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This is Our Call he Way of the Salaf) - lmazrm Al-Albaanec

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hisbookwas formattedand designed pecificatlyor beingplaced reeon the lnternet'Al-lbaanahBook Publishingal[ows or this document, n its present orm and with noalterations,o be distriblted, rinted, hotocopied,eproduced nd/ordisbursed yelectronic eans or conten not forqaininq profit, ntessaspecitrcequests sent o the!.'!.lit-h:i:,ii1 f^'T,'::::l^':gt=rt.d-q'-,y*e wishingo quote rom hisdocument ustgivecredit o thepublisherAbout he Book: This s a translatedranscriptionf a lecture elivered y lmaamAl-Ah;;;;" (ahimahuttaah)hatwas recorded nddistributednder he it le "HadhihiDa,watun)a,,This s OurCall).The presentranslation as ranslated irectlyromtheArabic udio.ln th is ecture,maam l-Albaaneexpla inshebasis f heSalafeeManhaj, h ich sfollowinghe way, understandingnd practical pp-licationf the Salaf'who wcrenamely" iheirst hr"egenerat ionl f Musl ims: he Sahaabah,aabi 'een ndAtbaa'at-Taabi'een.hey urJ thu onesreferredo in the Prophet's aying: The best ofmankind s my generat ion,hen those that come after hem, hen those thatcomeafter hem."This s the basis hatdist inguisheshe truecal l o lslaam romal l other alseanderroneousal ls, egardlessi tneycla im o be"uponheQur'aan nd heSunnah'" l -Albaanee oes ntJ depthdiscuisinghis act, hatone cannot rulyunderstandndapply heeur 'aan ndbunnah nlesihe ol lowsheunderstandingndappl icat ionfthesalaf.we askAllaah o accepthiseffort ndbenefitheMuslims ith t'A PublicationfAl-lbaanah -Books

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This is Our Call (The $Vayof the Sal knaam Al-Albaanee

FROM HE ECTURElbraaheem:n the Nameof Al laah, l l Praise e to Al laah, nd may he peace ndblessings f Al laahbe on His Messengerr*- : .To proceed:ndeed, l laah,he MostHigh,hasbestowedn us the blessing f EemaanFaith), nd He hasblessedhewfrbteMuslim mmahwith he scholars whoare heoneswhomAllaahhashonoredwith knowledge so that heycan guide he people nto he wayof Allaahanduntotheworship fRttaan,'azza a jatt. nd heyare he nheritors f the prophets ithouta doubt. he easonorourcoming ere,n shaAl laah,s f i rst lyo please l laah ndsecondlyo seek nowledge,hichwi l l n turn eadus o Al laah's eing leased i thus.For-byAl laah,his s a oyous ccasion,n hatwe cangather i thourShaikh ndourscholar ndourgreat eacher, haikhMuhammadaasir-ud-DeenI-AIbaaneeFirst ly, n behalf f th iscommunity,e would ike o welcome urnobleShaikh, ndlikewise n behalf f everyoneistening,speciallyhose tudents f knowledge,heyalsoall send heirwelcome nd heyhave he desire o gather odaywithournobleteacher. ndnodoubt, l l o f us have hissame esireo l isten o theknowledgendwisdomhathe has.So let us isten o him n whatAl laah asblessed imwith romknowledge.henwhenourShaikh ecideso closehe ecture,he orumwil lopen orquest ion-s.utweask hat hequest ionsewri t ten own. apers avai lablendbeingdispersed,n sha Al laah.We repeat gain, h is s a joyousoccasion nd we say'Ah lan , e lcome,o ournob le ha ikh ' . .Shaikh:AhlanBikum.Veri lyal l pra ise s for Al laah,we praiseHim,we seekHisassistancendwe ask or His orgiveness.ndwe seek efuge n Him rom heevilsof ourselves nd heevi ls f ouract ions. hoever l laah uides, oonecan ead imastray ndwhoevers edastray, oonecanguide im. bearwitnesshat heresnodeityworthy f worship xceptAllaah, loneandwithno partner. nd I bearwitnessthatMuhammads HisslaveandMessenger.o Proceed.ndeedhebest peechsthe Bookof Allaah, nd he bestguidances theguidance f Muhammad*' And heworstof matters re hose,whicharenewlynvented. ndeverynewly nvented atteris an nnovat ion.nd every nnovat ions a misguidancend everymisguidances ntheHel l f i re.I thank hebrother, staadhbraaheem,or hiswords nd or hispraise. nd havenothingo say n responseo thatexcepto follow heexample f the irstKhaleefah'AbuBikr As-Siddeeq,adyAllaahuanhu,whowas he irst rueKhaleefahf Allaan'sMessenger withdue r ight.But nevertheless,henhe wouldhearsomeone raisehimwithsomethingoodandhe bel ievedhat hisprarse,egardlessf who I camefrom,wasdone n eftggeration- and hiswaswhilehewas he Khaleefahf Allaah'sMessengernddeserving f it - neverthelessfsome rying ccurs] nevertheless,e

