Why we need Tawheed? Why it is so important?

[AbdurRahman]

14 virtues of Tawheed:

1 There is security for the muwaahid in the dunya and aakhirah
2 It is heavy on the scales
3 The small actions will have a large reward
4 Allaah will remove grief and calamities from him in the dunya and aakhirah
5 It will secure a person away from the hellfire
6 You will have a good life in the dunya and aakhirah
7 You are in the fold of islaam (a slave is not muslim except with tawheed)
8 The key to jannah is 'la ilaaha illa Allaah'
9 The kalimah was the call of the prophets
10 It is a reason for the slave to receive the Help and aid of Allaah
11 It will be a means for the slave to have izzah - honour in the dunya and
aakhirah
12 It will free you from shirk
13 The kalimah will take out the sinner from the hellfire
14 You will receive shifaa -intercession from the Prophet on yawmul
qiyaamah.

Tawheed safeguards a person from shaytaan, as he remembers Allaah in his
heart, upon his tongue and upon his limbs also a person who has been
afflicted with Jinn - then he will be harmed less.

The places/land of tawheed have security e.g less earthquakes and natural
disasters, they have plentiful rain and increased crops. The further a
country is away from tawheed - the more the calamities will afflict them.

A question may come to thought:
why do the kuffaar have everything in the west?
answer: this is their portion of the aakhirah in this life.

From the ayaat:

'Verily, we will indeed make victorious our messengers and those who
believe, in this world's life and on the day when the witnesses will stand
forth' Surah Ghaafir: 51

'Allaah will keep firm those who believe with the word that stands firm in
this world and in the aakhirah...' Surah Ibraaheem: 27

'And indeed it has been revealed to you (O Mohammad) as it was to those
(messengers) before you: 'if you join others in worship with Allaah, then
surely all your deeds will be in vain and you will certainly be of the
losers' Surah Zumar: 65

'We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they
joined others in worship with Allaah, for which He had sent no authority,
their abode will be the fire and how evil is the abode of the zaalimoon'
Surah Aal Imraan:151

From the hadeeth:

'He who's last word is 'La ilaaha illa Allaah' will enter jannah'

From the hadeeth in Bukhaari and Muslim:

'Allaah has made the fire forbidden on the person who says 'La ilaaha illa
Allaah', intending Allaah's Face by this.'

From the hadeeth Qudsi:

'...whoever comes on yawmul qiyaamah with sins as much as the earth, but did
not worship with Allaah anyone - Allaah will bestow upon him forgiveness the
like of what he sinned.'

to be continued insha'Allaah...

[AbdurRahman]

The meaning of Aqeedah:

In the language: 'aqd - a knot and the opposite of it is untying
in the legislation: i'tiqaad (belief) which is eemaan in Allaah, His books,
angels, messengers, the last day and the qadr - the good and bad.

This is then broken into two subsections which are:

a) i'tiqaadiyyah - called 'Usool' which are not connected to how actions are
done, but connected to aspects of faith like 'Ruboobiyyah'
b) a'maliyyah - called 'Furoo' which are connected to how actions are done.

Correct aqeedah is the foundation of teh deen and correct actions depend
upon it. Actions are not accepted unless he is a muwaahid.

All the prophets corrected aqeedah first -this was their first call:

'And verily, We have sent among every Ummah - a Messenger (proclaiming)
'worship Allaah (alone) and avoid Taaghut' Surah Nahl: 36

A Taaghut is everything that is worshipped other than Allah and is pleased
with that.

Eesaa -alayhis salaam- is NOT a taaghut as he was not pleased with people
worshipping him (see Surah Maa-idah:116)

The key to Jannah is Tawheed and the teeth of the key are its conditions,
they are:

1 ilm -knowledge
2 yaqeen - certainty
3 qubool - acceptance (with the tongue)
4 inqiyaad - submission (with the tongue and limbs)
5 sidq - truthfulness
6 ikhlaas - sincerity
7 muhabbah - love


(...to be continued insha Allaah)"

[Akhee-Abdullah]

Assalam alaikum,

Jazakumallah Khair ya akhee.

Can u explain your last post and elaborate on it a little bit more. It has very good points, I think, it would be nicer, if you exlapin them in detail and give more examples.

