On the fifteenth anniversary of the death of the religious authority, Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, we must recall the role of committed media in spreading authentic Islamic awareness-raising thought, presented by Fadlallah through a series of lengthy interviews and interviews that were published at that time over time. This constituted a key factor in supporting and integrating the roles of intellectuals and the media, especially since the late Fadlallah was one of the creators of awareness and a leader of religious enlightenment.
The vast heritage of intellectual and religious movement culture that Sayyed Fadlallah presented to us carries with it an important aspect that the late great leader used to say: "If Islam is our goal at all times, then we must not enslave our Islamic movement to any partisanship, be it partisan, personal, or factional. Partisanship and factionalism have killed us, and the sanctification of individuals has turned us into uncreative handicappers, slaves, and followers in all its diversity."
Regarding Sayyed Fadlallah, lawyer Osama Al-Arab says the following: “He believed that Sunnis are Shiites because they love the Ahl al-Bayt, and Shiites are Sunnis because they adhere to the Sunnah of the Prophet, rejecting any distinction between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. He also emphasized that a person declares his Islam simply by reciting the Shahada and adhering to the five religious obligations, and that fatwas should address people's problems without fear or hesitation. He called for national unity between Muslims and Christians in Lebanon, emphasizing that unity is the nation's defense against challenges. With his open-minded thinking, he was able to penetrate the walls between sects, denominations, and political positions, earning everyone's respect.”
This openness, which Sayyed Fadlallah embraced, and whose motto was "Truth is the daughter of dialogue," was one of the pillars of his religious cultural school, which made him the "reformist master" of our Arab reality. He made us remember him on the date of his death, not to be frozen in his active experience as a religious jurisprudential authority, a cultural reformer, an advocate for Arab and Islamic renaissance, or a founder of social service projects. We remember the man and his experience on the anniversary of his death, so that we can urge our Arab youth to live within this same mentality that seeks to create creative Arabs in culture, politics, economics, education, and all aspects of science.
Dr. Adel Reda
Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Diabetes
Kuwaiti Writer on Arab and Islamic Affairs