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This is Our Call (The Wav of the Salaf)- lmaam Al-Albaztnce

would ay: O Allaah,do not hold me accountableor what they say (aboutme)'And makeme better hanwhat hey perceive me o be).And forgiveme or whatthey don,tknow (about me)."This swhat hegreatAs-Siddeeq ould ay.SowhatstroutOhoseof us who comeafierhimsay? say, ollowing isexample:O Allaah,do not hold me accountableor what heysay (aboutme)'And makeme betterthan what they perceive me to be).And forgive me for what they don't know(aboutme)."I willadd o thisby sayinghat amnot hatpersonhatwasdescribednwhatyou ustheardpreviously-fromur noblebrotherbraaheem.ut rather am orr ly studuntseeking nowledge,ot anything_else.nd t is uponevery tudento abideby thehadeeth f the prophetiwi "cJnvey from me even if i t is only one ayah.Andnarrate rom the (stories)of the iribe of lsraa'eel or there is no harm' Andwhoever ieson me ntent ional ly,hen ethim ind his seat n the Hel l f i re '"Sobased n hishadeeth ndcomplying ith hisgreatpropheticext,aswellasothertexts rom he Bookof Allaahand he Hadeeth f Allaah'sMessenger:bj, e takeonthe taskof conveyingo the peoplewhat hey ack knowledge f. But hisdoesnotmean hatwe have urned ntosomethingike hatwhich s found n thegood houghtsthat some f) ourbrothers old orus.Thematters notsuch'This s the ealityhatfeeldeepdown n myheart.Whenever hear hiskindof talk, amreminded f theoldproverb, hich swellknown mongsthescholars:

, 'Ver i ly,thesmal lb ird bughaath) inur ands asnowbecome neagle '"some peopleare unaware f what s intended y this statement r by this proverb'The bughaaths a smallbird hat s worthless but this smallbirdbecomesikeaneagleo hepeople due o their gnorance"Thisproverbs trueaboutmanyof thepeoplewho call o lslaam'wheiher pon ruthandcorrectnessr uponerror nd falsehood. utAllaah nows hat heentireMuslimworld s void- except or very,very ew ndividuals, hom t i s correcto say aboutthem hat ,Soandso is a scholar." s is stated n theauthentic adeeth,eported ylmaam l-Bukhaareen hisSaheeh,rom hereport f Abdullaahbin AmrlbnAl-'l rs,radyAltaaht) 'anhu,hosaid:Al laah's essenger said:"Verily, Allaah will not snatch away the knowledge from the-chests of thescholars,but rather He will take away the knowledge by taking away thescholars.until there does not remainany scholar - this s the point until theredoesnot remainany scholar, he peoplewi l l take gnorant eaders, ho wi l l be

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askedquest ions nd then give atwa rel ig ious u l ings)withoutknowledge. otheywill go astrayand causeothers o go astray'"WhenAllaahwants o takeaway he knowledge, ewill notsnatch t away rom hehearts f thescholars,uch hat hescholar ecomesikesomeone honever earnedanything n the firstplace,no. This is not from he Sunnah way)of Allaahwhendealingwith His servants, speciallyHis righteous ervants to take away heknowlJdgehat heyhaveacquiredor hesakeofAllaah,azzawa all. . Allaahs ustand air n His ulings He doesnot snatchheknowledgeway rom hehearts f hetruescholars. ut Jth"r, t is rom heSunnah fAllaahwithHiscreationhatHe akesaway heknowledgey aking way hescholarsi .e. ausinghem o die], s Hedidwiih hechiefof allscholars ndprophets ndmessengers, uhammadE'". . .unt i l heredoesnot remain nyscholar,he peoplewi l l ake gnoranteaders,who wil l be asked quest ionsand then give fatwa (re l ig ious ul ings)withoutknowledge. o theywill go astrayandcauseothers o go astray."Thisdoesnotmean haiAl laahwi l l eaveheearth oidof anyscholar,hrough hichAllaah's roof anbe establishedponHisservants,ut athert means hat hemorethat imecontinueso pass, hemore hatknowledgeecreases. ndwe willcontitrueincreasingn thiscondition f essanddeficientnowledge,ntil heredoesnot emainon the a6eof thisearth,anyonewhosays: Allaah,Atlaah."You hear hishadeethmany imes, nd t s an authent icadeeth:"The Hourwi l l not be establ ished hite here emains omeoneon the faceofthe earth hatsays: Allaah,Allaah."'From he likesof thosepeoplewho werementionedn the lastpartof the hadeeth:"unt i l heredoesnot remainany scholar, he peoplewi l l take gnorant eaders"are hose eaderswho nterprethe Qur'aan nd hesunnahwith nterpretationshatare n contradictiono what he scholars | will 'not ay hoseof thepastonly,butalsothoseof thepresent wereupon.For ndeedheyuse hishadeethAl laah,Al laah"as evidenceor the permissibil i iy,ather he recommendationf rememberingllaahimar


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This is Our Call (The Wa of the Salafl - bv Irn';tzrrnAl-All-rztanec

(salafAs-saal ih) , ayAl laahbe pleased ith hem. o if theydid notdo i t - thelriejection f acting oh tnis interpretationndicates he falsehood f this kind ofinierpretation.o 6owwill t be oryou f theother eport f thehadeeths added, ndthegistof ii, as is commonlyaid,s that maamAhmad, ahimahullaah,eportedhishadeethn hisMusnad ithanauthent ichain f narrat ion,i th hewording:"TheHourwi l l not be establ ished hi le here emains omeone n the faceoftheearth hatsays: Laa laahal laaAl laah'"So his s whatwas ntendedn the irsthadeeth, here heword Allaah" s shownnrepetit ion.hepoint s that oday,heworldunfortunatelysvoidof hose cholars housed o fill heearthwith heirextensivenowledgendwhowould preadt amongstthepeople. o oday t hasbecomeike hesaying oes