[AbdurRahman]

Assalaamu 'alaikum akhee lucky.
Ok insha'Allaah i try to post explanations soon

The Dangers of not correcting ones Aqeedah:

1 the mushrik is threatened in the dunya and aakhirah
2 the place of retreat is the Naar
3 the Jannah is forbidden for him to enter
4 he has no Helper, no Aider and no Protector
5 Allaah does not give him importance
6 Allaah will leave him with what he has worshipped
7 he has fear in the dunya and aakirah (see surah ale imraan:151)
8 the kaafir is astray and in darkness (light = ilm and guidance)

Types of Shifaa (intercession):

* from Allaah
* angels
* messengers
* the believers

Types of shifaa from our Prophet Muhammad:

1 Intercession for everyone (kuffaar and muslims- from the long hadeeth when
the whole of creation will gather at the judgement ground and the standing
will be a length of 50,000 years, so they will go to Aadam -alayhis
salaam......until they come to Muhammad)
2 intercession for the kuffaar (abu Taalib)
3 intercession for the believers (upon who it was necessary for them to
enter the hellfire due to sins)
4 intercession for the people of Jannah (as a result of which they will get
higher ranks).


Origins of Aqeedah

Aqeedah is tawqeefiyyah (legislated in the Book and Sunnah) which means that it is not established except with proof, there is no room for 'aql (intellect) here.
So our two sources are the Kitaab and the Sunnah - as there was no one more knowledgeable- about Allaah and His Deen than the Prophet.
The Salaf confined the aqeedah to these two sources, as a result of which
their aqeedah was one and the jamaah one. The hearts do not connect -except
with tawheed, as a result of which the ahzaab (deviant groups) sought other means to gather the people like offering them wealth and high positions, but even though
they are together - their hearts are apart. In contrast to Ahlus Sunnah -
who may be spread far and wide - but their hearts are connected.

Ahlus Sunnah are the Firqatun Naajiyyah (Saved Sect) and the Taa-ifatul
Mansoorah (Aided Group):

Saved - from desires and doubts in the dunya and saved from the fire in the
aakhirah.
Aided - Allah will establish them in the dunya and help them to enter
paradise in the aakirah.

Reasons for Going Astray

These are many, the person of instable aqeedah will always have doubts and
desires - so the truth will be clouded from him. He will live his life like
an animal and will lose everything from a good life - even though he may
have all things materialistic, and maybe it is this that will cause his
destruction.

The muslims need two types of strength in order to be successful:
Quwatul Eemaaniyyah - strength by having the correct aqeedah
Quwatul Maaddiyyah - materialistic strength

The Kuffaar countries have materialistic strength but they are heading for
destruction.
Allaah bestowed both these strengths upon Daawood and Sulaimaan
Daawood - he was a king, he praised and glorified Allaah much, the mountains
submitted and the Iron was softened for him so that he could make coats of
armour.
Sulaimaan - the wind was subjected for him, a fountain of molten brass
flowed for him, the Jinn were at his command. (see surah Saba).

As for the Prophet Muhammad - then Allaah aided him with just du'aa as in
the battle of Badr, and Allaah will help Eesaa and the believers with just
du'aa against Yaajooj and Maajooj.
So Eemaan must be stronger than materialistic means.

to be continued insha'Allaah

[AbdurRahman]

The Main Reasons for going astray:
1 Jahl (ignorance):
Turning away from learning and then teaching it up until the next generation
are raised on jahl and mix haqq with baatil (truth with falsehood) and
people do not give importance to teaching aqeedah.

2 Sticking to the Deen of Forefathers and not changing:
'When it was said to them : 'follow what Allaah has sent down.' They say:
Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following.' Even though their
fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided.' (Surah Baqarah:
170)

3 Taqleed of misguided groups
e.g. ashaa-irah, soofeeyyah etc

4 Being extreme in raising righteous people (awliyaa):
Until you believe that they have capabilities which only Allaah is capable
of.

5 Being heedless from contemplating over the ayaat of Allaah in the Qur'aan
and in the universe:
and being amazed by the dazzle of the dunya.

6 The Family house does not naturally contain correct guidance:
from the hadeeth: 'Every child is born upon the Fitrah until his parents
change him..'
It is upon the parents to cultivate the children concerning Allaah and
connect them to Him in every matter.

7 Television, Radio, Internet and Magazines:
These things destroy the aqeedah and do not give importance to it, neither
do they portray the true beauty of Islaam or care about its image.

What is the Cure?

