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Deviation, desires, concealment, ignorance, injustice, transgression etc

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Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said:

”And under the guises of those ones who pronounce Takfeer based on falsehood are a people who do not know the creed of Ahlus Sunnah Wal-Jamaa’ah as it is obligated, or they know some of it and are ignorant of some of it.  They conceal that which they know of it and do not clarify it for the people. They neither forbid innovations nor censure Ahlul Bidah and punish them; rather they may even censure a statement in the Sunnah and a fundamental of the religion completely, and they would not differentiate between what Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa’ah say and what Ahlul Bidah Wal Furqah (i.e. the people of innovation and splitting) say, or they would affirm all their differing ways. (i.e. declare all of them correct even though the path of Ahlus Sunnah is the only truth)”

[Majmoo Al-Fataawaa 12/467]

 

 

The Path Is One!

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Shaikh Raslaan (may Allaah preserve him) said:

The Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) was sent (during) circumstances about which a Muslim cannot say, ”Indeed, the circumstances in which we live in (today) are eviler and more depraved in its depravity than (the state of affairs in which the people lived when the Prophet was sent).”   (This is) because the Prophet (salal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) was sent to a disbelieving people and he guided them through one way.  He directed them towards one path—the worship of one Lord; the only true God; The Perfect Lord and Master upon Whom all the creation depends and He is self-sufficient; The Unique One in His Names, Attributes and Actions. There is neither another true God (worthy of worship) besides Him nor another true Lord (i.e. Creator, Provider and Controller of the affairs of the creation) besides Him.

So the path [of Prophet (Salal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) in calling to Allaah in those circumstances] was one, and it was the (path) the Messengers came with.  The Prophet (salal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) called the Ummatud Dawah (i.e. the nation that had not yet accepted the message of Islaam) to that which is obligatory for today’s Ummatul Ijaabah (i.e. the nation that has already accepted the call of Islaam) to call to.

[For further details see: Mataa Ta’oodu Ilaynaa Falasteen: page: 12-13]

 

A lofty benefit and ruling in Soorah Al-Hujuraat—Imaam Abdul-Azeez Bin Baaz

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Imaam Abdul-Azeez Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) said:

”In this great soorah there are lofty benefits and rulings. The Muslims are greatly in need of understanding and being conscious of it, and they are to take benefit from it. In the first part, there is a warning against putting oneself forward before Allaah and His Messenger, and that which is incumbent upon the people of Eemaan is that they should be followers and not innovators, and that they do not put themselves forward before Allaah and His Messenger.” [Source: Al-fawaa-id Min Ad-Durar Al-Baaziyyah: page391: vol: 4]

Another Important Supplication

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يا حَـيُّ يا قَيّـومُ بِـرَحْمَـتِكِ أَسْتَـغـيث ، أَصْلِـحْ لي شَـأْنـي كُلَّـه ، وَلا تَكِلـني إِلى نَفْـسي طَـرْفَةَ عَـين

”O The Ever-Living! O The One Who sustains and protects all that exists! By Your mercy I seek aid and deliverance, rectify all my affairs for me and do not leave me to myself, even for the blink of an eye.” [ صحيح الترغيب والترهيب 1/273]-[Number 654]

Shaikh Muhammad Bin Ibraaheem Aala Shaikh (rahimahullaah) said: It is neither obligated nor permissible to depend on oneself, as reported in the hadeeth (i.e. the supplication a believer makes): [فَلاَ تَكِلْنِى إِلَى نَفْسِى طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ ] ”Do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye.” [Majmoo al-Fataawaa of Shaikh Muhammad Bin Ibraaheem 1/70]

If one of you knew what he has in …..Umar Ibnul Khattaab (radiyallaahu-anhu)

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Umar Ibnul Khattaab (radiyallaahu-anhu) said:

”If one of you knew what he has in saying to his (Muslim) brother, [جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا], you would have increased in saying it to one another.” [Musannaf Ibn Abee Shaybah 26519]

The Faqeeh

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Indeed, the Salaf did not apply the term Faqeeh, except to the one whose knowledge was accompanied by action; as when Sad bin Ibraaheem was asked, ”who amongst the people of Madeenah was most superior in understanding”, he said, ”the one with more Taqwah”[Al-Haqeeqatus Shar-iyyah Fee Tafseeril Qurýaanil Adheem Was-sunnatin Nabawiyyah’ of Shaaikh Muhammad Baazmool. Page: 138-139]

From the greatest affairs of reliance and trust in Allaah—Imaam Ibnul Qayyim

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Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) stated:

