O Virtuous Shaikh, may Allah grant you success. There are many questions about your advice relating to what happened recently regarding the derogatory film (with depiction) of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. What is your guidance concerning this?
Answer: Our guidance (or advice) regarding this is to remain calm, and not to react in this manner; protests, attacking innocent people, destroying property - all of this is not permissible.
And what should have happened is that the ones who refute them are the scholars, not the general muslims. The scholars are the ones who should reply and refute these affairs.
(And so I advise with) staying calm. They want us to become confused, and they want to get us aggravated - this is what they intend. They want for us to fight amongst ourselves such that the authorities stop (the general folk from protesting and the like) and the people start attacking (property and others), and thus violence occurs, and fighting and injuries. This is what they intend.
(Upon you is) Calmness, calmness! And the people of knowledge and insight should be the ones who refute them. Or we don't reply to them at all.
The Mushrikoon said regarding the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم that he was a magician, soothsayer, liar and so on. And Allah commanded him with patience - He commanded his Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم to remain patient. They did not form protests in Makkah, and they didn't destroy the houses of the mushrikeen and they didn't kill anyone.
(What is needed is) Patience and calmness until Allah سبحانه وتعالى facilitates for the Muslims a solution (to these affairs).
That which is obligatory is to remain calm, especially nowadays during these trials and tribulations that are afflicting the lands of the muslims. One must remain calm and not rush to react regarding these affairs
And the general folk are not able to confront these affairs, they are ignorant and have no knowledge. No one should confront these affairs except the people of knowledge and insight.
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