Follow-up of Ruling of the 'Ulama on Staying Away from the People of Desires

[Maher.ibn.Ahmad.Attiyeh]

Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah
Amma-ba'd

Abu Uwais (rahimahullaah) said:

If you don't defend Islaam with your tongue and in your heart and with your position against Ahlul Bid'ah, (then) you will never defend it (Islaam) on the battlefield. Forget it!

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Ruling of the 'Ulama on Staying Away from the People of Desires

Abu Uwais (rahimahullaah) taught a series of lessons concerning the Ruling of the 'Ulama on Staying Away from the People of Desires, and the following excerpts are valuable advices from some of those lessons. The following are notes.

Hating and being harsh against Ahlul Bid'ah is praiseworthy, not blameworthy! [Abu Uwais brought many, many examples of the Salaf and other righteous scholars who were harsh against Ahlul Bid'ah, with other scholars describing them with words of praise, saying such and such was: Thiqa` (trustworthy), saalihan (righteous), a scholar of hadeeth, an Imam, Saahib us-Sunnah, used to enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and SHADIDAN 'ALA AHLUL BID'aH (harsh against Ahlul Bid'ah). Ta'deel (praise) after ta'deel after Ta'deel that included the statement: SHADIDAN 'ALA AHLUL BID'aH (harsh against Ahlul Bid'ah).]

If you don't really hate bid'ah and its people, then you're not a Sunni. You have to at least be like Sufyaan (ath-Thawree, rahimahullaah) who said, "If I see a munkar and I can't change it, I urinate blood." If you're not a hater of bid'ah, then you'll never be a lover of the Sunnah.

Harshness against people of bid'ah is a global affair; what may differ is the severity of harshness - not harshness (itself) - depending on how few the Sunnis are. For example, the Sunnis in 'Iran cannot be as severe in their harshness toward people of bid'ah as the Sunnis in Saudia.

One of the Salaf said: We are more merciful to them (Ahlul Bid'ah) than their mothers. We are even merciful to them when they are in their graves. We refute them and expose their bid'ah, and by doing so, their sins are lessened.

Politeness does not mean that you're not hard and strong. You can be hard and strong, and at the same time be polite... You can be stern and polite at the same time.

[Referring to the Salaf and the righteous scholars who followed them:] The deeper he was upon the Sunnah, the harder he was upon Ahlul Bid'ah! How can you be strong upon the Sunnah, and soft upon Bid'ah? How! It don't go that way. It's not about your emotions, brother. It's not about your personal taste. It's not about the old school that you came from, which aint nothing. It's not about the law of the streets. It's not (about) 'we've (played) games together' (or) 'I've known this man a long time.'

What's all that gotta to do with it? Throw it out the window. You gotta be upon the Sunnah. You have to now make a decision. Whether or not you're going to stick to the way of the Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and the sahaaba.

Allaah said (what means): You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. For such He has written faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with Ruh from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein (forever). Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. They are the party of Allah. Verily, the party of Allah will be the successful. (Al-Mujadila, ayah 22) ------> So don't love them.

Just because you claim to be Salafee (does not make you one). (It could be that) the Sunnah is in one valley, and you're in another. Men are known by their (mawaaqif) positions.

Defend the people of the Sunnah. Defend Salafi Publications, defend them. Don't talk about (them, saying,) 'that website's causing all that confusion.' Even though they're upon Kitab and Sunnah upon the manhaj of the Salaf-us-saleh! At least, you can lean your tongue to them to help them and support them.

Defend Shaikh Rabee'. Shaikh Rabee' is more important to you than your father! Whether you realize it or not!

Defend Shaikh Ibn Baaz, defend Shaikh al-Albanee. Be of those upon the Sunnah and a defender of its people. And if you don't do that, then you're nothing but a coward.

If you don't defend Islaam with your tongue and in your heart and with your position against Ahlul Bid'ah, (then) you will never defend it (Islaam) on the battlefield. Forget it!

It won't happen, because the Islaam that you will be trying to defend - if you don't have the Sunnah and the manhaj of the Salaf-us-Saleh - won't be Islaam. You'll be with the Khawaarij or somebody (else who is evil).

And if the Islaam is that which is correct and pure and crystal clear and in time of peace and ease, and you didn't have the audacity to defend it, how you gonna defend it with your life?

With you're life on the battlefield, you're dreaming! You're dreaming! This is a status that must be present in times of peace, at all times. As we said, it only differs in the grade of it, how much you are able to do versus how much you're not able to do...

Source: Tapes 6 & 7 (including the Q&A session): The Agreement Among the Scholars upon Boycotting and Warning Against Ahlul Bid'ah