1 Returning back to the Qur'aan and the Sunnah and deriving the correct
aqeedah from there. It is necessary upon us that we learn the correct
aqeedah thereby establishing ourselves. That we learn about the deviated
sects and understand how they went astray -so we can stay away from them.

2 By teaching the correct aqeedah in all stages of learning: elementary,
primary, secondary, to the youth, men and women - young and old.

3 By utilising the books of the Salafiyyeen only and staying far away from
the books of ahlul bid'ah. If you sit with ahlul bid'ah, listen to them and
read their books - then you will become like them. For this reason the
Ummah goes astray.

4 By the Du'aat standing up and calling to this pure daw'ah with everything
they have and refuting the people of dalaalah.

The misguided Adnaan A'roor said in a sitting in Bahrain with the hizbiyyoon
'after ten years we don't need aqeedah'.

We need Tawheed from the beginning of our lives to the end and you will not
understand this until you start studying the books. May Allaah reward the
Ulema for spreading this."

[to be continued..]

[AbdurRahman]

TAWHEED

In the language it is on the second pattern of Sarf (Arabic Morphology), therefore it is 'wahhada' - to make something one.
In the Sharee'ah it means 'al Eemaanu billaahi wahdah laa shareeka lahu' - Eemaan in Allaah alone not associating anything along with Him.

Tawheed is separated into three categories:

Tawheed ar Ruboobiyyah
Tawheed al Uloohiyyah
Tawheed al Asmaa was Sifaat.

Tawheed ar Ruboobiyyah is :

'Singling Allaah out that He is the Creator, the King and the Arranger of all the affairs'.
So a doubt may come to mind - But humans create things also?
But Allaah is the Best of Creators - and mankind creates things from objects that Allaah created in the first place.

Although there are other kings on the Earth who have power over a dominion also - their dominion is restricted, but Allaah's dominion is the Heavens and the Earth.

And Allaah is the Arranger of ALL the affairs - and mankind can barely arrange more than a household.

Everybody attests to the Ruboobiyyah of Allaah except:

Fir'awn
The Communists
The Atheists.

Shirk here comes about by believing that there is somebody else doing these jobs with Allaah.

Tawheed ul Uloohiyyah (sometimes called Tawheed al Ibaadah) is:

'To Single Allaah out in all Worship'

The most complete definition of Ibaadah, given by Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah is:

'Worship is a comprehensive term for every single thing which Allaah loves and is pleased with, from the speech and actions (of the servant) from those which are hidden and those which are apparent'.

This is to single Allaah out in:

1) I'tiqaadiyyah [in Beliefs]- which are the 6 pillars of eemaan: to believe in Allaah, His Angels, His Messengers, His Books, the Last Day and the Qadr (divine decree) the good of it and the bad of it.
2) Qalbiyyah [in the Heart] - these include Love, Hope, Repentance, Fear, Humility etc.
3) Maaliyyah [in Wealth] - this includes Sadaqah, Zakaah, spending on ones family and children, Nadhr (sacrificing), kaffaarah (atonement), Hibah (giving a great gift for the sake of Allaah), Hadiyyah (a small gift) and honouring guests.
4) Qawliyyah [in Speech] these include reading the Qur'aan, dhikr
(remembrance of Allaah), enjoining good and forbidding evil, Daw'ah to Allaah, Hifdh (memorisation) and seeking knowledge which is from the greatest of actions and the most important knowledge being Tawheed as it connects the heart to Allaah.
5) Badanniyah [in the Body] these include the Salaah, performing the Hajj, fasting, Umrah, and helping the family, relatives or neighbours etc.

The Call to Tawheed al Uloohiyyah was the call of the Prophets (see Ayahs - Ankaboot:16, Nahl:36, Anbiyaa:25)

From the hadeeth: 'I have been ordered to kill the people until they testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah and that Muhammad is His Messenger'.

The first obligation on the person who reaches maturity is to enact the Shahaadah and act by it (Surah Muhammad:19).

Allaah created insaan (man) in two (parts):

1) Jasad (a body)
2) Rooh (a Soul)

So the body is nourished by food and the soul is nourished by ibaadaat (worship).

There is no correction or cure for a person - unless he returns back to
Allaah, for Allaah will be there in every time and every state.

The natural inclination of a person is that he wants to worship something - so if he worships the wrong thing then his soul will not be nourished so he won't be content, which can only be achieved by worshipping Allaah.