"When heywerecounted heywereso fewBut today heyhavebecome ess han hat ew'"So we hope romAllaah, azzawa jatl,thatHe makeus fromamong he seekers fknowledgeho ruly ake rom he scholars 'xample ndwho honest ly- fol lowheirway.This s whatWehope romAllaah azzawa att - that He makeus fromamongthosestudents ho follow hatway,aboutwhich he Messenger$ said: Whoevertreadsa path,by which he seeksknowledge, llaahwill makea path or him toParadise."This eads s niodiscussinghe opic f hisknowledge,hich asbeenment ionedntheQur 'aann many,many laces, uch sAl laah'saying:

: . ' ; .=-- ; . -' i i - - .ol"- . , i i , t i lL l*LGul3r"L+ X;t*# lJ *-.r3r"-L'+f #' $F"Are those who have knowledgeequal o those who do not haveknowledge?"[SurahAz-Zumar:91AndAllaah'saYing:

r _-__-__i i j t . i - . i i , l j r_ r_ n i ; : ' '.=^.q-rr 1-r;1:I rJ-r3rr*f l: f" * l3-:"ol*;tJJl+-lll3s-r+,,Ailaahwill raise n levels hosewho believeamongstyou and thosewho havebeengivenknowledge."Surah l-Mujaadi lah:1]

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This is Our Call of the Sala - by Imaarn At-41r1ztry9

what is thisknowledge,ue owhichAllaah aspraisedhosewhopossesst andacton it,and hosewho otiow hewayof thesepeople? heanswers as the maam,bneayyimAl-Jawziyyah,ahimahullaah,he student f Shaikh-ul-lslaambnTaimiyyah,rahimahullaah,aid.,,Knowledgeis: what)Attaah aid, what)HisMessenger ald,(andwhit) the Companions aid.This snotsomethingalse.Knowledges not hatwe rushntodisagreementsoolishlybetweenhe Missenger nd betweenheopinion f a Faqeeh scholar)'Nay, andwe do-notdenyandnegate heAttributes ofAllaah)justoutof fearof fal t ingintotashbeehandtamthee| ' , ,

So we take he definit ion f knowledgerom hisstatementnd hispoem,whichwerarelyhearamong heverses f the foets,since hepoetry f thescholars 5 el ikethe poetry f thepoets.So thisman lbnAl-Qayyim)asa scholar, ndhe alsowrotegooi portry.So he said:Knowledges whatAliaah aid,at the irst evel' henwhatit. '" r lt.rr"nger f Allaah aid,at thesecondevel,henwhat heCompanionsaid, tthe third evel.The wordsof lbn Al-Qayyimemind s of a reality hat s extremelyimportant,ndwhich s oftenneglected-bya largemajority f callerswhoarespreadthroughouthe ands oday n hename ical l ingo ls laam.What s his eal i ty? hatis wellknown o allof theie callerss that slaam onsists f:The Bookof Allaah ndthe sunnah f Al laah's essengerE.This s the ruth nd here s no doubt boutt 'howevert s deficient'lbn Al-Qayyim oted his deficiencyn his inesof poetry,whichwe just mentioned'That is why after ment ioninghe Qur 'aanand the sunnah, he ment ionshecompanions.Knowleoges:1"wtrat ;l laah aid, what)His Messenger aid' andwhat) he ComPanionsaid"."Nowadays,t is very rare that we hear someonemention he companionswhenmentioninghe Qur'aan nd he Sunnah'Andas we all know, heyareat theheadofthe SalafAs-Saalihpiouspredecessors),f whom he Prophet -$! pokeof in hissaying, hich asbeen eportedy manyCompanions:"Thebestof mankinds my generat ion" ' "And do not saywhatmanyof the callers owadays ay: The best. f .generations'"Thisphrase thebestof generat ions"as no SoUrcen the Sunnah' he authent icSunnah, hich s stated n ftre wo saheehcollectionsofAl-Bukhaaree..andusiim)and otherhadeeth eferences ll report he hadeeth iih he wording: The best of

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This is Our Call he Way of th c Salaf) - Imzrarn Al-Albaance

mankind s my generat ion,hen those that come after hem, hen those thatcomeafter hem."lmaambn eayyimAl-Jawziyyahas inked heseCompanionswhoareat the headof he hreegenerationshathave eceivedestimonyor heirexcellenceto theBookand the Sunnah. o was this ink hathe madean opinion f his,or a scholar lydeductionndconclusion, hichareallprone o error. heanswers no, t is not romhisscholar lyeduct ionr hisconclusions,fwhich t is possiblehaterror ancomeinto hem,but rather t is basedon the Bookof Allaahand he Hadeeth f Allaah'sMessenger:.As or he Qur'aan,hen here s hesaying f Allaah,azzawa all' .

