[1] Statements That Bring Solace to the Heart When Firmness Is Needed
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Al-Allamah Ibn Aqeel, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:
If the truthful ones were to keep silent and the falsifiers speak, the creation would have relinquished what they have witnessed and reject what they have not witnessed. So, when the devout ones desire to revive the Sunnah, the people would reject it and think that it is bidah. [1]
Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi al-Mad’khali, may Allah preserve him, said:
The trials and doubts are brought forth by Ahlul Bidah Wal Ahwaa. And the call to Allah- to the Book of Allah, adherence to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah- is the call that will unite all the Ummah. All the trials, splitting and (blameworthy) differing came from the path of the people of falsehood and the people of trials. And they do not keep quiet- they spread their falsehoods in their newspapers, magazines and audio tapes, while wishing that the voice of truth should be silent. In their view, the voice of truth is what should be silent and the voice of falsehood should be raised and spread in the earth! Do they remain silent?! The people of falsehood do not remain silent-they neither abate nor slow down. They have [(خطط جهنمية) – malicious, destructive schemes] which they enforce and thereafter they demand silence from the people of truth!
So they approach the Salafi Manhaj and say to you, “This tears apart! This (causes) splits!” Rather, the Ahwaa [the bidah, vain desires etc] and the Dalaalaat [matters that are tantamount to misguidance] are what splits and tears the Ummah apart, which the people of falsehood are ardent in spreading in the internet -at present- and places of falsehood-in the newspapers, magazines and the schools. They spread their falsehood in every place, but the very thing that is difficult for them is to hear the voice of the truth! [2]
Shaikh Shamsuddeen Al-Afghaani, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:
Ahlul Bidah are the ones who kindle trials and disorder. They are chaotic people and are deprived of safety and security. They are people of trials and disturbance as opposed to Ahlul Hadith Was-Sunan. Have they [i.e. the people of Sunnah] committed what the people of bidah and trials have committed?! The people of bidah trespass- alongside enmity and Bidah- while Ahlus Sunnah responds and defends (the religion). [3]
Al-Allamah Rabee, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked:
What is your view regarding the statement of the one who says that indeed unity is a fundamental requirement, so if a person comes along to split that unity, it (is) obligatory to reject him, even if it is Tawheed he (propagates)?
Answer: Does Allah, The Blessed and Most, merely intend unity, even if the Rawafid, khawarij, the Batiniyyah, the grave worshippers and their ilk are part of this unity?! Is this the unity commanded by Allah? Is this the meaning of Allah’s statement: “And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves”. [Aal Imran 103]
What is the Rope of Allah? It is the Qur’an and Sunnah. Therefore the bond of Tawheed between you has to be the Book of Allah. Allah said: Truly! This, your Ummah is one Ummah, and I am your Lord, therefore worship Me (Alone). [Al-Anbiyaa. 92]
This is the unity that Allah wants- upon truth and the revelation- and obligated to us.
On the other hand, what do we call these people [i.e. those who want to unite upon divergent beliefs and methodologies]? Enemies of the Prophets or foolish ignoramuses (with) political views that are in opposition to the methodology of the Prophets, the methodology of Muhammad, the Dawah that consolidates unity upon truth and does not split the religion, just as Allah said:
Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all kinds of religious sects), you (O Muhammad) have no concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do]. [Al-An’am 159]
The sound Dawah (necessitates) that we unite the people upon the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, so whoever responds will enter – InshaaAllah- in the shelter of the saved sect and victorious group, and whoever refuses, then indeed he has chosen to be from the destroyed sects- those whom Allah’s Messenger informed us about, because they refuse to unite under the banner of Tawheed, the Qur’an and the Sunnah, therefore they follow nothing else but the paths which the devils amongst mankind and Jinn call to, and Allah has not burdened any soul beyond what it can bear. At present, we experience the end results of these Da’waat [i.e. calls of the deviated sects] on the face of the earth! What is taking place at present in Afghanistan between the people of these calls? What took place after Kabul was liberated [i.e. from the Russians]? Did the people of these calls not start to quarrel and kill one another for sake of position?!
At present we’ve seen divisions, except the Dawah of the Imam – The Mujaddid – Muhammad Bin Abdil Wahhab, may Allah have mercy upon him. The scholars of this Dawah have not differed up to this era – no differing in Manhaj, Aqeedah or politics has occurred between them, because indeed it is a Dawah based on: “Allah said and Allah’s Messenger said”, however others besides them have become (divergent) groups – Jama’ah at-Takfeer, Jama’ah Al-Jihad, groups based on splitting and schism, group after group, without an end…and one cannot find anything to protect them from splitting. That which will protect (this Ummah) from splitting is the Qur’an (i.e. sound understanding of the Qur’an based on the understanding of the Sahabah) and unity upon that. This is why the affair of the sincere ones has been prolonged and amongst those sincere ones are the people upon the Da’wah of Imam Muhammad Bin Abdil Wahhab, and you will find the scholars of this Da’wah upon brotherhood- neither differing in Methodology and Creed nor does politics [i.e. innovated political activity] exist amongst them. [4]
[1] Shifaa As-Sudoor Fee Ziyaaratil Mashaahid Wal-Quboor page: 148]
[2] Source: Question Number 16: Al-Ijaabaat Al-Jaleelah An Al-Qadayaa Al-Manhajiyyah pages 28-29
[3] ʿAdāʾ al-Māturīdiyyah lil-ʿAqīdah as-Salafiyyah 1/26-27
[4] Source: An Excerpt from ‘Majmu Kutub Wa-Rasaa’il Wa-Fataawaa Fadheelah ash-Shaikh Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Haadee Umayr Al-Mad’khali 1/36 -39