الملخص الجميل
في
بيان منهج الشيخ ربيع
في
الدعوة والجرح والتعديل
[A beautiful abridgment in clarifying Shaikh Rabee’s methodology in calling to Allaah and in Jarh Wat-Tadeel]
Publishers: Daar Imaam Ahmad Egypt
2 Vols
Question
A man hit an animal and broke its hand, and thereafter the animal died; what is the ruling on this?
Answer:
We do not know which animal it is, and whether it is one of importance or of a valuable price. So what is intended here is that you are not held responsible except that it is impermissible for you to punish an animal. You have sinned in the sight of Allaah and it is incumbent upon you to repent. As for kaffaara (i.e. a prescribed act of expiation for this sin of yours), then there is none incumbent upon you.’’
[Source: Al-Fataawaa Wad-Duroos Fee Masjid Al-Haraam, page: 925]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
By Allah it is saddening that we are compelled to use our precious time in rebutting the nonsensical, absurd and at times dumbfounding statements and actions of those attributing an association to knowledge and the scholars.
Certain individuals to this day make every attempt to refrain from speaking the truth, rather they conceal the truth, concerning innovators such as al-Ma’riby, al-Halaby and their likes. With this regard, we witnessed the attempts of one such madeenhdotcom affiliate to maintain a stance of concealing the truth on al-Ma’riby; the audacity of the lie and attempt at deception may disturb some, but we ask Allah to open our hearts to accepting the truth and realising the reality of these individuals.
A certain Madeenahdotcom member claimed in a gathering with myself and other brothers present that he is being lied against and that actually he is “with Shaikh Rabee’ on the issue of al-Ma’riby” in an attempt to refute the reality that he actually holds a very deceptive chamelon-like position on the affair. Upon declaring that statement the other brothers in the gathering appeared to be convinced at the very open and straight forward nature of his declaration, however I was aware of this individual’s deception from having known him for the region of 15 years and spent time with him during the days at Madinah University. I therefore asked a simple question, “In that case you declare al-Ma’riby is an innovator?”, considering he had moments earlier proclaimed he was being lied against and that he is with Shaikh Rabee’ [and Shaikh Rabee’s stance is well known in declaring al-Ma’riby an innovator] it would have been thought that the answer would have been a straight forward “yes, of course”….otherwise how could he possibly declare that he is with Shaikh Rabee’? With great regret however, it appears certain individuals have very little – if any – honour left for themselves, in an absolute disgraced and degraded manner he stumbled and stuttered upon his words, and with a facial expression ridden with outright guilt he demonstrated clearly he was not able to say “yes”[!]. Instead he began to alter the course of the discussion to other statements of the scholars etc…at which point it became clear that actually he was NOT with Shaikh Rabee’ at all and was in fact attempting a pitiful deception!
By Allah, it is an absolute disaster that an individual who proclaims himself as a “student” could engage in such an attempt at deception and in fact lie. He had hoped no doubt that everyone would simply accept his statement at face value and not pursue it further and perhaps did not anticipate the one simple question that exposed his failed attempt at this disgraceful deception. That in of itself is sufficient as an exposition of the deceptive nature of such individuals, however the exposition continued.
The individual [upon realising the attempted deception had failed] then began to quote statements of scholars and advice regarding “not becoming involved” in the issue, and so he adopted the new strategy in the gathering of claiming that he was simply following the advice of scholars and not becoming involved and therefore did not have any position and it was not upon him to speak on the issue; truly amazing bearing in mind just moments earlier he was “with Shaikh Rabee”[!]. However after 2 hours of proclaiming this, he was once again exposed by his own deceptive tongue that was unfortunately for him unable to maintain the deception, in the midst of the discussion it slipped from his tongue that actually he “does not declare al-Ma’riby an innovator!” [أنا لا أبدعه were his exact words since the gathering was conducted in Arabic].
Therefore in the space of 2 hours the following occured:
1- Firstly he proclaimed that he was being lied againt and that he is in fact “with Shaikh Rabee'”…but was exposed when asked very simply if al-Ma’riby therefore is an innovator and he rejected that.
2- Then he moved onto taking the position that it is not upon him to become involved or take a position for the next 2 hours.
3- Finally his third change of colours was to let slip that actually he doesnt view al-Ma’riby an innovator at all! Which nullified the whole of his 2 hour argument that “its not upon him to become involved or take a position” since he had now clearly taken a position! In fact he had TWICE taken a position – even though he spent 2 hours presenting evidences that he should not have to do that – since at the beginning he was apparently taking the position of Shaikh Rabee’ [although that was a blatant attempt at deception].