yl=..; }{; sr+li-l;*t; l-" _; L* J:*!l-+iL-'' ;'--3@ f;,-s.*;L; i-* -{i,i;;tr- ti -d'-F '..rtsJi"And whoeveropposes he Messenger fter he guidancehas beenmadeclearto him, and he foilows a way other han the Way of the Believers,We will turnhim to what He has chosenand land him in Hel l - what an evi l dest inat ion."[Surah n-Nisaa:15],,Andhe follows a way other han the way of the Believers - our Lorddid notstopshort n thisayah,Lnd f Hewouldhave, heayahwould

til lbe correct nd tue'He did not say:"And whoever pposeshe Messenger fter he guidance as beenmade lear o him,we wil l urnhim owhatHehaschosen nd andhim n Hell whatanevi ldest inat ion."lnstead,ue o His nf ini te isdom, e nciudecjAnd he fol lowsa \/ay other hantheway of the Bel ievers" and his swhatwe are ocusingnexplaininq-r t lwAndwhoever pposes he Messengerf ter he guidance asbeenmadeclear o him'and he fotlows a way other than the way of the Believers,we will turn him towhatHe has chosenand landhim n Heli whatan evi l dest inat ion."Surah n-Nisaa: 151I hope hatthis yahbecomesirmlygroundedn yourminds nd n yourheartS' rrdhope hatyoudon't orget t, becausJt is the ruth-And hrought,youwil lbe savedfromdeviating y drift ir ig way o theright r o the eftandyouwillbesaved even noneaspect r Somessrle from allingntooneof thesects hatarenotsavedoroneof the deviant ects.This s becausehe Prophet*tsaid n the well-knownadeeth'which wil labr idgen ordero get hepart elevanto ourdiscussion'



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This is Our Call Way of the Salaf) - Imaarrr Ai-Albaztncc

"And my ummahwil l d iv ide nto seventy- threeects- al l of them wil l be in theHel l f i re, xceptone".Theysaid: Which ne s t ,O Messengerf Al laah?" esaid:"lt is the Jamaa'ah."The Jamaa,ahs the "Way of the Believers."So the hadeeth if it is not a directrevelationromAllaah o the heartof the Prophet;, then t mustbe derivedrom hepreviouslymentioned yah. "And he follows a way other than Way of the'Believeri."So if the personwho "opposes he Messenger"and "follows a wayother hanWay of the Believers" s lrreatened iih he Hellf ire,hen heoppositesalsocorrect, owhoever oes ollow he"Wayof the Believers",henhe s promisedparadise,nd here s no doubt bout his.So hen,when heMessengerfAl laah =:respondedo ihe questionaboutwhichgroupwas the savedsect, he said:"theJamaa,ah.,.o then he Jamaa'ahs the groupof Muslims. hen here s stated nanother arrat ionf thishadeeth, hatsupportshisunderstanding,n fact , t addsmoreclarif icationndexplanationo it.TheProphet :said:" l t is thatwhich andmy Companions reupon'""My Companions"hen refers o the "way of the Bel ievers." o when bn Al-Qayyimmentionedhe companionsn his linesof poetry hatwe statedbefore, eonly'tookhatunderstandingrom he ayahwe uststated nd hishadeeth' her'; sarso heweil-knownadeeth f Ar-'rrbaaoinsuuriyah,adyAilaahuanhu,which wil la lsoshorteno ment ioningnly hepart hat s relevanto ourdiscussion,o thatwehaveenoughime o takequestionsater'HeS said:, ,so st ick to my sunnahand the sunnahof the r ight ly-guided haleefahs f termg."So herewe find he sameexample s the hadeeth e ustmen-tionedeforehisoneand also he previous yarr.The Messenger did not say "stick to my sunnah"only,but ratherhe connectedo his Sunnah,he Sunnahof the r ight ly uidedKhaleefahs.o herewe say, especiallyn these imes n whichwe find conflictingviews,and ideologies nd madhaahibschools f thought), nd in which here lremanypart ies nd" roups, uch that manyof the Musl im outhbegan o l ive nconfusion.eooesr i ' tnow o which roup eshould scr ibe imselfo 'So herewe have given he answer rom the ayah and the two hadeeth,we justmentioned.oilow"n" uy of the Berievers!hewayof thoseberieversrompresenttimes?Theanswers no,we mean heBelieversrom he past the firstera theeraof the companions the SalafAs-saalih pious redecessors).heseare hepeoplewhomwe should akeas our example ndas theoneswhomwe follow'And here s

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This is Our Call Wa y of the Salaf) - lmaam Al-Albaanee

absolutelyo one equal o themon the aceof the earth.Therefore,he essence fourcal l s based n hree i l lars on he 1)Qur 'aan,he 2)Sunnah nd 3)Fol lowingtheSalafAs-Saalihpious redecessors)'So whoever laims hathe fol lowsheQur 'aan nd he Sunnah, nd hathe doesn' tfol low he SalafAs-Saal ih,nd he expressesn bothwordsand act ions:They remenandwe arealsomen" i .e. heCompanionsnd hem reequal] ,hen hispersonis in deviancendmisguidince. hy because e didnotaccepthese exts, hichwe relatedo you ust"now.Did he iollow he "Way of the Believers"?No. Did hefollow he Companlonr f Allaah'sMessenger? o.Whatdid he follow?He followedhisdesire, ndhe ollowed is ntellect.s one's ntellectnfalliblend ree romerror?Theanswers no.So hen, e s upon learmisguidance.bel ievehat he easonorthe many nherited ifferencesound n the well-known ectsof the past and thedifferinghut hur just risen ecentlyoday s due o the ackof returning ack o thisthird ource, hichs heSalafAs-Saal ih.So everyone laims o fol low he Qur 'aan nd he Sunnah, nd howoftenhaveweheard hlskindof talk rom heyouthwhoare n confusion, hen heysay: Yaakf e,thesepeople laim o fol low he Qu/aanand he Sunnah nd hosepeople laim ofol lowheeur 'aan nd heSunnah."owhat s heclear nddecisiveist inct ion?t stheeur'aanand he Sunnah nd heMethodologyf theSalafAs-Saalih. owhoeverfol lowshe eur 'aanand he Sunnah ithoutol iowingheSalafAs-Saal ih 'e n facthasnot ol lowedheeur 'aan nd heSunnah,ather e hasonly ol lowed is ntel lect 'i f nothisdesire.I willpresent omeexampleso clarifyhis ssue ratherhis mportantoint,which s(following)hemethodologyf theSaiafAs-Saalih.here sa statementeportedromAl-Farooq,'Umarbn al-Khattaab,adyAltaahLtanhu,in whichhe says: lf thepeopleof innovation nd desiresdebateyou with the Qur'aan,hendebate hemwith heSunnah. . . "what led'Umar,adyAt laahLt 'anhLt,o make ucha statement?twasdue o Al laah'ssaying,nwhichHe s speakingo theProphet :

