Is it a must warn against opposers before clarifying the straight path?
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How do we combine between not warning against the opposers (to the Qur’an and Sunnah) and clarifying the straight path, because the Messenger ﷺ was a bringer of good tidings and a warner. So, if we remain silent about the opposers and don’t clarify…
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Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan
[the sheikh interrupts] First of all, you teach them the right path and they will know the opposers (to the Qur’an and Sunnah). However, if you forbid them while they don’t (even) have principles or knowledge, this is of no benefit, rather it only begets enmity.
Teach them the right path and the religion of Allah, then after that, either they will know the opposer or you warn them against him, if they don’t know. But, if you begin with them by insulting so-and-so and defaming so-and-so and not… this is not correct, while he doesn’t have anything (i.e., no knowledge).
Additional references
Questions and answers taken from the explanation of the book “Aqeedat Al-Salaf” by ibn Abi Zaid Al-Qairawani