PRACTICAL STEPS FOR THE SEEKERS AND COMMONERS ON HOW TO REFUTE DEVIANT MUSLIMS ON TOPICS OF ATTRIBUTES IN AQIDAH, FOLLOWING THE MADH'HABS, MAWLID, TAWASSUL, TABARRUK, BID'AH, THE USUAL STUFF, BLAH BLAH ETC.. WHEN YOU CAN BE DOING 8000 BETTER THINGS WITH YOUR TIME AND MIND.
These 5 steps I came up with are currently helping me a lot when debating with people in peson AND online and I'm sure it'll help you too! I am currently trying to reach my full potential to continue living by these amazing, useful tips which I cannot yet master because I am not a Mufti saab or a scholar.
1. Reflect. Why are you doing this? To be closer to Allah... oh, and to please your ego... (right?) After all, you'll only feel good about yourself after attempting to "teach" others.
WRONG
2. Read the following quotes BEFORE arguing if you want to please Allah:
"Argumentation is MAKRUH for the Ulama for it causing of animosity, and HARAM for the common people (seekers included.)" - Imam Raghib Isfahani
"Disputation and argumentation concerning knowledge takes away the light of knowledge." - Imam Malik ibn Anas
“Disputation concerning knowledge hardens the heart.” - Imam Malik ibn Anas
"Argumenation is not part of our din." - Imam Malik ibn Anas
ALSO, WE MAY BECOME HYPOCRITES BY ARGUING...
“Verily, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depth (grade) of the Fire; no helper will you find for them” al-Nisaa’ 4:145
If you know somebody is ignorant and wrong, remember that the Prophet peace be upon him said,
"I guarantee a house in Jannah for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right; and I guarantee a home in the middle of Jannah for one who abandons lying even for the sake of fun; and I guarantee a house in the highest part of Jannah for one who has good manners.'' (Abu Dawud)
Arguing is not worth it, espeically if the opponent is narrow minded. Gently advise the obvious, and move on with life.
Now reassess your intentions and prepare to get a life.
3. Learn a Sunni creed (Ash'ari, Maturidi, Athari) and one of the four madh'habs (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali) and stick to it. It is highly preferable to study these things from Ulama with an unbroken chain of transmission on the text, or ask your local Imam saab of your masjid to help you understand things. Also, study and/or read a book on Tazkiyya, a good book for everybody regardless of their level in experience is "Agenda to Change Our Condition" by Imam Zaid Shakir and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. Establish firm conviction in your faith. If you freely argue with no shame, you are tarnishing the name of your parents, your teachers, and most imporantly, the Prophet peace be upon him.
A few reasons why I stopped arguing with people online are because:
a. Argumentation is a waste of time with zero benefit. Most of the internet is already enough of a waste of time, might as well use our time on good things.
b. People who attack from behind their screens wouldn't say half the things they say online, in person, and I don't want to be like them.
And the servants of the Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them (harshly), they say, "Peace!" - The Criterian;63
4. Make a niyyah with Allah and do your thing correctly. If you have sufficient knowledge of something, you can KINDLY advise a CLOSE companion, friend, or acquaintance. However, do not go out of your way to "correct" people.
The Most High says: It is He who has sent down to you, (O Muhammad), the Book; in it are verses (that are) precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation, they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation (suitable to them). And no one knows its (true) interpretation except Allah. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding.
5. Say no to drugs, say no to debates. Stay above the influence.
SAY NO TO DRUGS, SAY NO TO DEBATES.
That's my way.
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