It could be for dawah or correcting a person or debate or war.... It is from seerah to do correct estimation of the person or the power facing them.
When Rasulullah SAS offered dawah to elite, he knew who is the person..... example; Addi bin Haatim RA, or ulema from yahood or eisaee, intellects, poets for arabs etc. During war, he sent spies to estimate the power and strength of the opponent and took necessary steps. Battle of Trench is one such example.
Rasulullah SAS did depend on dua, tawakkul and nusrah from Allah SWT but did his strategy.
In one war; Persians brought Elephants, this created panic in ahle haq, their horses and camels went out of control.
Ameer accepted the challenge, he didn't say "this is nothing". He did a strategy, he disguised camels as monsters, this created panic in the ahle baatil.
Next step:
Ameer selected sharp shooters and few brave men. Shooters targeted the elephant's eyes with arrows, brave men targeted elephants' trunks. Elephants got wild and attacked their masters and they were disintegrated .
1. correct estimation of the person/power we are facing
2. Targeting the eye.
Apologies for going off track as I had this feeling since this post went up that the thread was directed to people who are not experts in the field they are discussing and would most likely make errors, and I agree with that. One should not get into topics they are not well versed in, especially when it comes to the Deen. We should take our Deen from the experts.
However, just for peace of mind :) I will make mention of the feeling regarding this thread, it's timing and recent threads.
Recently we have discussed many topics that many of us do not have any expertise in. However, we may have looked into it, or studied it or had gained knowledge in it, that perhaps was being overlooked by the experts.
Without going into much detail, I will give a few examples of where lay-people have sought advice or were taught something and acted upon this advise/knowledge or information.
On this forum itself, Muadh Khan shared some excellent work and his encounters with Ulama. Very educational and sometimes he would out do the specialists, however, this was not always the case as we all make errors.
One example of Muadh was when he asked a Mufti a question regarding the woman's voice being an awrah and the response he got from the Mufti was incorrect according to Muadh. Muadh then produced further evidence and presented them to the Mufti and received a compliment from him and took his answer back and stood corrected.
Then we had Asaaghir, who's qualifications remain unknown and he challenged an expert, and a master in a particular field, simply because he felt that his fellow Muslim brothers were being used as scapegoats. When this accusation got to him, he made a challenge and (in many people's views, was correct and proved the expert shamefully wrong) However, unfortunately due to this, both members have cut down on the forum with one who has completely left us. The member was highly respected by everyone, but for whatever reason, felt that they were forced out. Asaaghir cut down as he felt he may have hurt his fellow member, but still posts once in a while.
We have another member, Super-glue, who has provided undisputed works to date and no one has dared to stand up to the challenge or even attempted to debunk his posts. Personally, I have agreed with all his works so far as far as I can remember, except for one :) The Dinosaurs. He says one thing whilst I say that there must've been animals huge enough to be a regular size for the giants that humans once were, eg. T-Rex could've just been a bigger chicken for those giants of the past and Allah knows best. ;)
And my lowly self. I'm not an expert scholar or anything close, but I read the works of the scholars, professionals and experts, in which I proof read for the organisations/individual and that has taught me many things in many fields Alhumdulillah.
Personally, I have corrected or updated certain scholars and professionals where I thought they could be wrong, otherwise I'd need to correct my understanding.
I will give only a couple of examples:
I asked a very popular scholar a question regarding the Quran, The Mushaf and Wudhu. I was given an answer and I was contempt with the answer. However, after further reading and studying on the topic, I found new evidence and presented it to the scholar who then retracted his view and stood corrected, Alhumdulillah.
On another topic, I was adamant about something being Haram, but every single scholar I spoke to, would say that I could not label something as Haram if it is not named as Haram as per the rulings. I knew that I could prove what I was saying was correct, but since it was not my field of expertise, I was not taken seriously. I presented the same argument from day one and stuck to it as I understood it from my perspective. Many years later, I asked another question in which I sought some clarity and within that response, what I had been saying for a decade, was finally uttered by the scholar whom also said that if such and such a narration was quoted with the knowledge and evidence we have today, then the act can be labelled as Haram!
So what I'm trying to say is that, although I agree with the OP, we should not just dismiss everything from anyone who is not an expert in a certain field because there is always someone out there who has that little tiny bit of information that the others may not (and the fact that we don't know who holds what qualifications)
Another brilliant example is of Elon Musk. Elon is a very clever individual, perhaps influenced by forces of the unseen ;)
He knows and we all know why he bought Twitter. If you look into the twitter files, we'll realise how much corruption there was and how the giants forced and misled the people into believing lies. He's now exposing those lies. Having known so much and having an insight into things and all the money he has, he still got vaccinated for Covid-19 - and realises how wrong he was about it! The truth is still coming out, just like they are with the Hancock Lockdown Files. The Lies are being exposed whilst the innocent are still dying!
So here's an example of a brilliant question asked by the interviewer/YouTuber to Elon Musk, who left Elon gob smacked and realised what an excellent point and suggestion, something that this "expert" didn't think of!
www.indiatimes.com/trending/social-relevance/elon-musk-fi... So we shouldn't just dismiss everything from those below us thinking that we are better and "who are they to tell us"
We can investigate further and get deeper insight and sometimes, we could just be wrong and need to correct oursleves but not be overconfident.
"Why did the Indian space scientists borrowed lunar soil from NASA as a sample to create a terrain to test their moon lander facility on ground before launch"
I would like to hear from @super-glue, if possible.
The difference here is brother @super-glue is a hobbyist and indian space scientists are professional experts. They are accountable, they have important mission in hand.
So I believe they're in better position to research on journey of man to moon.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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