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and and m ay the peace be all In l b r a a h e e m: th e N a meo f A l l aah, Pr aise to Allaah, ' r *-To pr oceed: :. the Mos t Allaah, Indeed, o b l e s s i n g s f A l l a a hb e o n H i s M essenger the ( , of o n u s th e blessing Eemaan Faith)and He has blessed H i g h ,h a s b e sto w e d - who are the oneswhomAllaahhashonored ummahwiththe scholars Muslim wfrbte with knowledge so that they can guidethe peopleuntothe way of Allaahand unto without of And theyare ihe inheritors the prophets wa of the worship Rttaan,'azza jatt. and Allaah to is Allaah, fir stly please her fo T a d o u b t. h e re a so n r o u r co m ing e,in sha pleased th wi being w s e c o n d b y se e kkn o w l e d g e , hichwill in tur nleadus to Allaah' s y - l to and withour Shaikh j o yo us in occasion, thatwe can gather , u s . F o r A l l a a hth i si s a AINaasir - ud- Deen AIbaan ee M , r o u r s c h o l aa n do u rg re a tte a ch erShaikh uhamm ad and our we o on F i r s t l y, b e h a l f f th i s co mmunity, wouldliketo welcom e nobleShaikh, they of thosestudents knowledge, especially listening, on likewise behalfof everyone and they havethe desireto gathertodaywith our noble all sendtheirwelcome also a to to a A t e a c h e r. n d n o d o u b t, l l o f u s havethissamedesir e listen the knowledgend him Allaahhas blessed withfrom to th w i s d o m a t h e h a s.S o l e t u s l i sten him in what will the the to decides close lectur e, for um openfor T.h e nw h e no u r S h a ikh knowledge and is Paper available bei ng down. be q uestions wr itten Bu q u e s t i on -s. tw e a skth a tth e joyousoccasion and we s ay ' n d i s p e r se di , sh a A l l a a h .We repeatagain,this is a S t, w e l c o m eo o u rn o b l e h a i k h ' . . Ahlan, we pr aiseHim ,we seek H i s S h a i k h:A h l a n B i ku m.V e ri l ya ll pr aiseis for Allaah, And and assistance we ask for His forgiveness. we seek refugein Himfromthe evils guides, onecanleadhi m no Allaah W hoever a o f o u rs e l ve s n dth e e vi l so f o u ractions. is that him.I bearwitness ther e no no a a s t r a y n dw h o e veirs l e d a stra y, onecanguide And I bearwitness exceptAllaah,aloneand with no partner. deityworthyof worship i the Indeed bestspeec hs To Pr oceed. s t h a t M uh a mmaid H i s sl a vea n d Messenger . ;*' And the of ts the Bookof Allaah,and the bestguidance the guidance Muhammad matter And are those,whichare newlyinvented. everynewlyinvented worstof matters ie and is a misguidance ever ym isguidancs i n A i s a n i nn o va ti o n .n d e ve ryi n n ovation t h e H e ll fi re . And I h av e for l U I t h a n kth e b ro th e r, sta a d hb raaheem , his wor dsand for his pr aise. of the firstKhaleefah' to to to nothing say in response that except followthe example 'anhu, of whowasthe firsttrue Khaleefah Allaan's radyAllaahu Abu Bikr As-Siddeeq, prai s e whenhe wouldhearsom eone M e s s en g e r w i thd u e ri g h t.B ut never theless, of who iI cam e r that h i mw i thso me th i ng o o da n d he believed thispr ar se,egar dless "eftggeration of - and thiswaswhilehe was the Khaleefah Allaah's from,was donein he - fsome - nevertheless occurs] nevertheless, crying of and Messenger deserving it
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for wouldsay:"O Allaah,do not hold me accountable what they say (aboutme)' perceive(me to be).And forgive me for what And make me betterthan what they wouldsay.So what they don,t know (about me)."Thisis whatthe greatAs-Siddeeq "O example: Allaah, his thoseof us who comeafierhim say? I say,following stroutO for d o n o t ho l d me a cco u n ta b l e what they say ( aboutme) ' And make me better than what they perceive(me to be). And forgive me for what they don't know ( a b o u tme )." in thatwas described whatyoujust that I am notthatperson I willaddto thisby saying stud unt But lbr m h e a r dpre vi o u sl y-froo u r n o b lebr other