[AbdurRahman]

The Shahaada 'Laa ilaaha illa Allaah' is built upon two pillars:
'Laa ilaah' - 'there is none that is worthy of being worshipped' is negation (nafee)

And 'illa Allaah' - 'Except Allaah' is affirmation (ithbaat)

Shaikh Saalih al Fawzaan mentions in his book, 'al Aqeedah wal Tawheed' that there are many understandings with regards to the Shahaadah 'Laa ilaaha illa Allaah', some of the people have explained it to mean: 'Laa Ma'bood illa Allaah' which means 'There is no one worshipped except Allaah' which is an incorrect interpretation and it resembles the interpretation of the Sufis who say that Adam-alayhis salaam- was Allaah, then when Adam died His soul went to Nuh, then to Eesaa and so on. So they have with them Wahdatul Wujood (believing that everything in the universe is Allaah), and Hulooliyyah (saying that Allaah is in every soul).

Another incorrect interpretation used is:

'Laa Khaaliq illa Allaah' which means 'There is no Creator except Allaah' - This is just a part of Uloohiyyah, but not attesting to Allaah's Oneness - this resembles the belief of the mushrikeen and the Tableeghis (amongst the Muslims), every mushrik of the Quraish believed in this Ruboobiyyah (Lordship) of Allaah.

Yet another interpretation they use is:

'Laa Haakimiyyah illa lillaah' which means 'There is no Judgement except for Allaah' - This is part of 'Laa ilaaha illa Allaah' but what they intend by this interpretation is that EVERY rule in the Dunya should be made by Allaah.

The people of Tawheed affirm haakimiyyah for Allaah, but the Ikhwaaniyyah - whose founder and reviver were Hasan al Banna and Sayyid Qutb - propounded this understanding (Laa haakimiyyah illa lillaah) to the masses although they themselves would attend gatherings of bid'ah, like birthdays and touch graves etc, and they didn't deny this because they did not understand the true meaning of the Kalimah. These people leave one thing but fall into another.

Therefore the correct and most complete meaning of 'Laa ilaaha illa Allaah' is: 'Laa Ma'bood bi Haqq illa Allaah' which means 'There is no one worthy of worship IN TRUTH except Allaah' - All the books of the Salaf and the Ulema mention this correct meaning of the
Kalimah. Also 'ilaah' in the Arabic language only means one thing and that is 'ma'bood' (the one worshipped).

The Salafi's 'al Walaa wal Baraa' (love and hate for the sake of Allaah) is based upon this: 'Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibraaheem and those with him, when they said to their people: 'Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah: we have rejected you, and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever until you believe in Allaah Alone'.. (Surah Mumtahanah:4).

(...to be continued)"

[AbdurRahman]

"The Conditions of the Shahaadah

1) al 'Ilm - Knowledge, and this is the 'ilmus Saheeh (correct knowledge)
not ilmul Baatil (futile knowledge), the opposite of this is Jahl
(ignorance) :

'...except for those who bear witness to the truth knowingly and they know'.
[Surah Zukhruf:86]

2) al Yaqeen - Certainty and the opposite of it is Shakk (doubt) :

'only those are the believers who have believed in Allaah and His Messenger,
and afterward doubt not but strive with their wealth and their lives for the
Cause of Allaah. Those! They are the truthful'. [Surah Hujuraat:15]

Also from the long hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah: '..whomever you meet behind
this wall, testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except
Allaah, his heart certain of it, give him the glad tidings of Al Jannah
(paradise).'

3) al Qubool - Acceptance and that is to accept what this Kalimah brings
with the heart and upon the tongue :

'Truly, when it was said to them: Laa ilaaha illa Allaah', they puffed
themselves up with pride. And said: 'Are we going to abandon our aalihah (deities) for the sake of a mad poet?''
[Surah Saaffaat:35/36]

4) al Inqiyaad - Submission, so the believer submits with ikhlaas :

'And whoseoever submits his face to Allaah, while he is a Muhsin (good-doer who does actions with ikklaas and according to the Sunnah of the Messenger) then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold (Laa ilaaha illa Allaah)'
[Surah Luqmaan: 22]

5) as Sidq - Truthfulness and this is of two types:

1 - Sidq in his Eemaan: so he is a believer of the Kalimah in his heart,
upon his tongue and limbs; so he is not a munaafiq (hypocrite)
2 - Sidq in his actions: so he acts according to his speech, so he orders
with the salaah and also prays himself, he states upon his tongue then
manifests on his limbs.