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,.AndWe revealed the dhikr (reminder,Sunnah) so that you (O Muhammad) maygive an Explanation to the people of what was (already) revealed to them'"fSurah ahl: 4]

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This is Our Call Wav of the Salafl - by Imaam A-l-A-lbaanec

ls a Musl im, ho s f i rmly roundedn Arabic, nowingts rules ndgrammar,s hispersonable o understand"theur'aanwithout sing he Way of our Messenger

?The answer s no. And if this is not so, thenAllaah's aying so that you (OMuhammad)may give an Explanat iono the people of what was (already)revealedo them"w:ould aveno significance.ndAllaah's peechs voidof havingany nsignificancen it. Therefore, hoever eeks o understandhe Qur'aanhroughother hin theWayof theMessenger, hehasgone arastray.Furthermore,s thissameperson ment ionedbove) ble o understandheQur 'aanand heSunnahhrough ther han heWayof heCompanionsfAl laah's essenger;{ i : . he answer s alsono. This s since, hey theCompanions)re the oneswhotransmit tedo us, irst ly,he wording f theQur 'aanwhichAl laah evealed nto heheart of Muhammad And secondly, hey transmitted

o us' the Prophet'sExplanat ionof t) ,which asbeenment ionedn hepreviouslytated yah, swel lhisS appl icat ionf hisNobleQur 'aan.The Prophet's xplanationof the Qur'aan) an be divided nto hreecategories:)Speech, '2) ct ion nd3) (Si lent) pproval. ho are he oneswho ransmit tedis 'sspeech zj- r isCompanions.hoaie heoneswho ransmit tedis uact ions?) hisCompanions. ho are the ones who transmit tedis ; si lentapprovals?) - hisCompanions.o because f this, t is noi possibleor us to depend olely n ourtinguisticapacitiesorunderstandingheQur'aan. ather, enrust eekassistancenunderstandinghe Qur'aan.But thii doesnot mean hat we have no need or the(Arabic)anguagen hismatter , o.This is why we firmlybelieve hat the non-Arabicpeaking eople,who havenotmasteredheArabicanguage,al l ntomany,many rrors. his sespecial lyo's' rcethey al l nto his undamentalr rorof not-returningack o the salafAs-saal ihorunderstandinghe Qur ' ,aannd the sunnah. do not meanby the words statedbeforehatwe .un*i t"fy on the (Arabic)anguageor explaininghe Qur'aan'How.". tf, it nu for if we want to understand rabicwords' hen no doubtwe mustunderstandheArabicanguage.Likewise,n order o understandhe Qur 'aan nd he Sunnah' ne mustknow heArabic language.So we say that the Messenger'sE Explanation' hich wasmentionedn theprevious yuh, s dividednto hree ategories:ayings, ctions ndsi lent pprovals.e wi l lpresent n example,n ordero comprehendhat hisdiv is ionis an establishedact,whichcannot edisputed. llaah ays:

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, ,And(as or) the male hiefand he female hief ,cut of f theirhands." Surah l-Maa' idah:81Looknowat how t s notpossibleorus o explainhe Qur'aan ased n he anguageonly.The hiefaccordingo the anguages someone ho steals ropertyromsomeresiricted lace, egardl-essf wfreitreihis property as valueor not.For examplesomeone teals"nLgg or a loafof bread thisaccordingo the (Arabic)anguagesconsidered thief.Ai15an ays: And (as for) the male hief and the female hief,cut off their hands."Doeseveryone hostealshave o havehishandcutoff?Theanswers no.why? lt s becauseheonewho s explainingi e theProphet) ho s ncharge f explaininghat hingwhichs being xplainedi.e.heQur 'aan)as nformedus hoseamongstie thieveJwhoseands re o be cutoff.Theoneexplainings theprophet nd he hingbeing xplaineds theQur 'aan. e* said: Do not cut of f thehandexcept or (someonLwho steals)a quarterof a dinarand what is beyondthat ."So anyone hat stealssomethinghat s less han a quarter f a dinar 'even faccordingo he anguagee s cal led thief , e s notconsideredthief ccordingothe rel ig ious ef ini t ion. o here,we comeupona knowledge-basedeal i tywhichruny siudentsof knowledge re unawareof. on one side, we have an Arabiclanglage,whichhas been assed down hrough he generations'nd o,n he otherside,we have rel ig iousanguage,hatAl laahHimself as ermed nddef ined' hichthe Arabs who rp-ot" the language f the Qur'aan i.e.Arabic), hich he Qur'aanwasrevealedn - werenotawa-reJbefore. o if the hief s applied ccordingo .he(Arabic)anguage,t covers llof he hieves. ut f the hief s mentionedccordingoihe rel ig iorJurminology,hennotal l h ieves re ncluded,ut ather nly hosewhostealwhatequals quarter f a dinar ndbeyondhat 'So this s an actualexample it is not possibleor us to depend olelyon ourknowledgef heArabicanguageorunderstandingheQur 'aan nd hesunnah' hisis the mistakehatmanycontemporaryriters ave allen ntonowadays' heyplacetheirknowledge f the Arabic anguage ver he Qur'aanic yaaland the propheticahaadeeth. o they interprethese rel ig iousexts and come up with innovated'Lnterpretations,whic'hheMuslims ever ear:df n he past'Due o this,we say, t is an obl igat iono understandhat he ruecal l to ls laa' isbased n three unJamentalr inciplesnd oundat ions,hich re he 1) Qur 'aan' )the Sunnah nd 3i ih; *ay inO understandingf the SalafAs-saalih' hereforeheayah 'And (as torl the male hief and the emale thief" is not to be interpretedaccordingo the linguisticequirements,ut ratheraccordingo the requirementsf