aaheem . r atherlam or r lya by the to And n kn s e e k i n g o w l e d g e ,o t a n yth i ng_else. it is uponever ystudent abide it is only one ayah. And hadeethof the prophetiwi "cJnvey from me even if harm' And narratefrom the (stories) of the iribe of lsraa'eelfor there is no then let him find his seat in the Hellfir e' " w h o e v erl i e s o n me i n te n ti o n ally, text,as wellas other with and complying thisgreatprophetic So basedon this hadeeth Messenger we take on ,:bj, of textsfromthe Book of Allaahand the Hadeeth Allaah's of. But this does not to the task of conveying the peoplewhat they lack knowledge goodthoughts like meanthatwe haveturnedintosomething thatwhichis foundin the thatI is holdfor us.The matter not such'Thisis the reality that(someof) our brothers of I Whenever hearthiskindof talk,l am reminded the old feeldeepdownin my heart. the whichis well knownamongst scholars: proverb, an , 'V e ri l y, e sma l lb i rd(b u ghaath) in lands has nowbecome eagle' " our th or by this proverb' by of some peopleare unaware what is intended this statement like an - but this smallbird becomes is The bughaath a smallbird that is worthless ' t e a g l e o th e p e o p l e d u eto th e irignor ance" upontruth wheiher who call to lslaam' is This proverb true aboutmanyof the people the entireMuslim But or and correctness uponerrorind falsehood. Allaahknowsthat to whom it is correct say about worldis void - exceptfor very,very few individuals, by reported ,,Soand so is a scholar." is statedin the authentic hadeeth, As themthat 'Abdullaah 'Amrlbn Al-'l rs, bin of fromthe report in Al-Bukhaaree his Saheeh, lmaam said: $ M A wh r a d y Al ta a h t)'a n h u ,osa i d : l laah' s essenger of the "Verily, Allaah will not snatch away the knowledge from the - chests taking away the scholars, but rather He will take away the knowledge by - this is the point- until there scholars.until there does not remainany scholar who will be d o e s no t re ma i na n y sch o l a r,the peoplewill take ignor antleader s,

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So r a s k e d qu e sti o n sa n d th e n g i ve fatwa ( r eligious ulings)without knowledge. they will go astrayand cause othersto go astray'" He When Allaahwantsto take awaythe knowledge, will not snatchit awayfromthe who neverlearned like becomes someone suchthatthe scholar of hearts the scholars, anythingin the first place,no. This is not from the Sunnah(way)of Allaahwhen servants- to take away the His righteous dealingwith His servants,especially 'azza waiall. . Allaahis lust for that knowlJdge theyhaveacquired the sakeof Allaah, of awayfromthe hearts the the and fair in His rulings He doesnot snatch knowledge thatHe takes withHiscreation of But truescholars. tJth"r,it is fromthe Sunnah Allaah themto die],as He di d s awaythe scholar [i.e.causing e a w a yt he kn o w l e d gb y ta ki n g Muhammad ;E' and and prophets messengers, wiih the chiefof all scholars leader s , , ". . . u n t i lth e red o e s n o t re ma i nany scholar the peoplewill take ignor ant w h o w il l b e a ske d q u e sti o n sand then give fatwa ( r eligiousr ulings)with out so knowledge. they will go astrayand causeothersto go astray." wh , voidof any scholarthr ough i c h the will T h i sd o e sn o tme a nth a iA l l a a h leave ear th thatthe more it but uponHisservants, rather means proofcan be established Allaah's And we will contitrue decreases. to that timecontinues pass,the morethatknowledge until knowledge, theredoesnotremain of lessand deficient in increasing thiscondition "Allaah,Atlaah."You hearthis hadeeth on the fa6eof this earth,anyonewho says: hadeeth: a m a n yt ime s, n d i t i s a n a u th e ntic whitether e r emainssom eoneon the face of "T h e Ho u r w i l l n o t b e e sta b l ished 'Allaah,Allaah."' the earththat says: hadeeth: in Fromthe likesof those peoplewho were mentioned the last part of the leader s " the peoplewill take