6) al Ikhlaas - Sincerity, and this is to cleanse all his actions from
Shirk, until all his speech is with ikhlaas,

From the hadeeth: 'Allaah has forbidden Hellfire upon those who say, 'Laa
ilaaha illa Allaah', seeking the Face of Allaah by it.'

7) al Hubb - Love and that is loving this Kalimah and it's people who act
upon it.

Some Ulema also mention an eighth point, which is:

8) Hating the people who hate the Kalimah, so we love those who act
according to the Kalimah in the correct way and hate those to act contrary to that,

'And indeed you knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday). We said to them: 'Be you monkeys, despised and rejected.'' [Surah Baqarah: 65]

[AbdurRahman]

'WA MUHAMMADUR RASOOL ALLAAH'

This is acknowledging that Muhammad is the messenger of Allaah, and this is:

Attesting in the heart
Stating upon the tongue and
Following his example upon our limbs.

We follow him in everything that he came with and we leave falsehood.
We attest to everything he has informed us of from the affairs of the Ghaib (unseen), like the stories of Bani Israa'eel (Children of Israel) and Dhul Qarnain. What he has informed us of about the future, like the Signs of the Hour, the big signs and the small signs. And what he has informed us about things like the Black Seed oil and if a Fly falls into a drink etc.

We believe him, as he was the one who was revealed to.

We give precedence to his statement over everybody else:
'O you who believe! Do not proceed before Allaah and His Messenger.. O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor speak aloud to him in talk as you speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds should be rendered fruitless while you perceive not.'
[Surah Hujuraat: 1 / 2]

Muhammad is 'Abdullaah' - the Slave of Allaah:

'Say (O Muhammad): I am only a human being like you.' [Surah Fussilat: 6]
So it's not permissible to celebrate his birthday, also from the hadeeth
where the Prophet warned us, 'Do not praise me like the Christians praised Eesaa.'

Muhammad is 'Rasoolullaah' - the Messenger of Allaah:
Which means that he is above us by his messengership.
We give precedence to his sayings above everyone else.
We love him for he has informed us about Allaah.

So the ones who go beyond bounds (ghuloo) are the ones who put the Messenger above his station and direct worship to him or call upon him.
And the ones who fall short are those who depend upon their intellects and oppose his sayings, those who interpret and distort the meanings of ahadeeth and reject the Messenger Muhammad's sayings.

So what is the wisdom behind Allaah creating Mankind and the Jinn?

For the reason of Tawheed and His Uboodiyyah (ibaadah - worship),

'And I did not create the Jinn and Ince (mankind), except that they should worship Me (alone)' [Surah Dhaariyaat: 56]

The worshipper should be upon what Allaah has legislated so that Allaah
accepts from His servant, his good actions, if not we go far from the
correct religion. Therefore, from the sixth condition of the Shahaadah, we know that for deeds to be accepted they need to be based upon two matters:

1 Sincerity to 'Laa ilaaha illa Allaah'
2 Itibaah (following) to 'Muhammadur Rasool Allaah' .

So if our actions are not in accordance to the Sharee'ah (the divine
commandments), then they will not be accepted.

There is nothing good except the Prophet, salallaahu 'alayhi wassalam, informed us about it and there is nothing evil except the Prophet warned us from it.

We submit to everything the Prophet came with as we know its from Allaah,
not saying statements like, 'I accept everything but have a problem with
this polygamy thing', but rather, we do it with love for the Prophet and
what he came with.

[AbdurRahman]

On the Importance of Tawhid
1) Verily, Allaah has created the world and everything in it in order to worship Him alone. He sent the Messenger to call the people to Tawheed and the Noble Qur'aan is concerned with the aqeedah of tawheed in most of its chapters, and it explains the harm of shirk for the individual and the society. Shirk is the reason for destruction in this life and the reason for eternal destruction in the Fire of the Hereafter.

2) Verily, all the Messengers began their call with Tawheed, which they were commanded by Allaah to convey it to the people. He, the Most High, said:


We have not sent before you from the Messengers, except We inspired to him that He is the only One worthy of worship, so worship Him. [21:25]


The Messenger of Allaah stayed in Makkah for thirteen years while he called his people to the Tawheed of Allaah and he called to Him alone without associating anything with Him. It was regarding this issue that Allaah revealed the following verse to His Noble Messenger:


Say: Verily I call to my Lord and I do not ascribe any partners to Him at all. [72:20]


The Noble Messenger brought up his followers upon Tawheed from the time of childhood and he said to the son of his uncle, his cousin 'Abdullaah ibn 'Abbaas: "When you ask, then ask Allaah, and when you seek help, then seek help from Allaah." [Hasan Saheeh, Tirmidhi]. This Tawheed is in reality the religion of Islaam, which is built upon it, and anything other than it is not accepted by Allaah.

