Supplication for or against the people of Bidah – Clarification of a Senior Scholar

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Supplication for or against the people of Bidah – By Al Allamah Ubaid Al-Jabiri, may Allah have mercy upon him.

Question: May Allah bless you, our Shaikh. This is the seventh question from Saudi Arabia. What is the ruling on making Du’aa for the guidance of those who call to Bidah and Fitan, including the Khawarij, concerning the misguidance they are in?

Response: Those who smake du’aa for them have Salaf (a precedent or basis) for doing so; however, the people of Bidah fall into two groups:

A group who are callers to their Bidah, having loyalty and enmity in that. They exert every effort to attack the people of the Sunnah based on lies, falsehood, and slander. Therefore, whoever makes Du’aa against them to be annihilated, eradicated, and for their efforts to be frustrated, and their plots to be repelled against them, he has a precedent. And whoever makes Du’aa for their guidance, I hold that it should be done in a restricted manner, saying: “O Allah! The one among these people who possses goodness, hasten guidance for him and bring him back to You in a beautiful manner. And for the one does not possess goodness, suffice us against him through whatever way You wish”.

The matter does not reach the level of severe reproach, such that the one who makes Du’aa for their guidance is reprimanded, as if they have committed a grave evil or spoken falsehood, contrary to the first (stance), which is to make Du’aa for them in a restricted manner, saying: O Allah! The one among them who possess goodness, hasten their guidance, and for those who do not possess goodness, suffice us with whatever You will”.

One might say, “O Allah! Show us through them the wonders of Your power in them, and make them a lesson for those who take heed.” Na’am (surely), some callers to Bidah display enmity, hatred and attack against the people of the Sunnah, especially the Khawarij among them. If I wished, I could mention their names, but they are well-known, the leaders of the revolutionary thought that began in the year 1411 are well-know. In reality, these people I make Du’aa against them that Allah destroys their plots, frustrates their efforts, show Ahlus Sunnah a lesson through them, and make them a lesson for those who reflect. However, I do not reprimand those who oppose me and make Du’aa for their guidance; I do not reprimand them, as the Prophet – peace and blessings of Allah be upon him – made Du’aa for the guidance of the unbelievers. [paraphrased]

السؤال : بارك الله فيكم شيخنا؛ هذا السؤال السابع من السعودية؛
ما حكم الدعاء بالهداية لدعاة البدع والفتن وحتى الخوارج ممَّا هم فيه من الضلال؟
الجواب :
من دعا لهم بالهداية لهُ سَلَف، لكن أهل البدع قسمان:
قسمٌ هُم دعاة إلى بدعهم، يوالون ويعادون فيها، ويَعْمَلون كُلَّ ما استطاعوا للنيلِ من أهلِ السُّنة كذبًا، وزورًا، وبهتانًا، فمن دعا عليهم بالهلاك، والدَّمار، وإحباط السَّعي، ورَدْ كيدهم في نحورِهم لهُ سَلَف، ومَن دعا لهم بالهداية؛ وأرى أن تكون هكذا مُقيَّدة فيقول: اللهم من تعلم أنه فيه من هؤلاء خير فعجِّل له بالهداية، ورُدَّه إليكَ ردًّا جميلًا، ومن كنت لا تعلم فيه خيرًا فأكفيناه بما شئت
فالأمر لا يصل إلى حد النكير الشديد؛ بحيث من دعا لهم بالهداية يُثَرَّبُ عليه، وكأنه أتى منكرًا من القولِ وزورا، خالَف الأوْلى يعني يدعو لهم دعاء هكذا مقيَّدًا؛ اللهم من كان فيه من هؤلاء خير فعجل له بالهداية ومن ليس منهم فيه خير فأكفيناه بما شئت
وقد يقول اللهم أرِنا فيهم عجائب قدرتك، واجعلهم عبرة لمن اعتبر، نعم بعض دعاة البدع مكشِّرون عن أنياب العداوة والبُغض والنَّيل من أهل السُّنة، لاسيما الخوارج منهم، ولو شِئْت ذكرت أسمائهم لكنهم معروفون، أقطاب الثورة الفكرية العالمة التي انطلقت من عام 1411 معروفون، فهؤلاء في الحقيقة أنا أدعو عليهم بأن يدمِّر الله كَيْدَهم ويخيِّب سَعْيَهم، ويُرِيَ أهل السُّنة فيهم العبرة، ويجعلَهُم عبرةً لِمَن اعتبر، لكن لا أُثَرِّبُ على من خالَفَنِي فدعا لهم بالهداية، لا أُثَرِّبُ عليه، النبي
صلى الله عليه وسلم
دعا بالهداية للكُفَّار
نعم
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