ignor ant "u n t i l t h e re d o e s n o t re ma i nany scholar , that and the sunnahwith interpretations the who interpret Qur'aan are thoseleaders - | will'not thoseof the pastonly,butalso say to are in contradiction whatihe scholars "Allaah, Allaah" theyusethis hadeeth p re se n-t w e reu p on.For indeed t h o s eof th e Allaah of ratherthe recommendation remembering for as evidence the permissibiliiy, - Allaah, and so on [as doneby the Allaah' Allaah, w i m a r < i nD h i kr) i thsi n g l ew o rdi g Sufisl. withthat whenthey hear this hadeeth or deceived unaware so that no one remains here our brothers to I think its proper,even if incidentally, remind misinterpretaiion, in is explanation stated the is that this interpretation false,iirstly,because hadeeth's were if #E. reportfrom Allaah'sMessenger And secondly, this interpretation unott1"r pious predecessors of therewould be an indication it in the aciionsof our correct,
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with them .so if they did not do it - thel r ma ( s a l a fAs-sa a l i h ), y A l l a a hbe pleased indicatesthe falsehoodof this kind of iejectionof acting oh tnis interpretation and is of So inierpretation. 6owwillit be foryou if the otherreport the hadeeth added, js that lmaam this reported Ahmad,rahimahullaah, said, the gistof ii, as is commonly with of chain nar r ation, thewor ding: w in h a d e e th h i s Mu sn a d i tha n a uthentic while ther e r em ainssom eoneon the face of "T h e H ou r w i l l n o t b e e sta b l ished lllaaAllaah' " t h e e a r thth a t sa ys: " L a a l l a a h a wherethe word"Allaah"is shownin in So thisis whatwas intended the firsthadeeth, who is the The repetition. pointis thattoday, worldunfortunately voidof thosescholars it and knowledge who wouldspread amongst usedto fill the earthwiththeirextensive goes like So the people. todayit has become the saying "When they were countedthey were so few But todaytheyhavebecomelessthan thatfew'" 'azzawa jatl,thatHe make us from amongthe seekers of So we hope from Allaah, th ei r and who honestly- follow example k n o w l e d gw h o tru l yta ke fro mthe scholar s' e 'azzawa - that He makeus from among iatt way.This is what We hopefrom Allaah ;$ who followthat way, aboutwhichthe Messenger said:"Whoever students those Allaahwill make a path for him to treadsa path, by which he seeks knowledge, Pa r a d ise ." in whichhasbeenm ention ed of g u T h i sl e ad s s i n i od i scu ssi nth etopic thisknowledge, s suchas Allaah' saying: ma i t h eQ u r'a a nn ma n y, n yp l a ces,

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it thosewho possess andact due what is this knowledge, to whichAllaahhaspraised rbn lmaam, The answeris as the on it, and thosewhoiotiowthe way of thesepeople? lbn of the rahimahullaah, student Shaikh-ul-lslaam Taimiyyah, eayyimAl-Jawziyyah, said. rahimahullaah, ,,Knowledge (what)Attaah Sald, (what)HisMessenger said, is: false. said.Thisis not something (andwhit) the Companions foolishly we rushinto disagreements is Knowledge notthat of opinion a Faqeeh(scholar)' the and between the between Missenger andwe do-notdeny and negatethe Attributes(of Allaah) Nay, j u sto u to ffe a roffaltingintotashbeehandtam thee|' ,, and fromthis statement this poem,whichwe of So we take the definition knowledge 15 'ike of the foets, sincethe poetryof the scholars nel rarelyhearamongthe verses and he alsowrote was So of the poetry the poets. this man (lbnAl-Qayyim) a scholar, the first level'thenwhat is gooi portry.So he said:Knowledge whatAliaahsaid,at said,at thenwhatthe Companions level, the second of it.'" Irlt.rr"nger Allaahsaid,at -by remindus of a realitythat is extremely the third level.The words of lbn Al-Qayyim who are spread of and important, whichis oftenneglected a largemajority callers W thisr eality? hat W to to th t h r o u g h o u t e l a n d s d a yi n th e nameoicalling lslaam. hatis and The Bookof Allaah