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the religiousanguage, hich tates: Do not cut off the handexcept or (someonewho steals) quarter f a dinarandwhat s beyond hat ' "The emainderf heayah tates:cut off theirhands."What s a hand ccordingothe anguage?l lof his s consideredhehand from he ingert ipso thearmpit al lof this s thehand. o is the hand o be cut romhereor fromhereor fromhere? heMessengerf AllaahH hasexplainedhis o uswithhis aciions i.e. o be cutoff romthewris l jo int l .We don' thaveanyauthent icadeeth l ike hatonewhich onf irmedwhichof the hievess requiredo havehishandcutoff - we don'thaveanyhadc:ththat clearlydefines he place from where we are supposed o cut, from theMessenger;sxplanationy speech. nstead,herewas revealed is Explanationyact ion hisphysical ppl icat ion.owdowe come o knowof thisappl icat ion?) romourSalafAs-Saalih the Companionsf theProphet:1. his s the second ategory,which s heExplanationy action'The thirdcategorys the approval f Allaah'sMessengeror something, hichhedidn' t eject r orbiO. hisapprovals neitherpeechromhimnoranact ionhat amefromhim, ather t is an action hatcame romsomeone lse,whichhe 4':,awandapproved f. So if the MessengerE saw something nd remained ilentabout t'upprouingt , i t became omething pproved f and permissible ' ut i f he sawsomethingnd ejectedt,even f this hingwascJoneysome f hisCompanionsetit s authenticallysiablishedn the exts hathe orbadet, hen his orbiddanceal


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The answers thathe forbade omeof t andhe approved omeof t. Sowhatever eforbadehen t falls nto hebounds f evil munkar) ndwhatever e approved,hen tfal ls nto hebounds f good ma'roof) .ohe orbade r inking hi le tandingn manyahaadeeth.nd do notwant o go deep n ment ioningl lof them so hat irst ly, edon'tdivert rom he ime hatwe have estrictedurselveso discusshis opicsowecan akequest ionst the end,andsecondly,his ssue equires special i t t in^nitself. ui t is sufficiento present neauthentic adeeth, hichhasbeen eported ylmaamMusl imn hisSaheeh,rom he report f AnasbinMaal ik,adyAl laahu'anhu,whosaid: TheMessenger f Al laah Eorbade r inkingwhi lestanding. ' 'And in another arrat ionof the hadeeth] ,e said: The Messenger f Al laah+restricted others) rom drinkingwhilestanding'"Therefore,his hingwhich sed o bedonedur inghe imeof Al laah's essenger: : ,as hasbeen estif ieOo in hereport f lbn Umar,was orsaken nd estricted.o hatthingwhich heyused o do becameorbidden,ased n theProphet'sorbiddancefit.B;t thesecond artof thehadeethof bn Umar),which tateshat heyused o eatwhilewalking, e did not receive nyreport hat he Messengerf Allaah i:;orbodethis. o we der iverom his si lent)pproval, rel ig iousul ing. o up o here,wehavecome o realize he strongneed or relyingon the way of the SalafAs-Saalihorunderstandinghe Qur 'aan nd he sunnah.And thatno one can relyon his ownknowledge,f-noto sayhis gnorance,o understandhe Qur'aan nd hesunnah'Aftermaking lear his mportantondition f "upon he methodologyf the SalafAs-saal ih" , m-ust iveyousomeexamples.n the past , he Musl imspl i tup ntomanysects. ouhearabout heMu'tazi tah,ouhearabout heMurj i 'ah,ouhearaboutheKhawaar i j ,ou hearabout heZaidiyyah,ot o ment ionheshi 'aand he Raaf idahand so on. There is no one amongst hese groups, no matterhow deep inmisguidanceheyare, hatdoesnotsharehesame aying s he estof heMusl ims,wfr i i f r s that : We areon theQur 'aan nd heSunnah." o oneamongsthemsays:,,wedon't ollow he Qur'aan nd hesunnah." nd f oneof themwere o say hat,hewoutd ompletelyeave he oldof ls laam. o henwhydid heyspl i t p so ongasal lof them elyon ihe eur'uunand he Sunnah and I bearwitnesshat heydo relyonthe Qur'aan nd the sunnah or support.But how is this relyingdone? t is donewithoutely ing n he hird oundat ion,hichswhat heSalaf s-Saal ihereupon'And there s anotheradditional oint hat mustbe notedhere- and it is that theSunnah if fers ompletelyrom heNobleQur 'aann hesensehat heNobleQur 'aanis preserved etweenhe wocovers f hemus-hafas swellknowno everyone' utas or hesunnah,hen or hemost art , t s spread ut n hundreds,f not housands

