Even if the doctor is an expert and the medicine is beneficial, if precaution and abstinence are not practiced, then generally neither the medicine works nor the doctor's treatment proves useful. Everyone admits that here there is no issue with the doctor's expertise or the medicine's effectiveness, rather the trouble is just that the patient does not practice precaution and abstinence. Similarly, when the scholars (Ulama) say to abstain from listening to and reading the misguided and the people of falsehood, there too, neither is there any deficiency in the expertise of the scholars nor is there any defect in their religion and faith; rather, the whole issue is of not practicing abstinence, because an ordinary person, due to a lack of knowledge, can be influenced and misguided by the glibness and deception of the misguided. And yes, just as prescribing abstinence is considered a sign of goodwill from a doctor, in the same way, advising abstinence from listening to and reading the misguided should also be understood as goodwill from the scholars. Therefore, along with learning religion from and staying attached to the people of truth, it is essential to completely avoid listening to and reading the misguided groups!

✍️... Banda Mubeen-ur-Rehman

Jamia-tul-Abrar Masjid Akhtar, Gulberg Block 11, Karachi