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If The Akabireen Were Right Then Follow Them, If They Errd Then Leave Them

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:12 pm
by Shehzad Sattar
If The Akabireen Were Right Then Follow Them, If They Errd Then Leave Them
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Ibn Mas’ood رضي الله عنه in marfoo’ and mowqoof form but what is correct is that it is mowqoof, where he said, “Do not let yourselves be ‘yes-men,’ [إمعة] the one who has no opinion so he follows everyone’s opinion] saying, ‘If the people are good then we will be good, and if they are wrong then we will be wrong.’ Rather, make up your own minds, if the people are good then you are good, and if they are evil, then do not behave unjustly.”

[Tirmidhi, v. 4, no. 2007]