Giving Naseehah
To Others
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How is Naseehah
given to Allaah?
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By establishing His worship by offering
the obligatory deeds with perfection.
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By believing in Him; negating partners from
Him; not denying any of His qualities; describing Him with all the qualities
of beauty and perfection; and declaring Him to be far removed from faults
and qualities of imperfection.
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By establishing His obedience and turning
away from His disobedience.
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By loving and hating for His sake; befriending
and making allegiance to those who obey Him and taking as enemies those
who disobey Him; and turning toward what He loves and distancing oneself
from displeasing Him.
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By appreciating His blessings, bounties
and thanking Him for them by obeying Him out of love and drawing closer
to Him through the heart.
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By calling to all of the above, teaching
it and being sincere in it for His sake.
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How is Naseehah
given to the Book of Allaah?
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By firmly believing in the heart that it
is the Speech of Allaah and His revelation; it is not like the words of
the creation; and none of His creation is capable of producing something
similar to it.
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By respecting it.
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By learning and teaching it; reading, reciting,
and writing it properly; understanding its meaning; staying within its
bounds; acting upon what is contained in it.
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How is Naseehah to the
Prophet
given?
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By affirming his prophethood.
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By firmly believing in the heart in everything
he came with; obeying him in what he commanded and what he forbade.
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By aiding him while he was alive and after
his death; taking his enemies as one's enemies, and befriending those who
take him as a friend.
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By realising the greatness of his right
upon us, honouring him, and reviving his Sunnah.
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By practising his Sunnah by spreading and
affirming it; refuting those who cast doubts upon it; spreading its knowledge
and its understanding; not arguing about it without knowledge; calling
others toward it; teaching it with gentleness; showing its greatness and
the greatness of those who adhere to it by attaching oneself to them; and
showing it its due respect when studying it.
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By loving the Ahl-ul-Bait (his family)
and his companions; turning away from those who belittle his family or
revile his companions.
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Naseehah to the
leaders of the Muslims
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It is wajib (obligatory) to give naseehah
to
the leaders of the Muslims, since they have faults and are not protected
from committing errors, but who are the leaders of the Muslims?
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They are the Caliphs and others responsible
for the affairs of the Muslims.
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They are religious scholars.
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As for giving naseehah to the rulers of
the Muslims, it includes:
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Assisting and obeying them in the right.
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Reminding them if they err or forget.
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Making Jihad with them.
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Giving naseehah to the scholars includes:
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Spreading their knowledge.
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Spreading their virtues.
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Having good opinion about them.
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Accepting their rulings if they give sound
proofs for their decisions.
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Giving them the benefit of the doubt, or
making excuses for them if they make mistakes.
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Honouring and respecting them.
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Naseehah to the common
Muslims
The following includes giving naseehah
to ALL Muslims, be they black, white, Arab or Pakistani; be they sinful,
ignorant or heedless. It also includes giving naseehah to Muslims, no matter
which organisation or group they belong to or if one likes them or dislikes
them. Naseehah is given to the muslims by:
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By guiding them to what will bring them
benefit in this life and in the Hereafter.
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By removing harm from them and bringing
them benefit.
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By teaching them what one loves for oneself
and hating for them what one hates for oneself.
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By teaching them what will benefit them.
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By commanding them what is right and forbidding
them what is wrong with gentleness and sincerity.
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By being soft with them, honouring the elderly,
loving and being merciful towards the youths.
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By not being deceptive and jealous toward
them.
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Protecting their honour and wealth.