A catastrophic failure may be one way to describe the pitiful shameless behaviour of this individual, and we may add, pre-meditated, since he was aware this gathering was to potentially occur in advance. From apparently being with Shaikh Rabee’, then taking no position, to finally making a full 180 degree turn into declaring he does not view al-Ma’riby an innovator…all of that in approximately the space of 2 hours[!].
By Allah we ask, was this chameleon-like behaviour the way of the Salaf? Protect yourselves and implement the advice of Shaikh Mohammad bin Haady in distancing yourselves from such deceptive individuals.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
As it is well known and established, our methodology is based upon the Qur’an & Sunnah with the Understanding of the Salaf of this Ummah. That pure and sound methodology that was practiced by the seal of the prophets Mohammad صلى الله عليه و سلم and his companions رضي الله عنهم; that pure and sound methodology that was preserved and passed down generation after generation from the Righteous Salaf onwards, implemented and taught by the great Imaams the likes of Imam Ahmad, then ibn Taymiyyah then Mohamad bin ‘Abdul-Wahhab, and to our time Shaikh bin Baz, Shaikh ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen, Shaikh al-Albany, Shaikh Ahmed an-Najmy رحمهم الله, Shaikh al-Fawzan, Shaikh Zaid bin Haady al-Madkhaly, Shaikh Rabee’ حفظهم الله to name a few.
It is with great regret that certain individuals to this day encounter extreme difficulty in practicing and teaching this clear methodology…despite their “claim” to Salafiyyah; indeed it is with even greater regret certain individuals who claim an association to knowledge, who claim having studied with the scholars, who claim having graduated from Islamic Institutes, do not cease to experience a severe difficulty in speaking the truth and implementing this sound methodology.
The following article will be a summary of one of the disgraceful affairs that have been experienced from several individuals – from amongst those who have encountered this “difficulty” in practicing the sound methodology – it is not a specification of any one given individual hence no one given name is identified, rather it is a generic clarification of some of the degrading behaviour witnessed as a whole, applicable to multiple individuals. It is an affair that continues to surface again and again – as experienced recently with a madeenahdotcom member -, and so we will clarify again and again to crush this deception.
The claim that they cannot accept the refutations of al-Ma’riby and al-Halaby and their likes, despite the clear detailed refutations that exist, since the “tarbiyyah” [cultivation, upringing, way of behaviour] they have been taught by the scholars is to “not become involved”.
Response: No doubt the scholars have and continue to advise the students and people to busy themselves in that which benefits them, that is the advice of Shaikh Rabee’ and others [we specify the name of Shaikh Rabee’ since it is as if those deviated individuals attempt to portray that the Shaikh busies the people with that which does not benefit subhaanAllah]. However, the most fascinating observation in this regard is the somewhat disturbing bi-polar mentality of these deviated individuals whereby they claim they cannot speak and advise people regarding innovators such as al-Ma’riby and al-Halaby [who have been refuted and exited from Salafiyyah due to their oppositions to the sound methodology] since apparently the “tarbiyyah” they were given from the scholars was to not become involved in such affairs of refutation etc…is it not disturbing – yet fascinating at the same time – how this “tarbiyyah” is brushed aside when it comes to our noble Salafi brothers, whether they be here at al-Markaz as-Salafi, or at SalafiPublications or elsewhere, or whether it is specific individuals at any of these Salafi Centres or several? For indeed you will not witness them implementing their “tarbiyyah” in that instance, rather they will happily mention whatever they are able to gather together in terms of speech against them, and even go into further details and claim jarh mufassir [detailed criticism] exists of certain brothers, and that the appraisal is general etc etc…. disturbing yet fascinating how the “tarbiyyah” is temporarily switched off to enable them to happily speak about the salafis wherever and whoever they may be? Disturbing – yet fascinating – how they are unable to clarify the reality of innovators – individuals who have exited from the fold of Salafiyyah – [due to their “tarbiyya”[!]] yet are able to conveniently speak against other individuals who are SALAFIS? An amazing “tarbiyyah” they claim they have recieved?!
We ask to be protected from this pitiful state whereby speaking against salafis is of no concern, yet speaking against innovators is a complicated dilemma too difficult to engage in[!]. By Allah it is beyond comprehension how every possible excuse is employed to maintain the deviated figureheads, yet apparently non of those reasons apply to the salafis? “Tarbiyyah”, “We were told not to get involved”, “The scholars have differed”….everything is put to one side when the topic of criticising salafis is mentioned Allahul Musta’an.
