A Must Read for all Salafi/Ahle Hadees Youth:

A Must Read for all Salafi/Ahle Hadees Youth:

Being careful lest correcting one mistake should lead to a bigger mistake:-

“It is a well established fact that Islam allows the lesser of the two evils in order to repel the greater evil. So a da iyah may keep quiet about one mistake lest saying something should lead to a more serious mistake.

The Prophet sallahu alayhi wasallam kept quiet about the Munafiqeen and did not execute them, even though their Kufr was established. He bore their insults with patience, lest people should say, “Muhammad is killing his Companions,” especially that their true nature was not known to everyone. The Prophet sallahu alayhi wasallam did not destroy the Kabah in order to rebuild it on the foundations laid by Ibraheem (alayhi as salam), out of consideration towards Quraysh who were still new in Islam and too close to their recent Jaahilliyah (pre-Islamic ignorance era). He feared that it might be too much for them, so he left it as it was, with a part of missing, and the door set high up and closed to the masses, even though this contains an element of Dhulm (wrongdoing or oppression).

Before this, Allaah had told the Muslims not to insult the gods of the Mushrikeen, although this is a form of worship, because it could lead people to insult Allaah, which is the worst of all evil.

A Da’iyah may keep quiet about a wrong action, or defer rebuking, or change his approach, if he thinks that by doing so he will avoid a greater evil or mistake. This is not considered as a shortcoming or negligence so long as his intention is sincere and he does not fear anyone except Allaah, and it was only concern for the best interests of Islam, not cowardice that stopped him from saying anything.

We may note that what causes a greater evil when rebuking for a mistake is zealousness, which is not checked or not controlled.”

[Words of Shaykh Saalih al Munajjid, typed from his book “The Prophet’s Methods of Correcting People’s Mistakes”, Pg. 43-44]