No Sugarcoating — In WhatsApp Groups — for Anyone Who Issues False Tabdī; No Discreetly Undermining the Credentials of Honest People of Knowledge Who Provide Unambiguous Clarifications

March 28, 2026 | Abdullah Jallow | Brotherhood, Contemporary Issues, Fitnah, Methodology – ‘Manhaj’, Morals and Manners – ‘Akhlaaq’, Worship – ‘Ibaadah’

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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

Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated regarding the danger of a Mubtadi:

ومعلوم أنّ المذنب إنما ضرره على نفسه، وأما المبتدع فضرره على النوع. وفتنة المبتدع في أصل الدين، وفتنة المذنب في الشهوة.
والمبتدع قد قعد للناس على صراط الله المستقيم يصدهم عنه، والمذنب ليس كذلك، والمبتدع قادح في أوصاف الرب وكماله، والمذنب ليس كذلك، والمبتدع يقطع على الناس طريق الآخرة، والعاصي بطيء السير بسبب ذنوبه

Excerpts From The Above Text

The Fitna of the Mubtadi is related to the root (foundation) of the religion unlike the sinner whose affair is related to forbidden desires.

The Mubtadi is an obstruction for the people towards Allāh’s straight path and hinderrs them from it.

The Mubtadi severs (cut off) the path of the Hereafter for people, while the sinner is merely delayed on it because of his sins. [(1)]

What About The One Who Knowingly Accompanies a Mubtadi?

قال الامام البَربَهاريُّ: إذا رَأيتَ الرَّجُلَ جالِسًا مَعَ رَجُلٍ من أهلِ الأهواءِ، فحَذِّرْه وعَرِّفْه، فإنْ جَلسَ مَعَهُ بَعدَما عَلِمَ، فاتِّقِه؛ فإنَّه صاحِبُ هوًى
((شرح السنة)) (ص: 119)

If you see a man sitting with someone from the people of (vain) desires, warn him and make him aware. If he sits with him after he knows, be cautious of him, for he is a person of (vain) desires. [(2)]

We expect neither your sugarcoating nor utilisation of vague semantics. Do not make an absurd attempt to find a way out for those who issue false Tabdī. You know that after someone labels another person a Mubtadi, whether the person who passes the judgement believes that what he considers Bidah is Mukaffirah or not [refer to Footnote a], he has implied- to a greater or lesser extent- that all or some of the things Ibn Al-Qayyim has stated applies to the one he has labelled a Mubtadi. As for the one about whom one believes has been advised and he refuses to abandon the Mubtadi even though he is aware of the Mubtadi’s misguidance, then you have applied to him – to a greater or lesser extent – what Imam Al Barbahaaree has stated.

Fair enough if this ruling is justifiably issued against someone who deserve it based on knowledge, clear proofs and justice, but how about when it is issued without knowledge or clear proofs, in addition to transgression, lies, evasion, concealment, slander etc.

So, fear Allah and do not sugarcoat this matter in private or public, for indeed, Dhulm is darkness on the Day of Judgement. Do not sugarcoat the likes of these crimes similar to that of Falih Al-Harbi, Fawzi Al-Bahrayni and their ilk, Wallaahul Musta’an! [Footnote b]

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Footnotes

[Footnote a]: Bidah Al-Mukaffirah: It is the Bidah that is tantamount to disbelief. Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Madkhali, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked whether there is a difference between Bidah Al-Mukaffirah and Bidah Al-Mufassiqah; so Shaikh said that there is Bidah Mukaffirah, such as rejecting the Ruyah (i.e. denying that the believers will see Allaah in the afterlife); rejecting Allaah’s Uluww [i.e. denying that Allaah is above his creation –Allah ascended over the Throne in a way that benefits his majesty)]; invoking other than Allaah; offering slaughtered sacrifice (i.e. animals) to other than Allaah etc. These are affairs of Bidah Al-Mukaffirah (the bidah that is tantamount to disbelief).

But we do not make Takfeer of the people who commit this type of Bidah until we establish the proofs against them. That is because some of them (i.e. the people who fall into these affairs) carry doubts and are far away from the era of Prophethood and its light (i.e. guidance). So they fall into the likes these innovations.

Rejecting the Ruyah is disbelief; rejecting Allaah’s Uluww is disbelief; the saying that the Qur’aan is created is disbelief-major disbelief. But this person, -[who testifies that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allaah, and he prays, observes fasting, wants paradise and believes in that] -received the doubts of the people of falsehood, so he falls into the likes of these affairs (i.e. these innovations that are tantamount to disbelief). So we say to him: You have fallen into disbelief and the evidence is this and this, and we clarify for him. So if Allaah grants him Tawfeeq and he returns to the truth, then all praise is due to Allaah. But if not, we declare him a disbeliever after establishing the proofs against him.