of: consists is to is well known all of theie callers that lslaam i about t' no doubt jE. Me t h e s u nn a ho f A l l a a h 's sse nger Thisis the tr uthand ther eis it however is deficient' whichwe just mentioned' in notedthis deficiency his linesof poetry, lbn Al-Qayyim the the Qur ' aanand the sunnah, he mentions T h a t i s w h y a fte r me n ti o n i ng said' ( and Allaahsaid,( what)His Messenger i "K c o m p an i o n s. n o w l e o g e s:1"wtr at; s w h a t )t h e C o mP a n i o n sa i d " ." when companions it Nowadays, is very rare that we hear someonementionthe are at the headof And as we all know,they and the Sunnah' the mentioning Qur'aan spoke of in his of (piouspredecessors), whom the Prophet'-$! the SalafAs-Saalih by s a y i n gw h i chh a sb e e nre p o rted m anyCompanions: , "T h e b e sto f ma n ki n di s my g ener ation"' " of Say:"The best. .generations'" And do not say what many of the callersnowadays The auth enti c in the Sunnah' has " T h i s p hra se th e b e sto f g e n er ations" no SoUr ce Musiim) (of whichis statedin ftretwo saheehcollections Al-Bukhaaree..and of Sunnah, "The best wiih the wording: all references reportthe hadeeth and otherhadeeth

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, m a n k i n di s my g e n e ra ti o nthen those that come after them , then those th at c o m ea fte rth e m." has lmaamlbn eayyimAl-Jawziyyah linkedtheseCompanionswho are at the head for testimony theirexcellenceto the Book that of thethreegenerations havereceived of S a n d t h e S u n n a h . o w a s th i s l ink that he made an opinion his, or a scholar l y is The answer no, it is notfrom whichare all proneto error. and deduction conclusion, that whichit is possible er r orcan com e of n y h i s s c h o l a rld e d u cti o o r h i s conclusions, of them,but ratherit is basedon the Bookof Allaahand the Hadeeth Allaah's into 'azza waiall'. of thenthereis the saying Allaah, Messenger As for the Qur'aan, x:.

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after the guidancehas been made clear "And whoeveropposes the Messenger We will turn to him, and he foilows a way other than the Way of the Believers, - what an evil destinati on." h i m t o w h a t H e h a s ch o se n and land him in Hell 1 An [ Su r a h -N i sa a : 1 5 ] ,,Andhe follows a way other than the way of the Believers" - our Lord did not and ttue' stopshortin this ayah,Lnd if He wouldhave,the ayahwouldstillbe correct has been afterthe guidance the opposes Messenger He did not say: "And whoever landhimin Hell- what and to c m a d e le a r h i m,w e w i l ltu rnhimto whatHe haschosen a n e v i lde sti n a ti o n ." "And he follows a \/ay other than w , l n s t e a dd u e to H i s i n fi n i te i sdomHe inciudecj , "A ion xplaininq r tlw nd t h e w a y o f th e B e l i e ve rs" a n dthisis whatwe ar efocusing e has beenm adeclearto hi m ' afterthe guidance o w h o e ve r p p o se sth e Me sse nger we will turn him to Believers, and he fotlows a way other than the way of the An[Sur ah w h a t He h a s ch o se n a n d l a n d him in Heli what an evil destination." N i s a a1 1 5 1 : or and in yourhear tS' r dI in s a I h o p eth a tth i s ya hb e co me fir m lygr ounded yourminds it, you will be saved it hopethatyou don'tforgetit, becausJ is the truth-And through awayto the rightor to the leftand you will be saved evenin by fromdeviating driftirig intoone of the sectsthatare not saved or one or one aspect Someissrle fromfalling hadeeth' t*ts the sects.This is because Prophet said in the well-known of the deviant to to i w h i c hI w i l la b ri d g en o rd e r g etthe par tr elevant our discussion'
