It is reported from Abu Abdullah -asws having said...
It is reported from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘One who enters into this Religion by the men, the (other) men (preacher) would exit him from it just as he had entered into it (by the earlier one), but one who enters into it by the Book and the Sunnah, the mountain would move before he moves (from his Religion).’ [2] When it comes to debating religion on social media, we find the observed practices are quite opposite to what Ahadith advise us regarding dealing with discussing and defending Islam, e.g., أَقُولُ قَالَ السَّيِّدُ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي كَشْفِ الْمَحَجَّةِ رَوَيْتُ مِنْ كِتَابِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَ نَقَلْتُهُ مِنْ أَصْلٍ قُرِئَ عَلَى الشَّيْخِ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: Al Seyyid Ibn Tawoos said in (the book) Kash Al Muhajjat: It has been reported from the book of Abu Muhammad Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Asnary, and I copied it from the original read upon the sheykh Haroun Bin Musa al Tal’akbary, reporting from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said: أَرَدْتُ الدُّخُولَ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ لِي مُؤْمِنُ الطَّاقِ اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقُلْتُ لَهُ نَعَمْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ مَكَانَهُ فَقَالَ لَا تَأْذَنْ لَهُ عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ انْقِطَاعُهُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَ وَلَاؤُهُ لَكُمْ وَ جِدَالُهُ فِيكُمْ وَ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَخْصِمَهُ ‘I wanted to see Abu Abdullah -asws , so Momin Al-Taaq said to me, ‘Seek permission for me to see Abu Abdullah -asws .’ So, I said to him, ‘Yes,’ and I went to him -asws and let him -asws know of his place.
But he -asws said: ‘There is no permission for him to see me -asws . I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !
He has cut himself off (from others) to you -asws , and he is friendly to you -asws and he argues regarding you -asws , and there is no ability for anyone from the creatures of Allah -azwj that he debates him.’ فَقَالَ بَلْ يَخْصِمُهُ صَبِيٌّ مِنْ صِبْيَانِ الْكُتَّابِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هُوَ أَجْدَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ خَاصَمَ جَمِيعَ أَهْلِ الْأَدْيَانِ فَخَصَمَهُمْ فَكَيْفَ يَخْصِمُهُ غُلَامٌ مِنَ الْغِلْمَانِ وَ صَبِيٌّ مِنَ الصِّبْيَانِ ‘The Imam -asws said: ‘But a young child from the children of the Book can debate him.
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !
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