3) Verily, the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) taught his Companions to begin their call to the people with tawheed, so he said to Mu'aadh ibn Jabal, when he (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) sent him to Yemen: "So let the first thing you call them to, be the testification that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah." And in another narration: "...that they worship Allaah alone." [Bukhari and Muslim]

[AbdurRahman]

4) Tawheed is embodied in the testification that "None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah." Its meaning is that there is no one who is worthy of deserving worship except Allaah, and there is no worship except that which the Messenger of Allaah came with. Iris this testification which allows a unbeliever to enter into Islaam, since it is the key to Paradise, and the one who testifies to it and believes it enters into Paradise as long as he does not invalidate it by shirk or a word of disbelief.

5) The disbelieving Quraish offered the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) kingship, wealth and wives and other than that from the pleasures of this life in exchange for him abandon the call to tawheed, and abaudon the attacks against the idols. However, he did not desire that from them, rather lie continued his call and endured the onslaught along with his Companions, until the call to tawliced was victorious after thirteen years, after which Makkah was conquered and the idols were destroyed. The Messenger of Allaah # recited

Truth has come and falsehood has vanished, surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish. [17:81]

6) Tawheed is the preoccupation of a Muslim in his life, so he begins his life with Tawheed and he ends his life with Tawheed. Ilis task in life is to establish Tawheed and the call to Tawheed, since Tawheed unifies the believers and gathers them upon the statement of Tawheed.

So we ask Allaah to make the statement of Tawheed (Laa ilaaha lila Allaah) our last words in this world and we ask Him to gather the Muslims upon the statement of Tawheed.

[Akhee-Abdullah]

Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullahi,

Jazakumallah Khair, for the wonderful posts, rich of Prophetic teachings.

Here, I had couple questions:

1. Could you please further explain and give the full hadeeth concerning the Shifa of Muhammad (salallahu alayhi wassalam): "1 Intercession for everyone (kuffaar and muslims- from the long hadeeth when the whole of creation will gather at the judgement ground and the standing will be a length of 50,000 years, so they will go to Aadam -alayhis salaam......until they come to Muhammad)
2 intercession for the kuffaar (abu Taalib)"

2. Who are the Salafees? Is it a different name for Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa? Can a person following Muhammad salallahu alayhi wassalam upon the madhab of Imam Aboo Haneefah be called a Salafee as well? I mean, if he follows only the teachings which were not found to be weak by later scholars of Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaah? Or is Salafiya a small firqa that differentiates itself from Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaah? And finally who are the Sheikhs of Salafees from the deads and those who are alive today?

Jazakumallah Khairan

[AbdurRahman]

wa'alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh

Plz visit the following links:
http://www.al-athariyyah.com/Audio/usoolassalafiyyah_ubayd.htm

www.salaf.com

i will post that hadeeth as soon as i find inshaAllaah

wa'alaikum assalaam

[Akhee-Abdullah]

Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullah,

Ya akhee,

I found this article on following one of the four madhab. Hopefully it should be helpful for you to reply to my second question, rather it could be an answer by itself :)

SHAYKH MUHAMMAD IBN SAALIH AL-UTHAYMEEN was asked: When encountering a difficult issue, do you advise the student of knowledge not to stick to a madhhab, or [do you advise] to turn to a particular madhhab?

The Shaykh, hafidhahullaah, responded: If what is intended by sticking to a madhhab is that a person sticks to that madhhab, and turns away from everything else; whether the correct view lies in his madhhab or another madhhab - then this is not permissible, and is from the blameworthy and bigotted partisanship. But if a person ascribes to a particular madhhab in order to benefit from its principles and guidelines, but he refers it back to the Book and the Sunnah; [such that] if it becomes clear to him that the preferred view lies in another madhhab, he then adopts that view - then there is no problem with this. [Note: this is for a student of knowledge, not the common muslim].

