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Those Who Fish in Muddy Waters What we still keep hearing from more than one direction is that this book has made it possible for sects scattered here and there to fish in muddy waters, as they describe, and move in the direction of achieving other objectives unrelated to the objectives of this book. I would like to say the following:
Perhaps discussing inflammatory topics, when
undertaken by one side, that is, that of the said individual, there should
be no problem at all even if doing so leads to a shake-up in doctrinal
pillars; rather, the field would remain as clear as the roaster’s eyes. But
if someone else makes a stand to defend the truth and to object to someone’s
statements with the goal to protect people from being dragged after
someone’s statements, receiving them with good intentions and with an open
mind, without any discussion thereof, this would be a major crime because it
may represent an obstacle in the path of the project undertaken by someone
for the past forty or fifty years. Is there a crime greater than attracting
people’s attention to what harms lie in ambush for them?! Is that not
considered shaking the foundations of Islam as a whole, as they describe
it?! Having said all what I have said, I would like to add the following:
1. We wish such a statement were conveyed to the individual who caused an uproar about these issues in the first place. He has insisted upon circulating them and fixing them among the public on various occasions and for an extended period of time. I and my book became the scapegoat of his insistence. Many of its words were taken out of context. It was carefully characterized. Employing sizeable media potential and means that are “impressive and effective,” quite often we were warned, but we did not pay attention to the warnings, nor did we care the least about them, because we found our Islamic obligation mandating upon us to treat what can be treated. If Allah is pleased, such is our objective.
2. There has been a great deal of exaggeration and fuss about those whom he labels as “fishing in muddy waters,” especially despite what we have stated above.
3. It is quite clear that putting an ideology before the public, so that it may become part of their doctrine or general knowledge, so that it may, in one way or another, become part and parcel of their everyday life, it requires taking the initiative to put forth an opposite view that exposes where it went wrong within the same sphere and applying the same method wherein the first ideology was discussed. It is not appropriate to wait for years because making a stand at that time against an ideology which has been fixed in people’s minds and hearts, becoming part of their creed, concepts, and everyday life, will be much, much more difficult then.
4. Whether the right idea is put forth today or tomorrow, or after scores of years, there will be those who benefit there from in any time or clime. We think that their presence does not constitute any hindrance to taking the initiative to correct or to explain; otherwise, were we to uphold such a stand to such an extent, we would never be able to respond to any idea, nor face any plan, especially if it is against many terms some of which are very serious and sensitive, something which requires speed in taking the initiative to such correcting. |