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of books, mongst hich here s a very arge ortion f them hat emainn hehiddenworld theworldof unprinted anuscripts.Furthermore,ven hosebooksamong hem hatare in print oday, hereare hoseahaadeethhat are authentic nd those hat are weak.So thosewho rely on theSunnah or support, hetherheyare rom hosewho ascribe hemselveso Ahl-us-Sunnah al-Jamaa'ahnd hemethodologyf heSalafAs-Saalih r theyare rom heother roups many f themarenotable o dist inguishheauthent icunnahrom heweak Sunnah.So they fal l into contradict ingnd opposinghe Qur 'aan nd theSunnah ue o their elying nweakand abricatedhaadeethThe point s thatsomeof thesegroups hatwe ustmentionedeject iteralmeaningsstatedn heQur ' ,aannd heprophet ic adeeth,n hepastandalso

npresent ays'fForexamplelheNobleQur 'aan ff irms ndgives hegood idingso hebel ieversfu u"rygreatblessingheywill eceiven Paradise, hich s that heLordof hewc idswill evlalHimselfo ttrem nd heywillseeHim.AsoneSalafee cholar tated:,,TheBelieverswil l see Him, (we believe his)withoutsaying how itmakingcomparisonso that,or givingexamples f i t '"

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The textual videncesrom he Qur'aan nd the sunnah ndicatehis'So howcansomeof thesepast and present-dayectsdeny his greatblessing? s for thosegroupsn thepast hat ejectedhisseeingofAltaah),hen herewas heMu'tazi lah'Today, ccordingo what know, here s noifound ny

groupon the aceof thisearththat ays: ,WeaieMu' tazi lah. e are ol lowinghebel iefs f heMu' tazi lah."owever,I didseea foolishmanwhoannouncedubliciyhathewasMu'tazilee' ndherejectsmanyestablishedacts rom he Religion, cting utof .rashness' o theseMu'taz'lahi"r"dt thisgreatblessing nd hey Jy *itt ' ' heirweak ntellects:lt is impossiblehatAl laah anbeseen!" owhatdid heydo?Did hey ejectheQur 'aan? l laah ays ntheQur 'aan:

, ,Faceson thatDaywil l be br ight , ookingat theirLord." surahAl-Qiyaamah'2'231Did hey ejecthisayah?No, heydidn't ejectt nordid heydisbelieve r apostate'Up o today,he rueAhlus-Sunnahule hat heMu'tazilahreupondeviance ut neydo not ake hemoutof the oldof lslaam. his s becauseheydo not ejecthisayah'

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butratherhey eject ts ruemeaning, f which ts Explanationasbeenstatedn theSunnah,f we recal l . l laah aysabout hebel ievershowil lenterParadise.Faceson that Daywil l be br ight , ookingat theirLord."So theychangedt 'smeaningtheybel ieiven f 'eayah's ording ut heydisbel ieven ismeaning.nd heworo, , rg,as he scholars ay, s the moldof themeaning. o i f we bel ieven thewording utdisbel ieven the meaning,hen his bel ief Eemaan) either our ishes or avai lsagainst unger.i.e. s ofno benefit]Sowhydid hesepeople ejecthisseeing f Allaah? heirminds reconstrictedromimaginingndconceptual iz inghatthis lave abd), hat s created nd imiteds ableto seeAllaah penly, imi lar lo he casewhen heJews equestedromMoosaatoseeAllaah), oAllaah reventedhem, s s ound n hatwellknown tory SeeSurahAl-Baqarah:5-59, l laah aid o Moosaal:

t . . , - , - . " - - ; , : t - t i ' i ' ' - 1 i ' i ' i ' i.r-,1: .-rriJi --LL(-; i.tilulj VHI;l :Flirl"Look upon the mountain, f i t standsst i l l , hen you shal l see Me." fSurah l-A'raaf: 43]Their niellects erenarrowed o they eltobligedo playwith he Qur'aanicextandchangets meaning. hy (?) becauseheirEemaanFaith)n the Unseens weakand heirFaith n t t reir niei tects strongerhan heirFaithn theUnseen, hich heywere ommandedo have aith n, n hebeginningf Surah l-Baqarah:

, 'Al i fLaamMeem. his s the Book n which here s no doubt a guidanceo theMuttaqeen (who are hey?) Thosewho believe i.e.have aith) n the Unseen."[Surah l-Baqarah: 2]Allaah s Unseen, o whenever ur Lord alksaboutHimself, e mustaffirm hat t isthe truthand we mustbel ieven i t , because ur intel lects re very imited. heMu'tazilah id not acknowledgehis point,so that s why they deniedand rejectedmany f the acts stabl ishedn he Religion,uchasAllaah'saying:Faceson theDaywil l be br ight , ookingat heirLord."Thisgoes he same or he otherayah,which s moreobscure o thesepeople har ,f i rs tayah,and i is the say ingof Al laah:

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iij-;-i ;**is"For those peoplewho do good, hey wil l receiveAl-Husnaa goodness) ndZiyaadah an ncrease o that)." Surah oonus: 6]Al-Husnaagoodness) ere refers o Paradise, nd the Ziyaadah increase) eremeans, eeingAllaah n the Hereafter.his s what s statedn a hadeetheportednSaheehMusl im, i than authent ichain f narrat ionromSa'ad inAbeeWaqqaas,radyAttaahuanhu,who said:Allaah'sMessenger.:*:aid. 'For those peoplewho dogood, they wi l l receive AI-Husnaa' , meaning) Paradise, 'and Ziyaadah' ,(mean ing)ee ing l laah. "TheMu'tazi lahndalso heShi 'ah, hoareMu' tazi lahn heirCreed,ejecthatAl laahwil l be seen,which s af f i rmedn the irstayahandexplained y the MessengerfAl laah n the secondayah.And thereare manyahaadeethreachinghe levelofMutawaatir)rom the ProphetH about this. So their ta'weei (distorting he truemeaning)f the Qur 'aan roughthem o rejecthe authent ic haadeethf Al la-h'sMessenger. So they eft rom he realm f being onsideredheSavedSect "Thatwhich andmy Companions reupon."Al laah's essengerel ieved ndhad irm aith hat hebel ievers ould ee heir ord,becauset s reportedn the woSaheeh ollectionsrom henarration f a large roupof Companions,uchas AbuSa'eed l-Khudree,nasbinMaal ik andoutside f heSaheeh ollectionstherewasAbu BakrAs-Siddeeqnd so on - that heProphet*,sa id :" lndeed ou wil l see your Lord on the Day of Judgement,ust as you see hemoonon a (clear) ight n which here s a ful l moon - you haveno problem nseeing t."What s meant y his s hatyouwil lnothave nyproblemeeing l laahustas hereis noproblemn seeinghemoon na clear ightn which here s a ful lmoon, i thnoclouds.They reject heseahaadeeth asedon their ntellects, o they haveweakEemaanFaith). his s one example f the hings hatsomesectsof hepast ell nto,andalsosomesectsof the present, uchas the Khawaarij,elieven this oo.Fromtheir anks re he baadiyyah ho nowadaysavebecome ctive n calling eopleotheirmisguidance.hey have art ic les nd treat iseshat they are spreading nddistributing,y which they revive he manydeviations, hich he Khawaarij ereknown or (doing) n the past ,such as their eject inghat Al laahwil l be seen nParadise.

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Nowwewil lpresentouwitha present ay example,hich s heQadiyanis.erhapsyou haveheardof them.Thesepeople ayas we say: l bearwitness hat there sno goO hathas he r ight o beworshipped xceptAl laah, nd hatMrrharnmadsthe Messenger f Al laah."Theypray he five dailyprayers,heyestablishhe Jumu'ah rayer,heymakeHajjand Umrahto Allaah's acredHouse. here s nodifferenceetween s andbetweenthem theyare ike he Muslims. owever,heydifferwithus in manyaspects f theCreed, uch as their bel ief hat the prophethoodid not end.They bel ieve hatprophets i l lcome fterMuhammadnd heyclaim hatoneof them amealreadyobadiyan, land n ndia. o ( they ay hat) nyonehatdoesn' t el ieven hisprophetthatcame o them, henhe s a disbel iever.owcan heysay hiswhen heayah sclear:

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"Muhammads not the fatherof any amongstyour men,but (ratherhe is) theMessenger f Al laahand heseal last) f the prophets."surahAhzaab: 01Howcan they say this,when he ahaadeeih ave eachedhe levelof - lawaatur,(stat ing):There s no prophetaf ter me." So theychangedhe meaning f thebufaanand heSunnah nd heydidnot nterpretheQur 'aan nd heSunnah s heSalafAs-Saal ihnterpretedhem.So the Musl ims lso ol lowedhem n thatwithoutany disagreementccurr ing mongst hem, unt i l there came this devianiandmiiguidedperson, amedwur=u hulaam hmadAl-Qadiyani ho claimed o be aprofnet.Andhe hasa longstory,which s not he ocusof oursubject ow'So he deceivedmany peoplewho don't have knowledge f these acts,whichpreservesheMusl imiomdeviat ing,ustas heseQadiyaniseviated ith hisDaj jaalwho claimed rophethoodor himself .Whatdid theydo withAl laah's aying. But(rather e s) he Messenger f Al laahand he seal tast) f the prophets?" heysaid that it does not mean hat there s no prophet fterhim.but rather he wordkhaatameferso the Prophet'sdornment.o ustas hekhaatamsealor ring) s headornmentf the inger,hen ikewise, uhammads theadornmentf theprophets.So hen heydidnot"disbel ieven theayah. heydidnotsay hatAl laah idn' t evealthisayahunio heheart f Muhammad.ather,heydisbel ievedn ts ruemeaning'So whatgood s havingaith n thewordingf there s no ai th n the ruemeaninqlfyou lravJ no doubtabout his fact, henwhat s the way of coming o known hemeaningsf theQur 'aan nd hesunnah. oualready now heway. t s not orus o



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rely on our knowledgeof the Arabic Language,nor to interpret he Qur'aanand :heSunnahwi th our desi resor our t rad i t ions, r our b l ind o l lowing r our madh-habs rour (suf i )orders,but ra ther , he on lyway s - as is commonly a id ,and I wi l l c losemyspeechwi th h is :

,,Andeverygood is in fotlowing hosewho came before (salaf),whi6 every evil s in the innovatingof those who came after (Khalaf)."We hope hat h is servesas a "reminder o the one who has a hear t or lends hisear whi le be ing heedfu l . " SurahQaaf:37]

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