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sects - all of them will be in the "A n d m y u mma hw i l l d i vi d e i nto seventy- thr ee He of one is it, O Messenger Allaah?" sai d: H e l l f i r ee xce p to n e " .T h e ysa i d:"W hich , "lt is the Jamaa'ah." So is The Jamaa,ah the "Way of the Believers." the hadeeth if it is not a direct fromthe *;, fromAllaahto the heartof the Prophet then it mustbe derived revelation other than Way of the ayah. "And he follows a way previouslymentioned 'Believeri." personwho "opposes the Messenger"and "follows a way So if the is thenthe opposite wiih other than Way of the Believers"is ilrreatened the Hellfire, he is promised then doesfollowthe "Way of the Believers", so alsocorrect, whoever of +=: So then,whenthe Messenger Allaah p a r a d i s ea n dth e rei s n o d o u b taboutthis. , the saved sect, he said: "the to responded ihe questionabout which groupwas Then there is statedin is So Jamaa,ah.,. then the Jamaa'ah the groupof Muslims. in this whatsuppor ts under standing, fact,it ad ds n n a n o t h e r a rra ti o o f th i s h a d e eth, said: to #: and moreclarification explanation it. The Prophet ar "l t i s t h a t w h i ch I a n d my C o mpanions e upon' " lbn Al so th "M y C o mp a n i o n s" e n re fe rsto the "way of the Believer s." when he before, we stated in the Qayyimmentioned companions his linesof poetrythat Ther';is from that understanding the ayahwe just statedand this hadeeth' only'took 'anhu, whichI will radyAilaahu nin of hadeeth Ar-'rrbaao suuriyah, arsothe weil-known so to par tthatis r elevant our discussion, thatw e g to a l s os h o rte n me n ti o n i no n l ythe later'He S said: timeto takequestions haveenough after Khaleefahs , , s o s t i ck to my su n n a h a n d the sunnah of the r ightly- guided mg." thisone before we as So herewe findthe sameexample the hadeeth just men-tioned did not say "stick to my sunnah" * ayarr.The Messenger and also the previous the Sunnahof the r ightlygui ded to co n n e cted his Sunnah, o n l y , b u t ra th e rh e we find conflicting in so Khaleefahs. here we say, especially thesetimes in which and in whichthere-lre of (schools thought), and madhaahib views,and ideologies g ro u p s,su ch that many of the M uslimyouth beganto liv e i n m a n y p a rti e sa n d " to' himself ascr ibe he kn H c o n f u s i o n . e o o e sri 't o wto whichgr oup should we two hadeeth, just So here we have given the answerfrom the ayah and the frompresent The t"n" Foilow *uy of the Berievers! way of thoseberievers mentioned. fromthe past- the firstera the era is times?The answer no, we meanthe Believers Theseare the people (piouspredecessors). of the companions the SalafAs-saalih and as the oneswhomwe follow'And thereis whomwe shouldtake as our example
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of the no absolutely one equalto themon the face of the earth.Therefore, essence and the o o u rc a l li s b a se d n th re ep i l l a rs on the ( 1)Qur ' aan, ( 2)Sunnah ( 3) Follow i ng (piouspredecessors)' the SalafAs-Saalih and and the Sunnah, that he does n't the th r S o w h oe ve cl a i ms a t h e fo l l ows Qur ' aan "Theyl r e in bothwor dsand actions: , f o l l o wt he S a l a fA s-S a a l i ha n d he expr esses thenthisper s on and the m e na n dw e a re a l some n "[i .e . Com panions themar e equal], wh thesetexts, i c h he W a i s i n d e vi a n ce n d mi sg u i d i n ce. hy - because did not accept No. Did he the "Way of the Believers"? Did he iollow to we related you just"now. No. Messenger? What did he follow?He followed of Allaah's followthe Companlonr and infallible freefromerror? ls one'sintellect his and he followed intellect. his desire, for that I believe the r eason T h e a n sw e irs n o . S o th e n ,h e i s uponclearmisguidance. past and the sects of the found in the well-known differences the many inherited backto this is due to the lack of returning just risenrecently today ihut hur differing As- Saalih. , t h i r ds o u rcew h i chi s th e S a l a f and how oftenhavew e and the Sunnah, to cl S o e v e ryo n e a i ms fo l l o wthe Qur ' aan whentheysay:"Ya akf :e, heardthls kindof talkfromthe youthwho are in confusion, to clai m and thosepeople