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BENEFIT 22: What is Rudood? Radd (ردٌّ) singular: reply, response, refutation... Rudood (رُدُودٌ) plural: ...Refutations Rudood (refutations) is a branch from the branches of knowledge, and more specifically a branch within the science of hadeeth (Musṭalaḥ Al-Ḥadīth) Its main objectives are to: ▪️Promote the pure, authentic Sunnah ▪️Counter the spread of falsehood & innovation ▪️Distinguish truth from falsehood ▪️Distinguish the truthful from the people of falsehood 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗱: 🚫 The first extreme: The student who has neglected that which is of greater importance; such as acquiring knowledge of ‘Aqeedah, Fiqh, Tafseer, Ḥadeeth, teaching others and giving da'wah, and instead he has set all his attention on Rudood. He has no interest in acquiring knowledge. All that concerns him is knowing what is going on; what did so-and-so say about so-and-so, and what was so-and-so's response. This type of student is well acquainted with the different calls and ideologies and he spends most of his time warning others from the different callers. However, he does not make himself available to teach & educate his community and provide an alternative option to those callers he warns them from. 🚫 The second extreme: The student who neglects Rudood altogether and forbids others from reading Rudood. He does not consider Rudood to carry any benefit, but rather he sees it to be a waste of time, a form of gossip & backbiting and something which hardens the heart. This type of student is usually heedless and unable to differentiate the people of Sunnah from the people of innovation. Thus you find him at every Islamic conference, no matter who the organisers are. One week he is studying with the Salafees, the next he is at the coffee shop with the Takfeerees, and the next you find him touring with the Tableeghees. ✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲: The student who spends most of his time with that which is of greater benefit to himself as well as his community. Simultaneously, he sets himself time to read beneficial Rudood. This student is neither negligent such that he is unable to differentiate truth from falsehood and the truthful from the people of falsehood, nor is he one who sits on the sideline watching his community go from bad to worse. Rather, he is an active member within his community. He tries his best to cleanse his community from Shirk and its callers, innovation and its callers, and from major sins and its callers. At the same time he cultivates his community upon Qur'ān & Sunnah and encourages them to hold onto the Methodology of the Salaf; the pure, unadulterated version of Al-Islam. He is fully aware that calling to the truth is not achieved except through Tasfiyah (purification) and Tarbiyah (cultivation). And thanks to His Tamayyuz (distinction), his community know exactly what he calls to and what he stands for. 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗱 & 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱: Sheikh Fawzān ḥafidhahullāh said: «الردود على قسمين: الردود الصادرة عن أهل العلم والمعرفة والبصيرة لبيان الحق ودحض الباطل فهذه ردود مفيدة ولا بد منها. أما الردود التي تصدر عن الجهال والطلاب غير المتمكنين أو الردود التي تصدر عن أهواء ورغبات فهذه ردود لا تجوز لأنها تضر ولا تنفع. أما الردود الصحيحة الصادرة عن أهل العلم المعتمدة على بيان الحق لا على الهوى فهذه لا بد منها لأنه لا يجوز السكوت عن أهل الضلال ينشرون ضلالهم ويغررون بالأمة وشباب الأمة». “Rudood are of two types: Rudood issued by scholars, people of knowledge and insight in order to clarify the truth and refute falsehood; these Rudood are beneficial and they are necessary. As for Rudood issued by the ignorant and the incompetent students, or Rudood based on whims and desires; these Rudood are not permissible, because they are harmful and have no benefit.