We ask Allah to rectify this bi-polar tarbiyyah that some of these disgraceful and degraded individuals have decided to implement, whereby every possible excuse under the Sun will be utilised to refrain from speaking the truth on deviated innovators and their defenders – even lying -, yet refuting the salafis is from the other pole of this apparent “tarbiyyah” and therefore perfectly ok! May Allah aid us and protect us from such pitiful speech and behaviour, and honour us with the pure methodology of Salafiyyah in learning and practice.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
It is common to hear of individuals who have had “near-death experiences”, vision of seeing strange lights amongst other strange affairs, the following is regarding the story of an individual written in a newspaper some 30 years ago, however the content is relevant as a generic matter.
The story narrates how a particular individual fell into a coma and it was mistakenly thought that he had actually died, and so he was consequently buried. He was however actually alive, and upon discovering that, he was removed and rescued from his grave 3 days later. That individual then narrated the “strange and fascinating” sights he witnessed whilst buried underground in his grave in the “close-to-death” experience, he makes mentions of Angels etc….[the exact content of the narration is not of importance, however the following response is].
The following statement [summarised] is the response of Shaikh ibn Baz to this individual’s narration of what he apparently witnessed.
“Due to some people believing such false stories I considered it important to highlight and alert the attention of people to the reality of this affair. In reality this is a complete and utter lie falsified by the claimant [narrations of seeing things from the after-life in so called near-death experiences]. It is known in the Legislation of Islam that the 2 Angels do not come to an individual until he actually dies, they do not come to someone who is still alive in this manner [coma or otherwise] for the questionning [!]. [They] invent such stories of [near-death experiences] of seeing all types of strange affairs for other degrading gains [i.e. money from selling the story]”.
[via Shaikh ibn Baz’s official website]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
It has become apparent that claims have been circulated upon Twitter, that the Mufti Shaikh ‘Abdul’Aziz aale-Shaikh intends to have an operation utilising modern techniques to restore his eyesight at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia. It is claimed this operation will be able to restore possibly 90% of his vision.
Regarding these statements and claims the Shaikh has stated, “There is no basis to what is being spread across social networks, this is a lie, I am content with that which Allah has apportioned for me, and all praise is due to Allah the Lord of the Worlds”.
[via Sahab]
How amazing is the affair of the people! Just as the scholars state, “There is much lying in these times”.
Perhaps we may take a lesson and admonition from this regarding the usage of Twitter and other such networks due to the vast amount of baseless information that is circulated. Only reliable, trustworthy individuals/organisations should be followed for updates and beneficial articles, sources of learning etc. It is not befitting to follow unknown individuals or degraded individuals that will not benefit a person in his affairs.
Al-Allaamah Rabee Bin Haadee al-Madkhali (may Allaah preserve him and prolong his life upon goodness) stated about Al-Allaamah Muhammad Amaan Al-Jaami (rahimahullaah):
Indeed those youth who ridicule him!; By Allaah I have not tasted the sweetness of the Aqeedah, particularly Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat, except through this man Shaikh Muhammad Amaan. By Allaah he knows it and is excellent in its exposition. And by Allaah had all those who ridicule him studied under him, it would have been a noble and honourable (thing) for them. By Allaah I have not seen anyone more suitable in teaching the Aqeedah and presenting it similar to this man. I have met those more knowledgeable and greater than him, but with regards to exposition of the (Aqeedah), by Allaah I have not seen the likes of him. This man is great and well-grounded in Aqeedah; (but) those people ridicule him.
[Source: http://www.sahab.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=133948]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Halabi’s state of affairs exploded when he authored his book titled Manhajus Salaf As-Saalih in 1429AH to wage a so called war against ”Those who exceed the limits when criticising others”; however in reality this book manifested the corrupt principles he used to hide from the Salafis, which he established in order to decfend the people of innovation and aid the Manhaj of Tamyee. This Manhaj of Tamyee was firstly established by Abul Hasan Al-Maribi (The Innovator), but Halabi completed it.
Therefore, Shaikh Rabee and his students refuted and warned against Halabi’s book but they refrained from declaring him an innovator. Then Halabi and his students set up a website to wage war against Shaikh Rabee and his students, and they were accompanied by some of the people of ignorance and desires who raised his status. They went into extremes in speaking ill of the Salafi Scholars of this era and described them with the ugliest descriptions. They also propagated the doubts of ikhwaan al-Muslimeen and that of the illegal partisans until this website became a place for some of the deviants and the people of Tamyee; and until one could not notice a big difference between it and the websites of the ikhwaan al-Muslimeen and the people of illegal partisanship; and until he manifested an affair which no truthful salafi can ignore – his praise of the Book titled ‘Risaalatu Amaan’ a book that contained statements concerning Wahdatul Adyaan [the call to the unity of Religions].