cl t h e s epe o p l e a i mto fo l l o wth e Qu/aanand the Sunnah lt is distinction ? So a t f o l l o w he e u r'a a n n d th e S u n nah." whatis the clearanddecisive So SalafAs-Saalih. whoever of andthe Methodology the the eur'aanand the Sunnah he the foliowing SalafAs- Saalih' in fac t without th f o l l o w s e e u r'a a na n d th e S unnah his intel l ec t' he r a th h a sn o tfo l l o w e d e e u r'a a n n dtheSunnah,ather hasonlyfollowed i f n o th isd e si re . point, whichis thisimportant this issue- rather to someexamples clarify I will present from reported a statement Thereis of the (following) methodology the SaiafAs-Saalih. 'anhu,in whichhe says:"lf the people radyAltaahLt lbn Al-Farooq,'Umar al-Khattaab, then debatethem with the and desiresdebateyou with the Qur'aan, of innovation Sunnah..." ltwas due to Alla ah's to m ra w h a t l ed 'U ma r, d yA tl a a h L t' anhLt,akesucha statem ent? H: g s a y i n gi,n w h i chH e i s sp e a ki n to thePr ophet
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is its knowing r ulesand gr am m ar , thi s g in w l s a M u sl i m, h o i s fi rml y ro u nded Ar abic, g? usingthe Way of our Messenger without Qur'aan personable to understand"the saying"so that you ( O T h e a n sw e ri s n o . A n d i f th i s is not so, then Allaah' s to M u h a mma d )ma y g i ve a n E x planation the people of what was ( alr ea dy ) is Speech voidof having And significance. Allaah's haveno to revealed them" w:ould through the understand Qur'aan seeksto whoever in any insignificance it. Therefore, #, otherthin the Way of the Messenger he hasgonefar astray. the ableto under stand Qur ' aan above) ( is F u r t h e rmo re ,th i ssa mep e rson m entioned M Allaah' s essenger of th o th a n dt h e Su n n a h ro u g h th e r antheW ay of theCompanions ar they ( the Com panions) e the oneswho ; { i :T h e an sw e ri s a l so n o . T h i s is since, . untot he whichAllaahr evealed of th t r a n s mi tteto u s, fi rstl y, e w o rding the Qur ' aan d Prophet's the to heart of Muhammad* And secondly,they transmitted us' as ayah, wellhi s stated in thepr eviously (o E x p l a na ti o n fi t),w h i chh a sb e enm entioned of S a p p l ica ti o n th i sN o b l eQu r'aan. 1) can be dividedinto three categories: (of Explanation the Qur'aan) The Prophet's his oneswho tr ansm itted 's who ar e the Appr oval. a S p e e c h ,'2A cti o n n d 3 ) (S i l e nt) ) ( his Who aie theoneswhotr ansm itted ' u actions?) hi s s p e e c h - fri sC o mp a n i o n s. 1zj ( ?) - hi s his Wh C o m p an i o n s. o a re th e o n es who tr ansmitted ; silentappr ovals solelyon our for o S C o m p an i o n s.o b e ca u se f this, it is noi possible us to depend in seekassistance we Rather, nrust the for capacities understanding Qur'aan. tinguistic no need for the the understanding Qur'aan.But thii does not meanthat we have , in la ( A r a b i c) n g u a g e th i sma tte rno. speakingpeople,who have not This is why we firmly believethat the non-Arabic so' Thisis especially s' r c e manyer r or s. fall l m a s t e r eth eA ra b i c a n g u a g e , intom any, d for As- saalih back the salaf er t h e y f a l l i n to th i sfu n d a me n tal r orof not- r etur ning to by the wor dsI sta ted th n u n d e r s ta n d i n g e Qu r',a a a n d the sunnah.I do not mean How the for language explaining Qur'aan' beforeihat we .un*i t"fy on the (Arabic) we must Arabicwords' then no doubt .". tf,it nu for if we want to understand l th u n d e r sta n d eA ra b i c a n g u a ge. one mustknowthe and the Sunnah' the L i k e w i sei,n o rd e rto u n d e rstand Qur ' aan which was *E Arabic language.So we say that the Messenger's Explanation' and actions sayings, intothreecategories: uyuh,is divided in mentioned the previous ihisdivi s i on that to in an w a s i l e n t p p ro va l s.e w i l lp re se nt exam ple, or der com pr ehend Allaahsays: be fact, is an established whichcannot disputed.

