Reflections from some statements of Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Mad’khali [36 of 80]
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
O youth! It is obligated to you to adhere to the true path of Allah which Muhammad was sent with, implemented and conveyed by his companions, and adopted by those who followed them exactly in faith, and followed by the victorious group that adheres to Allah’s Book and the Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger. You must endure various forms of hardship, challenges, and difficulties in the path of steadfastness upon this truth and in conveying it. You must adhere to these (matters). The religion has become strange, (as) the Prophet stated: “Islam began as something strange and will return to being strange as it once was, so Toobaa (paradise, salvation) is for the strangers”. [a]
Numerous are the people of Bidah! It is greatly regrettable that they boast about this multitude, while Allah, The Exalted, said:
وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allah. [Al-An’am 116]
Thus, the criterion is not based on quantity, whether large or small, but rather on what was conveyed by Muhammad, which distinguishes between truth and falsehood, guidance and misguidance, polytheism and monotheism, as well as Sunnah and Bidah. [Marhaban Yaa Talib Al-Ilm page 457]
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[a] https://salafidawahmanchester.com/2024/09/09/the-strangers/ https://salafidawahmanchester.com/2024/09/10/2-the-strangers/