”The greatest of reliance and trust in Allaah, is reliance and trust in Allah (whilst) seeking (His) guidance, actualizing Tawheed, following the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) and striving against the people of falsehood.  This is the reliance of the Messengers and (that of their true) followers.” [Al-Fawaa-id. Page.138]

[2] The difference between legislated and innovated acts of worship

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: [1]

The (affairs of) worship through which (one) seeks to get close to Allaah (The Most High)–from them are those beloved and pleasing to Allaah and His Messenger, whether obligatory or recommended; as reported in Saheeh (Al-Bukhaari) that Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallaam) said that Allaah (The blessed and Exalted) said:

”And the most beloved things which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawaafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, then I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My Protection (Refuge), I will protect him.”[2] [End of quote from Shaikhul Islaam]

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Concerning the meaning of the statement: ”And My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawaafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, then I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks…”

This statement is understood to mean that when a person becomes a Wali (close friend) of Allaah [The Mighty and Majestic), then when the command of Allaah is mentioned with regards to what Allaah loves or hates, he protects his hearing from what Allaah hates and lends an ear to what Allaah loves.   He also does the same with regards to what he looks at; what he grips with his hand and where he walks to. Or Allaah guides him, so that he only looks at what Allaah loves; listens to what Allaah loves and walks towards what Allaah loves.[3]

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Quote continues from Shaikhul Islaam….

And it is well known with regards to the Salah that (some) of it obligatory, such as the five daily prayers; and (some) of it is optional, such as the Qiyaamul Layl (i.e. Tahajjud prayer). Also with regards to fasting, (some) of it is obligatory and that is the fasting of the month of Ramadhaan, and (some) of it is optional, such as fasting three days every month. Also travelling to the Masjid Al-Haraam (i.e. The kabah) is obligatory; and travelling to the other two masjids–Masjid of the Prophet and Masjid Al-Aqsaa–is recommended.  Also with regards to charity, (some) of it is an obligation and (some) of it is recommended, and it is what is the surplus beyond (what is) needed, as Allaah (The Most High) said:  [وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ الْعَفْوَ] ‘’And they ask you what they ought to spend. Say: “That which is beyond (what they) need.”  [4]

And it has been reported in an authentic Hadeeth in which the Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallaam) said:  ”O son of Adam! It is better for you if you spend (your) surplus (wealth), but if you withhold it, it is evil for you. And there is no blame (on you) if you withhold the surplus in accordance with a need, in order to spend on yourself and poor relatives. The upper hand (i.e. the one who spends) is better than the lower hand (i.e. the one who asks without a need as opposed to the self-sufficient one); and begin (charity) with your dependents.” [5]

To be continued..In-Shaa-Allaah

 

References:

[1] Al-Ibaadaat Ash-Shar-iyyah Wal-Farqu Baynahaa Wa Baynal Bid’ah page: 8-9

[2] Bukhaari Vol 8..Hadeeth Number 6502.. Daarus Salaam]

[3] For further details, see Sharh Arba’een of Imaam Muhammad Bin Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen.. Pages 376-381 and Sharh Arba-een of Shaikh Saaleh Aala Shaikh pages 256-258] [Also see, Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam of Imaam Ibn Rajab pages 619-641 Daar Ibn Rajab 2002]

[4]Soorah Al-Baqarah Ayah 219]

[5]See Saheeh Muslim Hadeeth No 1036 as well as ‘Sharh Saheeh Muslim Vol 7-8 pages 111-113]

The statements of Ahlul Bidah—Imaam Al’Laala’kaa’ee (rahimahullaah)

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Imaam Al-Laalakaa’ee (rahimahullaah) said:

The statements of the people of innovation do not become manifest except through a ruler with absolute authority, or through an obstinate sinful devil who misguides the people in secret with his innovation, or he manifests that through his sword and whip, or he captures (a person’s) heart with his wealth in order to mislead (the person) from the path of Allaah out of fanaticism for his innovation and in defence of his (affairs) of misguidance, in order to turn the Muslims away and put them to trial in their religion. [Source: Quoted by Shaikh Raslaan in ‘Diraasaat Fil Bid’a Wal-Mubtadi’een: page: 268]

 

 

This is the complete Sunnah–Imaam Ibn Rajab (rahimahullaah)

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Imaam Ibn Rajab (rahimahullaah) said:

He (sallal-laahu – alayhi – wasallam) commanded that during splitting and differing, one should adhere to his Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided khulafaa after him. The Sunnah is the path that is adhered to, and that includes adhering to what he (sallal-laahu-alayhi wasallam) and his rightly guided khulafaa were upon with regards to creed, actions and statements.  This is the complete Sunnah.  [Jaami-ul uloom wal hikam page:249]