such as some Muslims in Afghanistan who count dozens of disbelieving and aggressive states as their friends but consider two neighboring and Muslim states as their enemies![1]

Moreover, a group of the enemies of Islam are hypocrites who are considered Muslims, yet they disbelieve in what Allah has revealed to His Prophet, and they collaborate with disbelievers to destroy Islam and to make disbelief dominant over the world, while Muslims do not know them and are unaware of their disbelief; as Allah Almighty has informed of their disbelief and said: ﴿وَلَوْ كَانُوا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالنَّبِيِّ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا اتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ وَلَكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ﴾[2]; “If they had believed in Allah and the Prophet and what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as friends, but most of them are sinners.” They are, in fact, a number of disbelievers who are considered Muslim rulers and are supported by disbelievers to rule over Muslims to secure the interests of disbelievers among Muslims. Undoubtedly, at their head are the Saudi rulers, who are openly hand in hand with the enemies of Islam and strive on the political and cultural fronts to destroy Islam. On the one hand, on the political front, they collaborate with harbi disbelievers and support the corrupt and militant groups in Islamic lands, and on the other hand, on the cultural front, they sow division among Muslims and promote polytheistic beliefs in the name of monotheism, while many Muslims consider them the servants of the Two Holy Mosques and the promoters of the correct belief!

In summary, ignorance of Islam leads to the misguidance of Muslims, ignorance of Muslims leads to their division, and ignorance of disbelievers leads to their defeat. This is the calamity that has befallen them and the tribulation that has engulfed them, and the only way to escape it is to acquire knowledge and promote it in the three directions.

2. Imitation

As it has become clear, another impediment to knowing is “imitation,” which is following the statement or action of another without evidence, and it has become prevalent in five forms: