Baqarah: 113] What made them to do this was following of
desires. Since the Jews hated the Christians, they rejected what they possessed
of the truth, and because the Christians hated the Jews, they also rejected
what was with them of the truth: “Although they [both] recite the
Scripture,” that commanded them to accept the truth…
In brief, it is obligatory upon the Muslim to
eschew this methodology of the Jews and the Christians, which is to reject the
truth if it is with someone whom they do not love. So do not allow the hatred
you have for an individual make you to reject the truth that is with him. A typical
example of this is what is in existence today.
If a group or a sect hates one of the scholars, it would reject the truth that is with him; so their hatred of this scholar will make them to reject the truth he possesses, abandon him, warn against his works and lectures even if it is the truth. Why? There is no reason other than the fact that they do not love this individual. Hence, it is obligatory upon you, O you Muslim to accept the truth even it is with the person you do not love and do not allow personal animosities and desires prevent you from accepting the truth…
Source: Sharh Masaail al-Jaalihiyyah,
pp. 128-130 by Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan. Translated by Abdus-Samee’
Abdus-Salaam.
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