Muhammad Ibn Ubaid At-Tannaafusiy (rahimahullaah) used to say to the people of hadeeth: “Why do not be like Eesa Ibn Yunus (rahimahullaah)? When he (Eesa) used to meet Al’Amash (rahimahullaah), whilst the youth and the Shuyookh were with him, they used to look at his (upright) conduct and manners.
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[Al-Aadaab Ash-Shar-iyyah 2/255]
Qataadah (rahimahullaah) said:
”Indeed, neither did Allaah command His slaves with what He has commanded them due to being in need of them, nor did He prohibit them from what He has prohibited them out of miserliness; rather He commanded them with what is a (source) of righteousness for them and prohibited them from what is a (source) of corruption for them.”
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[Tareequl Hijratayn of Imaam Ibnul (rahimahullaah) 1/219]
وقال: العلم بالكلام جهل
And he (Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:
[learning] knowledge of philosophical rhetoric is ignorance.
قال أبو يوسف: العلم بالكلام جهل والجهل بالكلام علم
Imaam Abu Yusuf (rahimahullaah) said:
“[Learning] knowledge of philosophical rhetoric is ignorance and to be ignorant of philosophical rhetoric is knowledge.”
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[Aqeedah Ash-Shaafi’ee. Page 87. http://al-badr.net/sub/228 ]
قال ابن أبي الحكم: سمعت الشافعي يقول
لو علم الناس ما في الكلام لفروا منه كما يفرون من الأسد
Ibn Abil Hakam (rahimahullaah) said: I heard Ash-shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) saying:
“If the people knew what is in philosophical rhetoric, they would have fled from it, just as they would flee from a lion.”
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[Aqeedah Ash-Shaafi’ee of Al-Barzanjee. page: 87]
من يجالس أهل البدع أشد علينا من أهل البدع
Ibn Awn (rahimahullaah) said:
”Those who sit with the people of innovation are more severe upon us than the people of innovation themselves.”
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[Al Ibaanah 2/273]
Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:
“It is necessary that the students of knowledge do their utmost to increase in seeking knowledge; exercising patience in facing every obstacle and having a sincere intention for the sake of Allaah (The Most High) in pursuit of it; for indeed actions are judged by intention. And they should have a fervent desire for Allaah’s Aid and Assistance because good cannot be reached except by the Help of Allaah.”
Zakariyah As-Saajiy (rahimahullaah) said: Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) used to command (one) to study Fiqh and forbid from argumentation in philosophical rhetoric.
[Aqeedah Ash-Shaafi’ee. Page 86]
Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:
”Whoever wants the dunyah (i.e. a blessed life in this dunyah and not that one seeks religious knowledge for the purpose worldly goods), then upon him is (to pursue) knowledge. And whoever wants the afterlife, then upon him is (to pursue) knowledge.”
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[Source: Aqeedah Ash-Shaafi’ee by Al-Barzanjee (rahimahullaah) Page: 86]
Explanation (Audio), see here:
Imaam Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah):
”After fulfilling what Allaah has obligated (i.e. through knowledge that is Fard Ayn); there is (nothing) more virtuous than seeking knowledge (i.e. knowledge that is Fard Kifaayah) by way of which the slave seeks to get closer to Allaah.”
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Source: Aqeedah Ash-Shaafi’ee Page: 85
Explanation (Audio), see here:
http://al-badr.net/sub/228]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Speaking about the people of innovation and those who carry unsound concepts or a methodology which is not upright, (then) this is from advice, and not backbiting.
Rather it is (an act of) sincerity to Allaah, His Book and His Messenger (by carrying out what is commanded and forbidding evil etc) and it is (act of sincerity) to the muslims (by giving them good advice).
So if we see an innovator spreading his innovation then it is obligatory that we make clear that he is an innovator so that the people are saved from his evil.
(Likewise) If we see an individual who has an ideology/concept opposing that which the Salaf were upon, then it is obligatory for us to clarify that so that people are not deceived by him.(Likewise) If we see a person who has a specific methodology (whose) outcome is evil then it is obligatory for us to clarify that so that the people are saved from his evil, and this (done) out of sincerity to Allaah, His Messenger and His Book; and it is sincerity to the rulers and their subjects (by giving good advice so that they saved from evil etc).
Regardless of whether speaking about the people of innovation is (done) amongst students (of knowledge) or in other gatherings, this is not backbiting.
And as long as we fear the spread of these innovations, or that concept or that methodology which is in opposition to the methodology of the Salaf; it is obligatory that we clarify so the people are not deceived by that.
(لقاء الباب المفتوح (120/8
