Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih Al-Uthaymeen
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The Muslim Nation today is experiencing a blessed awakening in all
aspects of its affairs; one that has been aroused by the efforts of the
Muslim youth.
However, the astute observer of this
awakening will find that there are many problems that hinder its
progress; problems that have prompted some scholars, callers to Islam,
and students of knowledge to lay down some guidelines that the youth of
this blessed awakening should adhere to and follow. Without a doubt, the
enemies from without — the Jews, Christians, and others — have tried to
put a stop to this awakening, simply because they fear the results of
its success and because they know that, if it strengthens, spreads, and
succeeds in achieving its aims, it will signal the end of their
dominance.
What is Required from the Youth of this Awakening.
Firstly, the youth of this Islamic
awakening must adhere to two primary sources: Allah’s Book and the
Prophet’s Sunnah. It is from these sources that they must take and
derive the sound methodology that they will follow in all of their
endeavours. If the methodology of the young male and female Muslims of
this awakening is not based on Allah’s Book and the Sunnah of Allah’s
Prophet (S), according to the understanding of the pious predecessors of
this Nation, then it will become a reckless and misguided awakening,
and it is feared that it will destroy more than it will build. Secondly,
the youth of this awakening must follow the correct methodology that
was applied by the chief of mankind, Muhammad (S), and that was then
applied after him by the noble Companions (S), and that was then applied
after them by the Tabi’iun (next generation after the Companions) as
well as by those who continued to follow them until this day. Thirdly,
the youth of this awakening must be upon one word, united; their
methodology must be one, and their strength must be a united strength,
and that is because disunity and discord do not lead to good but instead
bring joy only to the enemies of Allah in the East and in the West.
Therefore, we appeal to the scholars,
callers (Du’at), and students of knowledge in all places to forsake
disunity, discord, and disagreement, and to instead strive with
determination to seek out the truth and to follow it, so that they can
all meet at a single point and come to the realization that differences
in opinion in certain secondary issues of jurisprudence or issues of
Ijtihad (issues wherein there is no absolutely clear text that leaves no
room for doubt; issues wherein scholars are called upon to weigh the
worth of different proofs and to derive rulings from them) are
inevitable, and no nation can be saved from them.
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