Mujib
03-03-2004, 03:04 PM
How to counsel those in need...
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Answered by Shaykh Gibril Haddad
Question:
I have just met someone who was having problems with his understanding of Islam. He seemed to think that at every step that he didn't follow Islam (praying, fasting etc), thought he was in state of shirk. I explained to him that as far as my knowledge went this wasn't the case. He is simply in a state of heedlessness. Which is what we agreed on. He wishes to find some advice on what the next step should be, I advised looking for a good local scholar and learning from him, maybe from basics upwards. He had read a lot of deep sufi stuff. Please give him some more advice and if I am wrong in anything I am saying please council me as well. So If I have given incorrect advice, I know for next time.
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Wa `alaykum as-Salam:
You gave him the right advice. Being alone is being prey to shaytan, who stays farther away from the group.
Was-Salam,
Hajj Gibril
For more details, please check out the following links:
Advice on how to protect oneself from the Shaitan
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00003259.aspx
On How to Advice those not very Practicing
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00001327.aspx
Why learn from a teacher?
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00002075.aspx
Source: Hanafi Fiqh List - www.sunnipath.com
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Answered by Shaykh Gibril Haddad
Question:
I have just met someone who was having problems with his understanding of Islam. He seemed to think that at every step that he didn't follow Islam (praying, fasting etc), thought he was in state of shirk. I explained to him that as far as my knowledge went this wasn't the case. He is simply in a state of heedlessness. Which is what we agreed on. He wishes to find some advice on what the next step should be, I advised looking for a good local scholar and learning from him, maybe from basics upwards. He had read a lot of deep sufi stuff. Please give him some more advice and if I am wrong in anything I am saying please council me as well. So If I have given incorrect advice, I know for next time.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Wa `alaykum as-Salam:
You gave him the right advice. Being alone is being prey to shaytan, who stays farther away from the group.
Was-Salam,
Hajj Gibril
For more details, please check out the following links:
Advice on how to protect oneself from the Shaitan
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00003259.aspx
On How to Advice those not very Practicing
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00001327.aspx
Why learn from a teacher?
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00002075.aspx
Source: Hanafi Fiqh List - www.sunnipath.com