The Proper Approach to Debating
By Imam Zaid Shakir · May 21, 2008
Imam Shafi'i is related to have said: "Never do I debate a man with a desire to hear him err in his speech, or to expose the flaws in his argument, and thus vanquish him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently supplicate, 'O Lord, help him so that truth may manifest itself in his heart and on his tongue. If it be that the truth is on my side, may he follow me; and if the truth be on his side, may I follow him.' "
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