Shaykh al-’Allāmah Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmi (d. 1416 rahimahullāh) stated:
“I advise the youth who have not yet matured (in their Islamic knowledge and understanding), that they refrain from disputing with the Sufīs and the Ash’arīs, because if you dispute with them and they expose their doubts upon you and you are overwhelmed/defeated (and lost for words), this is regarded as a defeat for the Salafīs.”
Shaykh Zayd ibn Haadi Al Madkhalee (Rahimahullah) said:
Indeed the people are commanded to follow (evidences) and they are prohibited from innovating (in the religion), since they are not allowed except to hold firm to the text and evidences from the Quraan and Sunnah, upon the understanding of the predecessors of this Ummah and those who walked upon their way step by step (exactly without any change).
And there is no allowable pathway to divert away from this to the statements of the people of innovation and misguidances and the people of opposing opinions to the correct Islamic belief and his upright and sound methodology.
التعليقات اللطيفة على أصول السنة المنيفة للشيخ زيد المدخلي
Shaykh Ubayd Al Jaabiree (Allah preserve him) said:
It is said to those who innovate:
“Do you believe that Allah has perfected his religion, in his book and the Sunnah of his messenger (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam), or not?”
So if he said:
“No”,
He has disbelieved, and he’s become from those who have legislated that which Allah did not give permission for. [Ref 1- see footnote 1 at the end of this article]
And if he said:
“Yes”
Then it is said to him:
“Is this (action of yours) from that which came in the Quran or Sunnah?!
It is not allowed for you, except to abandon that deed. And if not, then you have become a misguided innovator and you are not a good doer.” [Ref 2- see footnote 2 at the end of this article]
Ref 1- footnote 1: Refer to the principles of Takfeer in this link: http://www.salafipublications.com/sps/sp.cfm?secID=MNJ&subsecID=MNJ09&loadpage=displaysubsection.cfm
Ref 2- footnote 2: Refer to the principles of Tabdee in this link:
Finally, it should be absolutely clear to all of us (commoners) that the people of knowledge (scholars and those students whom the scholars have stated that they are qualified in this affair) are the ones with the ability to establish unambiguous proofs, remove doubts and pass the judgement of Takfeer or Tabdee. May Allaah protect us. Aameen
Al Allaamah Al Faqeeh Muhammad ibn Saalih Al Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) was asked:
Question: It is said that indeed a bidah is not initiated except that a Sunnah similar to it is abandoned, as one of the salaf stated(1); so what is the abandoned Sunnah as a result of innovating the bidah of mawlid?
Answer: The abandoned Sunnah (in this instance is in relation to) abandoning this bidah because indeed the Sunnah can be by way of [ترك -(abandoning) and by way of فعل (action)]. If the Messenger ( sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam ) left something (i.e. an act of worship) despite the fact that there was a means for action, but he did not do it, then leaving it is Sunnah. So here we say: You (people) initiated a bidah and abandoned a sunnah, and Sunnah here is to abandon this bidah.
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(1) Know that the people never introduce an innovation until they abandon its like from the Sunnah.
Al Allaamah Ash Shaykh Saalih Al Fawzaan – May Allah preserve him – said:
“The Devil is always and continuously with innovation; he calls to it, and desires it, due to his knowledge that it (innovations) lead to Shirk (associating partners in worship with Allah).”
The Imaam Rabee bin Haadi Al Madkhalee – May Allah preserve him – reported that many of the Salaf said:
“Verily the people of innovation are more harmful to islaam than the external enemies, why? Because they destroy from the inside, and afterwards they open the door to the enemies and say “Enter!”
Shaikh Rabee Bin Haadi (may Allaah preserve him) stated:
Much effort was made with well thought out plans to lead many people astray from this (Salafi) methodology. This path became surrounded with methodologies (Madhāhib) that fiercely opposed it. They did not want anyone to establish this (Salafi) methodology because it is the true Islam in which there is no worship to other than Allāh and no (unconditional) obedience to other than Muhammad, the Messenger of Allāh (sallahualayhiwasallam), and thus causing the partisan, sectarian, political calls and others to fall. No place would remain for them so they stroved to attach the youth to the heads of sectarian groups, different partiesandslogan carriers. (From the lecture‘Asbāb Al-Inhirāf’ )