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"Do not cut off the hand exceptfor (someone whichstates: language, the religious a w h o s t e a l s) q u a rte ro f a d i n arand what is beyondthat' " to "cut off theirhands."W hatis a handaccor ding o T h e r e ma i n d e rf th e a ya hsta tes: - al l to the ? t h e l a n gu a g eA l l o f th i si s co n s ider ed hand- fr omthe finger tips the ar mpit The fromhereor fromhere? of this is the hand.so is the handto be cutfromhereor cut off from this of Messenger AllaahH has explained to us with his aciions[i.e.to be hadeeth likethatone whichconfirm ed . t h e w r i sl j o i n tlWe d o n 'th a vea ny authentic to is whichof the thieves required havehis handcut off we don'thaveany hadc:th that clearly defines the place from where we are supposedto cut, from the by his therewas revealed Explanation by Explanation speech.Instead, Messenger;s ( ?) knowof thisapplication fr om How l a c t i o n h i s p h ysi caa p p l i ca ti o n. do we com eto category, of ;:1. As-Saalih the Companions the Prophet This is the second our Salaf by whichis the Explanation action' whichhe for Messenger something, of is The third category the approval Allaah's that fr speech omhimnoran action ca m e is T o d i d n ' r ej e ct r i o rb i O. h i sa p p roval neither t saw and else,which he 4':, from him, ratherit is an actionthat camefrom someone silentaboutit' and remained 'E of. approved So if the Messenger saw something But of and per missible' if he s aw appr oved i u p p r o u i n gt, i t b e ca meso mething s of his Com paniony et by wascJone som e d s o m e t h i na n d re j e cte i t, e ve nif thisthing g tal<es it, in esiablished the textsthathe forbade thenthisforbiddance it is authentically I will give an examplefor thesetwo of. over that which he approved preceoence ;Abdullaah ' Umarlbn al- Khattaab, r adyA1 aahu bin o n th e a h a a d e eth. t h i n g s ba se d , ,,Weu se d to dr ink while standingand eat while walkingduri ng ,anhumaa, id: sa ;\." the lifetimeof the ProPhet 'A b d u l l a ah w us has infor m ed of two things:1) Dr inking hi l e S o i n th i s h a d e e th , And he statedthat thesewere two thingsthat and2) raiing whilewalking. standing, thes e r r p rophetl.:; whatis the r eligiousuling egar ding so w e r ed o n ea t th e ti me6 f th e whilewalking? and whilestanding eating drinking two matters: the r uling of co' ''s e ear we th ly uioi d w l f w e a p p're qe p ren ts e me n ti oned lier , ar eableto der ive - w i t h 'a a d d i ti o nto it, which is that som eoneknows about what the appr ovaSo l' and( silent) action speech, thr o l M e s s en g e rf A l l a a h Eh a sfo rbidden, ough to related the firstmatter what is concerning Sunnah, if we referbackto the authentic of if of the Muslim s, not the m ajor ity them'ar e w ( d r i n ki nw h i l esta n d i n g ), h i chmany g bY M of saying Allaah' s essenger x the that is opposing w b e i n gt este d i tfri o Oa i .'A n d m en)weargoldand they ( i' e the T w d r i n k i ng h i l esta n d i n g . h e y d r inkwhilestanoing, agr withallof th i s ? Butdidthe Pr ophet;L5 ee candeny. a T s i l k . h e se refa ctsth a tn o o n e

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in of whichthereis a verylargeportion themthatremain the hidden amongst of books, manuscripts. world- the worldof unprinted even those booksamongthemthat are in printtoday,thereare those Furthermore, and those that are weak. So those who rely on the that are authentic ahaadeeth to themselves Ahl-usthey are fromthosewho ascribe whether Sunnahfor support, or of and wal-Jamaa'ah the methodology the SalafAs-Saalih theyarefromthe Sunnah fr Sunnah omt he the authentic o t h e rg ro u p s ma n yo f th e ma re notableto distinguish and t he the Qur ' aan and S w e a k S u n n a h . o th e y fa l l i n to contr adicting opposing ahaadeeth on dueio theirrelying weakandfabricated Sunnah meanings rejectliteral thatwe just mentioned The pointis that someof thesegroups day in the pastandalsoin pr esent s ' Hadeeth, n i s t a t e dn th e Qu r',a aa n dth e p rophetic s to goodtidings thebelieverof the and affir ms gives T f F o re x a mp l e l h e N o b l eQu r'a an Lordof thewc ids whichis thatthe in theywill receive Paradise, u u"ry greatblessing stated: scholar willsee Him.As one Salafee to will revlal Himself ttremand they
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