SHAYKH SAALIH AL-FAWZAAN was asked: Is it permissible for one who sticks to a particular madhhab in matters of worship, to turn away from it and stick to another madhhab whenever he wants? Or is it binding upon a Muslim to stick to just one madhhab until he dies? And is there a difference in how the Prayer should be performed between the four madhhabs or not? And what has been related from the Prophet sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam concerning how the Prayer should be prayed?

The Shaykh, hafidhahullaah, responded: The issue of sticking to a madhhab has in it some detail. If a person has the ability to know the ruling from its proof, and to deduce the ruling from its proof, then it is not permitted for him to cling to a madhhab. Rather, it is upon him to take the ruling from the evidence - if he has the ability to do so. However, this is rare amongst the people, since this is a quality of the mujtahideen from the people of knowledge; those that have reaced the levels of ijtihaad. As for one who is not like that, then he cannot take the rulings directly from the evidences. And this is the predominant case amongst the people, especially in these latter times. So there is no harm in adopting one of the four [I]madhhabs and making taqleed of one of them. However, he should not make blind taqleed such that he takes all that is in the madhhab; whether it is correct or incorrect. Rather, it is upon him to take from the madhhab that which - in his view - does not clearly oppose the evidence. As for those views in the madhhab which clearly oppose the evidence, then it is not permissible for the Muslim to take it. Rather it is upon him to adopt what is established by the proof, even if it is in another madhhab So his leaving the madhhab for another madhhab in order to follow the evidence is something good; this is a matter which is good - rather it is obligatory;since following the evidence is an madhhab in order to follow the evidence is something good; this is a matter which is good - rather it is obligatory;since following the evidence is an obligation.

As for adopting one madhhab sometimes and another at other times, then this moving is from the angle of following ones desires and seeking concessions, and this is not permissible. Meaning, that whatever accords with ones whims and desires, from the sayings of the people of knowledge, is taken - even if it opposes the proof; and whatever opposes ones whims and desires is left - even if it has a proof. This is the following of whims and desires, and we seek refuge in Allaah [from that]. Thus, moving from one madhhab to another, due to following ones desires, or due to ease or seeking concession; then this is not permissible. As for moving from one madhhab to another due to following an evidence, or to flee from a saying that does not have a proof, or from an erroneous view - then this is a matter that is encouraged and sought from a Muslim. And Allaah knows best.

As for the issue concerning the differences between the four madhhabs in the Prayer, then the four madhhabs - and all praise is for Allaah - are in Prayer, then the four madhhabs - and all praise is for Allaah - are in agreement about most of the rulings concerning the Prayer, in general. Their differences are in some of the details of the Prayer. From [such differences] are, for example, that [one of them] may consider something to be prescribed, whilst another may not consider it to be prescribed; one may consider something to be obligatory, whilst another may consider it to be recommended; and so on. So the differences are in the details of the Prayer. But as for the rulings of the Prayer in general, then there is no difference - and all praise is for Allaah



REFERENCES

1. As-Sahwatul-Islaamiyyah (pp.141-142).
2. Muntaqaa min Fataawaa (5/365-366).
3. Ad-Durur-Saniyyah (4/7).
4. Majmoo' Fataawaa (20/220-221).

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http://www.forum.uz/viewtopic.php?t=12944

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Ahlul Hadeeth and the Opinions of Hanafi Scholars regarding them
Meaning, Ahlul Hadeeth do not consider it right to affiliate to anyone from the existing personalities from the Ummah whom the people affiliate themselves to and this Jama'ah only relates to the great Imaam, the great leader, Muhammad sallallaahu alaihi wasallam.:

http://www.therighteouspath.com/salafiyyah/ahlul_hadeeth_what_hanafi_scholars_say.pdf

http://www.albaseerah.com/audio/ak1.ram

[Akhee-Abdullah]

Barakallahu feek,

Akhee, I liked this statement a lot. thanks so much :!:

Islom Sof Holida >>>Ahlul Hadeeth and the Opinions of Hanafi Scholars regarding them Meaning, Ahlul Hadeeth do not consider it right to affiliate to anyone from the existing personalities from the Ummah whom the people affiliate themselves to and this Jama'ah only relates to the great Imaam, the great leader, Muhammad sallallaahu alaihi wasallam.:

[TavhidMarkazi]

lucky, u became mayor with ur last statement congratulations! hehe

May Allaah guide us to the Haqq. ameen.

Sufyaan ath-Thawree said, "The Angels are the guardians of the Heavens and the People of Hadeeth are the guardians of the Earth."

