[4] A Brief Acquaintance With Some of Those Who Preceded Haqiqatjou In Conjecture, Deception, and Misguidance: [Those who read and wrote a lot but jested and twiddled with the religion]
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Allah [The Exalted] says:
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَتْلُونَهُۥ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ
Those to whom We have given the Book (the Torah and the Qurʾān), recite it as it truly should be recited (through sincere, honest implementation of its teachings, without distorting them). They are the ones who (truly) believe in it. And whoever disbelieves in it, then they are the losers.
Imām al-Ṭabarī brings the following reports: Ibn ʿAbbās and ʿIkrimah: “They follow it as it truly should be followed.” Ibn ʿAbbās: “They accept as lawful what it makes lawful, accept as unlawful what it makes unlawful, and do not distort its words from their proper places.” Mujāhid: “They act upon it as it truly should be acted upon.” Ibn Masʿūd and Qatādah: “They treat as lawful what it makes lawful and treat as unlawful what it makes unlawful. They recite it as it was revealed by Allāh. They do not distort its words from their proper places and they do not explain anything of it with other than its (true) explanation.” Al-Ḥasan: “They act upon its decisive verses (muḥkam), believe in its ambiguous verses (mutashābih), and entrust the knowledge of what is difficult for them to its knower”. [1]
Imaam Adh-Dhahabi [may Allah have mercy upon him] stated: “Knowledge is not about an abundance of narration, rather, it is a light that Allah places into the heart. And the condition (for seeking it) is to adhere to it, fleeing from desires and bidah. May Allah grant you and us success (and the ability) to obey Him”. [2]
An Example of a Misguided One Called Al-Jaahiz Who Was Known to Read a Lot and Wrote Many Books, But Well-known For Jesting and Twiddling With The Religion
Ibn Qutaybah [may Allah have mercy upon him] stated about Al-Jaahiz: “You find him arguing at times for the Uthmaaniyyah over the Rafidah, and sometimes for the Zaidiyyah over the Uthmaaniyyah and Ahlus Sunnah, and sometimes he gave precedence to Ali [may Allah be pleased with him], and sometimes he placed him behind others. [Footnote a] He wrote a book in which he mentioned the arguments of the Christians against the Muslims, and when he embarked upon refuting them, he relinquished some of the proof as if he wanted to alert them to what they did not know and to cast doubt on the weak among the Muslims, and you find him intending in his books to mock and twiddle. He mocked at hadith in a way that was not hidden from the scholars, while he was one of the Ummah’s greatest liars, fabricators of hadith, and the most supportive of falsehood”. [3]
Imaam adh-Dhahabi [may Allah have mercy upon him] said about Al-Jaahiz: “He was an insolent person, one who was very negligent in his practice of the religion and held strange views”. [4] “It was apparent from his traits that he used to fabricate”. [5] “He was from the figureheads of Bidah”. [6] Al-Baghdaadee [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, “Al-Jaahiz used to transmit a lot of innovated beliefs in his books”. [7] “Neither reliable nor trustworthy, rather, he was one of the figureheads of Bidah”. [8]
Refutations Against Haqiqatjou at https://abuiyaad.com/
To be continued InShaaAllah
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Footnote a:
https://abukhadeejah.com/our-dawah-and-the-call-to-salafiyyah-that-stands-the-test-of-time-the-companions-their-virtues-their-differences-those-who-follow-them-and-those-who-oppose-them-part-3/
[1] https://www.thenoblequran.com/q/#/search/2_121 Shaikh Abu Iyaad [may Allah preserve him]
[2] Siyar A’laam An-Nubulaa 3/313
[3] An Excerpt from “Ta’weel Mukhtalif Al-Hadeeith”. pages 71-73
[4] Siyar A’laam An-Nubulaa 11/527]
[5] Siyar A’laam An-Nubulaa 11/528]
[6] Al-Meezaan Al-I’tidaal 3/247]
[7] Al-Farqu Baynal Firaq page 175-178]
[8] Al-Meezaan al-itidaal 3/247