Shaikh Yahyah al-Hajooree: His Ghuloo and Going Beyond Bounds

[Abu.Hakeem.Bilaal.Davis]

The Characteristics of the new hadaaddiyah By Shaikh Rabee ibn Haadi Al Madhkhali - Hafidhahullah


The following is a summary of a small clarification from the noble sheikh Rabee ibn Haadi concerning the characteristics of the Hadaadiyah

This was a piece that was written by Sheikh Rabee during the fitna of Abul Hasan Al Ma’ribee when Abul Hasan began to accuse those who followed the position of the scholars against him of being Hadaadis and of being extreme. The sheikh wrote this to clarify the characteristics of the Hadaadiyah (the followers of an individual known as Mahmood Hadaad who innovated these principles and used them against the people of Sunnah) and as advice to the people of Sunnah in Yemen at the time, though it is advice to all people generally

I translate this on the basis of questions that have been raised in the recent statements of our scholars concerning the extreme positions of Shaikh Yahya - May Allah rectify him - concerning the scholars of the sunnah in our time and the students of knowledge who disagree with his erroneous positions. These questions revolve around what Hadaddiyah is in many instances and why sheikh Yahya is being accused of this by our scholars. The one who reads the previous post and is acquainted with his numerous past statements will see clearly why our scholars declare him this

Though he and many of his students and those affected by him may not have fallen into all of these characteristics, they have fallen into many and have agreed with them in mannerism and principle

Hoping that this will shine some more light on the issue, and that those who have fallen into it may take account of themselves before they are taken to account, and that it may prevent individuals from being ‘blinded by love’ and thus fall into this defamation of those who are at the head of the saved sect, the scholars of Ahlus Sunnati wal Jamaa’ah

Wa Billahit Tawfeeq

Shaikh Rabee’ ibn Haadi Al Madkhali states:

Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem

All praise is due to All and may peace and blessing be upon the messenger of Allah and upon his household and his companions and those who follow his guidance.

Ammaa Ba’d

Due to that which is taking place concerning the fitna in Yemen between the youth in Yemen, and the fact that its tail has now become long and its branches many, and has now spread to other lands. Many of the people have sought a clarification of the haq and a clarification of who is right from wrong. And from the causes of this fitan is that some of the students of knowledge have accused others of being upon the Hadaadi methodology, thus I felt compelled to clarify this methodology that perhaps this will clarify to many of the seekers of truth how to differentiate between the methodology of Ahlus Sunnah and the methodology of the Hadaadiyah

Also that perchance this may aid to far extend in finishing this fitna alongside our promise to continue clarifying the other issues in response to this pressing request and aiding towards finishing this trial

The Methodology of Al Hadaadiyah

1. Their hatred for the present day Ulamaa of the Salafi methodology, belittling them, declaring them ignorant, misguided and lying upon them and in particular the people (scholars) of Madina. They then went past that to Ibn Taimiya and Ibnil Qayyim and Ibn abil ‘Izz the explainer of Al Aqeedah At Tahaawiyah. They constantly speak about them with a view to destroying their station and rejecting their statements.

2. Them making tabdee’ (i.e. declaring a person an innovator) of anyone who falls into a bid’ah thus ibn Hajr to them is worse and more dangerous than Sayyid Qutb.

3. Them declaring an innovator anyone who does not declare someone who has fallen into an innovation an innovator, and showing enmity towards him and warring against him. It is not sufficient with them to say, such and such a person has traits of ash’ariyah for example or he is ash’aree rather it is a must that one says: ‘He is an Innovator! And if not then (they will) war (against him) and boycott (him) and declare him an innovator.

4. They hold it to be haram to make tarahum (i.e. to say ‘May Allah show him mercy’) upon the people of innovation absolutely, making no difference between the Raafidhi, the Qadari and the Jahmee (all groups that are outside of the fold of islam) and between the Aalim who has fallen into Bid’ah

5. Them declaring as an innovator the one who make tarahum upon the likes of Abu Hanifa, As Shoukaani, Ibnil Jawzi (other than ibnil Qayyim Al Jawziyah), Ibn Hajr and An Nawawi (all of whom fell into mistakes in issues of Aqeedah)

6. Their staunch animosity for the salafees regardless of the efforts they put forward in calling to salafiyah and defending it. And regardless of their striving to fight against bid’ah, hizbiyah (partisanship) and various forms of misguidance. They concentrate upon the scholars of Madina in this and Shaikh Al Albaani – May Allah have mercy upon him – because he was from the major scholars of the Salafi Manhaj. That is that he was from the strongest of them in destroying the Hizbiyeen and the people of Innovation and blind following…

7. Them having Ghuloo (extremism) with Al Hadaad (ie Mahmood their shaikh) and them claiming that he has excelled in knowledge in order to progress from that to disparaging and bringing down the station of the major scholars and the (true) Salafi methodology and raising their shaikh to the undisputed level of Imaamah (ie declaring him an imam) as some of them who have been affected with the madness of magnifying the station and importance of (their scholars) have done. So they say about such and such and such and such a person from those who they see have reached a high level in knowledge that it is upon them to fall upon their knees in front of Abu Abdillah and Umm Abdillah (i.e. Hadaad and his wife)

8. They show impudent, sharp, loose and vicious tongues towards the ulamaa of Salafeeyah in Madina and elsewhere and they accusing them of Lying. “This one is a liar! That one is a liar!” Then when the falsehood of Hadaad was made clear with proofs and evidences Allah uncovered the reality and that which they were upon from evil, they only increased clinging and attaching themselves to Hadaad and having Ghuloo (extremism) for him.

9. They were well known for invoking curses upon, being harsh and course and (even) threatening and using scare tactics to the extent that they used to threaten that they would physically attack the salafees, in fact they actually attacked certain salafees.

10. Invoking the curse of Allah upon specific individuals, to the extent that some of them invoked curses upon Abu Haneefah and some made takfeer of him (declared him a disbeliever!) Al Hadaad would approach a correct statement concerning an issue or an erroneous one and say “This is heresy (Zandaqah)” which would insinuate that this individual (i.e. Hadaad) was an undercover Takfeeri

11. (Manifestations of) pride and arrogance which both lead them to reject the truth, just like others from the extreme people of innovation. Thus everything that was presented by the Scholars of Madina in the clarification of the deviation of Al Hadaad from the (true) methodology of Salafiyah they rejected it, thus due to these actions of theirs, they are from the worst of the Islamic sects, and the worst of them in character and partisanship

12. They would cling on to Imaam Ahmad the most (due to his well-known stance towards the people of innovation) but when it was explained to them how the position of Al Hadaad opposed that of Imam Ahmad they would falsely accuse those who attributed those other (clear and clarifying) statements to Imaam Ahmad (of lying or fabricating upon the Imaam). Then Hadaad said “If that is authentically attributed to Imaam Ahmad then we do not blindly follow him! (thus) they had no (real) love for the haq rather they only wanted fitna and to split the salafees.

Alongside this obstinance, the salafees would see (from them) their (good) relations with the hizbiyoon (people of partisanship) and their relations with evil doers while they (at the same time) would be fighting against the salafees. Harbouring against them hatred, malice and resentment and perhaps that which the hid (from Feelings) was (far) more. And Allah (truly) knows best about what they harboured and planned…

End of the sheikh’s speech

Wa Billahit Taufeeq

Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis