On Warning from the Deviant Callers and Salafees Who Fall Into and Persist upon Innovation

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On Warning From the Deviant Callers and Those

Salafees Who Fall Into Innovations in Aqeedah or
Manhaj or Walaa and Baraa And Persist Upon Them

Shaykh Ahmad an-Najmee on Warning Against the Callers who Praise the
Innovators and Cooperate with the Hizbiyyeen and Revile the Salafees1

Questioner: “O Shaykh, when we see callers (du’aat) in this land, praising Qutb and
Mawdudi, and they sit with the Harakiyyeen and the Hizbiyyeen and they revile the
Salafees, is it permissible for us to warn against them?”

Shaykh Ahmad an-Najmee: “Yes, it is permissible for you to warn against them. The
one who, the one who... the one who sits with the Harakiyyeen and supports them and
sits with them and reviles the Salafees, then this contains an evidence for his bid’ah.”2

Shaykh Rabee’ bin Haadee on those who withhold from a position on

Abul-Hasan al-Ma’ribee whilst knowing that the Scholars have refuted
him amply and sufficiently3

Question: Concerning a man who says he is withholding on the issue of Abul-Hasan

al-Maribee while he has actually read the refutations of the scholars is he to be warned
against and boycotted?

Shaikh Rabee’ bin Haadee al-Madkhalee: Give them some respite. Give them
some respite till some other days. If they stood by the truth, aided it, and [word
unclear] the falsehood and belittled it, then they are your brothers. And if they
continue to argue, wallow (in the falsehood), then we never doubt, or hesitate in

1 This was in a question answer session with al-Maktabah as-Salafiyyah, in January 2002, and was asked
in relation to a doubt spread that the Salafees cannot warn from the likes of these people (such as Bilal
Philips for example) unless they return back to Abul-Hasan al-Ma’ribee and the students of knowledge
from Jordan.

2 This question was asked in relation to the slogan that Abul-Hasan al-Ma’ribee raised in 1999 when he
came to the UK, that “there is no one to be found in this land who is capable of al-Jarh and Ta’deel”,
and by which he desired to silence the Salafees from warning from the Innovators and Hizbees whose
affair was clear.

3 This was taken from a post on SalafiTalk.Net and is a translation of a telephone lecture that took
place in Manchester, UK on 12th January 2003.

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(holding) that they are Ashaab ul-Ahwaa (people of desires)4. Henceforth, they are to
be boycotted and there is no liberty. However, I ask Allaah that he does not prolong
their affair until they show arrogance and stubbornness, and being occupied in
falsehood. Returning to the truth is better than wallowing in falsehood, and a believer
is one who always returns to Allaah. And a believer is one, who constantly repents, and
Allaah rejoices with the repentance of His servant, and Allaah loves those who
constantly repent and those who purify themselves.

So if he has stood by Abul Hasan until this date, there is no doubt that he is upon
falsehood, and if comes and brings these tricks and plots, then he is given respite, for a
week, or two5, so he either repents [...section cut]... and goes with the Scholars of the
Salaf and the Scholars of the Salafee Manhaj, in the truth [that they are upon] and in
aid of the truth for which they stood for, then he is from us and is our brother. And
the one who refused except but to follow the devil then he is to be boycotted.”

Shaykh Fawzee al-Atharee on the one (ascribing to Salafiyyah) who

defends and aids the Innovators (that the Scholars have refuted), and who
attacks the Salafees6

Questioner: There is a man in America, his name is Abu Usaamah adh-Dhahabee, and
he defends and aids Abul-Hasan al-Ma’ribee al-Misree, and he describes the Salafees as
“Ghulaat” and “Muqallidah” and “Muhqibah”, so what is our position towards this
man?

Shaykh Fawzee al-Atharee: “The position towards this man, without doubt, is
warning from him, refuting him, exposing him and boycotting him, because in reality
4 Meaning, that there comes a point in time when it becomes sufficiently clear that a specific person, or
groups of people do not desire the truth, and thus they are boycotted and are considered As.haab ul-
Ahwaa, whilst noting that referring to someone as a Saahibu Hawaa (person of desires) or Saahibu
Bid’ah (person of bid’ah) does not necessarily amount to tabdee’, i.e. that this person is a Mubtadi’
(innovator). Rather, these terms, person of desires, or person of innovation or person of hizbiyyah, are
indications of what a person has with him of innovation of deviation, as a trait or characteristic, but it
does not equate to tabdee’. Refer to this explanation by Shaykh ‘Ubayd al-Jaabiree (in BDH050009),
and Shaykh Muhammad Umar Bazmul explained, “The later scholars differentiate between a person
being described as being a “Saahibu Bid’ah” (person of innovation), and between him being a
“Mubtadi’” (innovator), so they say, “Everyone from whom an invention into the deen occurs, then he
is a “Saahibu Bid’ah”, and he is not to be described as a Mubtadi’ until the proof is established upon
him, and he stubbornly opposes and persists upon falsehood, and there is nothing to prevent him from
accepting the truth, so if he persists and shows stubborn opposition, then he is described as a
“Mubtadi’ Saahibu Hawaa” (innovator, person of desires). So they differentiate between a person being
a person of desires and being an innvator.” This is one of a number of questions on manhaj put to the
Shaikh Mohammad Omar Bazmul on 29th December 2002, and they are found on the website
Sahab.Net, posted by Abu Mus’ab. And refer also to ash-Shaatibee’s al-I’tisaam under the section on
the terms “Ahl ul-Ahwaa” and “Ahl ul-Bida’” and who they are applied to.

5 Refer also to BDH050010 in which Shaykh ‘Ubayd al-Jaabiree discusses the aspect of Tamyee’, in
prolonging advice to the Hizbiyyeen more than what is actually necessary, and that often, a few sittings
and gatherings are sufficient to indicate a person’s willingness to submit to the truth and to return.

6 This was in a question answer session in Philadelphia, USA in January 2003.

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this one is to be considered from Ahl ul-Bida’. Because the matter of al-Ma’ribee has
become clear, the people of knowledge have refuted him, from amongst the
Rabbaanee Scholars, and from the strong students of knowledge. So this man is
thrown alongside al-Ma’ribee, because he is from Ahl ul-Bida’, and it is obligatory for
us to warn from him, and to boycott him and to shun him, so that he is a sign for
those after him. And this is what the Salaf us-Saalih were upon, with respect to the
likes of those who defend Ahl ul-Bid’ah. And there is a statement of Shaykh ‘Abdul-
Azeez bin Baaz (rahimahullaah ta’aalaa) concerning the one who defends Ahl ul-Bida’,
their books for example, or their cassettes, is he to be put alongside them? He said,
“Yes, he is put alongside them”. And he was asked likewise about the one who praises
Ahl ul-Bida’ is he put alongside them, he said, “Yes, he is put alongside them”. Hence,
this man is to be put alongside al-Ma’ribee and his likes”.

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