So the Salafis refuted Halabi for praising this Book and clarified the severity of the affair. However, his students defended and praised the book, and they warned against those who refuted it. Then Halabi agreed with his students in their defence of the book and this was a great catastrophe. Then Shaikh Rabee warned against Halabi and declared him an innovator.
[Source: Paraphrased and abridged from Al-Baraaheen Al-Ateedah Fee Kashfi Ahwaal Wa-Ta’seelaat Ali Al-Halabi Al-Jadeedah’ page 52-53]
To be continued Inshaa-Allaah
Very Important Articles
[1] Manhaj in Pictures: Chronological History of Tamyee from Ismaa’eeliyyah to Ma’rib
See links: http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=23&Topic=2349
[2] The satanic call to the Unity of Religions
http://www.salafitalk.net/st/printthread.cfm?Forum=9&Topic=10394
[3]Others issues related to the calamities of Maribi and Halabi
http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=23&Topic=10498
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Halabi Defended Those Who Were Refuted For Their deviations
Observations were made concerning the state of affairs of Usaamah Qoosee, Abu Ishaaq Al-Huwaynee, Muhammad Hassaan and Muhammad Husain Yaqoob; but even before a group of people rallied behind them and listened to them, they did utter statements indicating their deviation from the Salafi Manhaj. Therefore, the Salafis demanded from them a recantation from these deviations, but they did not; rather they launched a war against those Salafi Scholars who refuted them.
Then Ali Halabi and his companions at Markaz Imaam Albaanee did nothing but join the ranks of these people in opposing Shaikh Rabee and his brothers amongst the Salafi scholars. He did this under the false pretence of pursuing the middle path and that they were waging war against Extremism in the affair of Criticism and declaring people innovators without a justified reason. So Shaikh Ahmad An-Najmi stopped him and Mash-hoor Hasan in their tracks by refuting and warning against them. Likewise, Shaikh Ubaid did the same. As for Shaikh Rabee, he exercised a lot of patience towards Halabi and his companions and advised them repeatedly. He advised them repeatedly despite the fact that they did utter unbefitting statements against him. However, he still gave them a final advice in his house but it did not benefit them.
Then a hidden affair became manifested and that was the connection between Markaz Imaam Albaanee and the organisation Ihyaa Turaath—that organization well known for hizbiyyah, politics, its Qutbi orientation and affiliation with one of the heads of innovation of this era known as Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul Khaaliq. [Source: Paraphrased and abridged from Al-Baraaheen Al-Ateedah Fee Kashfi Ahwaal Wa-Ta’seelaat Ali Al-Halabi Al-Jadeedah’ page: 51 onwards]
To be continued Inshaa-Allaah
For further details see:
Abu Ishaq Al-Huwaini
http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=6&Topic=1033&sortby=desc
Muhammad Hassaan
Shaikh Muhammad Bin Haadee On Muhammad Hassaan and the Egyptian Revolution
http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=31&Topic=12155
Usaamah Qoosee
http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=23&Topic=6116
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
A question that is presented, and an issue that is occasionally discussed, is whether the watch should be worn on the right hand or the left? What follows is a brief analysis of the issue based upon the statements of various scholars of ahlus-sunnah.
Shaikh al-Fawzaan:
Q: “Is it better to be worn on the right hand or the left? [i.e. the watch]”
A: “In accordance to the habit, this is [an affair] from the habits and norms, a person wears it in accordance to how the society wears it [i.e. if the right hand is the normal way then so be it, and if the left is normal then so be it]”.
Shaikh al-Albany:
“The watch is to be worn on the right in following the Sunnah of the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم who used to like to do things with the right [hand or side first] in all his affairs, and this is an affair from the affairs…and it is not to be worn on the left as an opposition to the disbelievers, and Allah knows best”.
Shaikh ibn ul-Uthaymeen:
“Wearing a watch on the right hand is not better then wearing it on the left hand, because [wearing] the watch resembles [wearing] the ring closely, so there is no difference if you put the watch on the right or the left hand. However, there is no doubt that wearing it on the left hand is easier for the person in terms of looking at it and similarly it is safer on the left hand since the right hand engages in much more activity and so it is more dangerous [to perhaps damaging the watch]. The affair is one with leeway in it, so it cannot be said the Sunnah is to wear it on the right hand since wearing a ring can be done on the right or the left according to the Sunnah, and the watch is extremely similar to the ring”.
It must be noted though, some scholars have elaborated upon this affair and explained that it is not permissible for men to abuse the wearing of a watch, i.e they should not wear fanciful, beautified watches resembling bracelets and other jewellery in their appearance since that would be imitation of women.
[via Sahab]