Sacrificing Personal Interests for the Public Interest
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Ibn Taymiyyah said that if it were in the public interest that he goes to jail, then he would accept being imprisoned. ("أنا أمضي إلى الحبس وأتبع ما تقتضيه المصلحة"). ِThis is a great example of someone who prioritized communal and broader Islamic interests before his own. He did this because he was worried that the dispute at the highest levels of government pertaining to his fate might potentially cause strife.
Sacrificing Personal Interests for the Public Interest
Sacrificing Personal Interests for the Public…
Sacrificing Personal Interests for the Public Interest
Ibn Taymiyyah said that if it were in the public interest that he goes to jail, then he would accept being imprisoned. ("أنا أمضي إلى الحبس وأتبع ما تقتضيه المصلحة"). ِThis is a great example of someone who prioritized communal and broader Islamic interests before his own. He did this because he was worried that the dispute at the highest levels of government pertaining to his fate might potentially cause strife.