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Author: Masjid Furqan

Don’t confuse yourself! Restraining the tongue does not necessitate keeping quiet about Ahlul Bidah

Imaam Ibn Rajab (rahimahullaah) said:

[  أما أهل البدع والضلالة ومن تشبه بالعلماء وليس منهم فيجوز بيان جهلهم وإظهار عيوبهم تحذيرا من الاقتداء بهم ]

”As for ahlul bidah wad-dalaalah (the people of innovation and misguidance) and those who imitate the scholars, but are not from them, then it is permissible to clarify their ignorance and manifest their dificiencies, so as to warn (others) from following them.”

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Source:

[الفرق بين النصيحة والتعبير : page 36] [The Difference between sincere advice and exposing faults]

Our Salaf: Ibraaheem Ibn Adham wrote to Sufyaan Ath-Thawri

Ibraaheem Ibn Adham (rahimahullaah) wrote to Sufyaan Ath-Thawri (rahimahullaah) and said: ”Whoever knows what he is seeking for (i.e. paradise etc), he will belittle the deeds he performs. Whoever allows his eye sight to roam freely (i.e. looking at everything), his sorrow will be prolonged. Whoever prolongs his hopes (i.e. in coveting the worldly pleasures etc), he will commit evil deeds. And whoever allows his tongue to speak freely (i.e. uttering evil or that which does not concern him etc) has killed himself.” [Seerah As-Salaf As-Saaliheen 1/970. By Al-Asbahaanee]

Our Salaf: Abdur-Rahmaan Bin Qais—Too much mention of other affairs unnecessarily!

He (rahimahullaah) said:

”Does not one of you feel shy that the beast he rides and the thobe he wears are mentioned more than remembrance of Allaah?!”

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[Source: Seeratus Salaf As-Saaleh by: Imaam Ismaaeel Bin Muhammad Bin Fadl Al-Asbahaanee

(535AH: Chapter: A mention of those who followed the companions in righteousness]

Will just accompany anyone?! This is a clear warning….

Allaah (The Most High) said:

وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيۡتَنِى ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلاً۬

يَـٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِى لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلاً۬

لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّڪۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِى‌ۗ وَڪَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ خَذُولاً۬

”And (remember) the Day when the Zalim (wrong-doer) will bite at his hands, he will say: “Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger ( Muhammad ). Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a friend! He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur’an) after it had come to me. And Shaitaan (Satan) is ever a deserter to man in the hour of need.”

[25:27-29]

 

Our Salaf: Umar Ibnul Khattaab–The best of deeds is the fulfilment of….

Umar Ibnul Khattaab (radiyallaahu-anhu) said:

The best of deeds is the fulfillment of what Allaah has made obligatory, refraining from what Allaah has forbidden out of fear of Him and having a truthful intention in (hoping) for what Allaah has with Him (of reward in the hereafter).

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[Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam:page:379]

Our Salaf: Ibn Shawdhab–From the blessings of Allaah upon a young man when he becomes devoted…

Ibn Shawdhab  (rahimahullaah) said: Indeed, from the blessings of Allaah upon a young person man when he becomes devoted to (piety), is that he takes a person of Sunnah as a brother who guides him to it (i.e. to the Sunnah)

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Usool Al-Ittiqaad 1/60

Our Salaf: Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee- Be patient with yourself upon the Sunnah

Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee (rahimahullaah) said:

Be patient with yourself upon the Sunnah and stop were [Al-Qawm-the people (i.e. Sahaabah(1)] stopped; speak with what they spoke with; refrain from what they refrained from and follow the path of your righteous predecessors; for indeed what sufficed them suffices you. (2)
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(1) Al-Qawm in this context means the Salaf and the sahaabah being the foremost.  For further details,  see sharh mandhoomah Manhajul Haqq by Shaikh Abdur-Razzaaq Al-Badr. Tape 1 [ http://al-badr.net/sub/281]

(2) Reported by Imaam Al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usool Al-Ittiqaad 1/154-155. Ibnul Jawzi in Talbees Iblees p: 8-9. Imaam Ibn Abdur Barr in Jaami Bayaan Al-Ilm 2/144.  Imaam Adh-Dhahabi in Siyar 7/120