Shaadh bin Yahyaa said, "I do not know of a straighter way to Paradise than that of the one who traverses the path of hadeeth".

Ibn al-Mubaarak said, "The firmest of people upon the Siraat are the People of Hadeeth".

Ahmad bin Sinaan al-Qattaan said, "There is no Innovator upon the earth except that he hates the People of Hadeeth, for when man innovates, (perceiving) the sweetness of hadeeth is removed from his heart."

Abu Nasr bin Sallaam al-Faqeeh, "There is nothing heavier upon the People of Deviation, and nor more hated to them, then listening to hadeeth and its being narrated with its isnaad".

[Abu Ismaa'eel] Muhammad bin Ismaa'eel at-Tirmidhee said: "I and Ahmad bin al-Hasan at-Tirmidhee were with the Imaam of the Deen, Abu Abdullaah Ahmad bin Hanbal and Ahmad bin al-Hasan said to him: 'O Abu Abdullaah, they mentioned the Ashaabul-Hadeeth (the People of Hadeeth) to Ibn Abee Qutaylah of Makkah and he said: 'The Ashaabul-Hadeeth are an evil people.' So Imaam Ahmad stood and while shaking off the dust from his garment he said: 'Zindeeq (heretic), zindeeq, zindeeq', [and he continued like this] until he entered his house."

[Akhee-Abdullah]

Jazakumallah Khairan,

I am the same old Lucky, nothing has changed...(I hope u know what I am talking about) May Allah swt guide us all to the Siratal Mustaqiym, to the way of the Sahaba, Tabeen, Tab-Tabeen and Ashabul Hadeeth, Ahlil Sunnah Wal-Jamaah', Athariys, and all other followers of Salaf-us Saleeh (rightly guided predecessors).

[Akhee-Abdullah]

But u still have not replied to my question concizely and in short 8)

[TavhidMarkazi]

which question?

[Akhee-Abdullah]

2. Who are the Salafees? Is it a different name for Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa? Can a person following Muhammad salallahu alayhi wassalam upon the madhab of Imam Aboo Haneefah be called a Salafee as well? I mean, if he follows only the teachings which were not found to be weak by later scholars of Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaah? Or is Salafiya a small firqa that differentiates itself from Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaah? And finally who are the Sheikhs of Salafees from the deads and those who are alive today?

[Sunnah]

Who are the Salafees?
Salafees are those who truely follow the Salaf us Salih=The first three generation of muslims.

Is it a different name for Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa?
Yes it is, Salafis are Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa.

Can a person following Muhammad salallahu alayhi wassalam upon the madhab of Imam Aboo Haneefah be called a Salafee as well? I mean, if he follows only the teachings which were not found to be weak by later scholars of Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaah?
I dont know answer to this one. We have to ask people of knowledge if we donot know. The way of Imaam Abu Haneefah rahimahullah was following Quran and Hadeeth upon the understanding of Salaf of this ummah. and He ordered also to follow narrations and way of Salaf and to be beware of innovations. and I know for sure that there is nothing wrong with following madhab of Imaam Abu Haneefah rahimahullah and get benefit frm it.if we say madhab of Imaam Abu Haneefah rahimahullah we mean that issues of fiqh usually and not issues of aqeedah and manhaj as u know there is no difference between 4 imaams and other imaams of ahlus sunnah in aqeedah and manhaj. PLz visit http://www.forum.uz/viewtopic.php?t=12944 and u can read more what i wrote there. what is important is aqeedah and manhaj should be correct.So if that person who says i follow madhab of Abu haneefah and if he really follows him as Imaam Abu Haneefah asked us to follow then he is upon haqq if his aqeedah and manhaj is upon the way of Salaf inshaAllaah.

Or is Salafiya a small firqa that differentiates itself from Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaah?
No, Salafis are ahlus sunnah wal jamaa and they are ahlul hadeeth. there is no difference between them. But one thing i should tell that there are some deviant sects like qutubiyah, sururiyah and other than them who call themselves salafis but they r far frm the path of salaf so we have to be beware of that. and look the company of those people who say i am salafi, or i am ahlus sunnah or i am sunni or i follow ahlul hadeeth. look to his companion and u can know who he is and what is he upon.
And finally who are the Sheikhs of Salafees from the deads and those who are alive today?

The leader of Salaf as Saalih is Prophet Muhammad sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam then his companions, then students of companions tabieen, then students of tabieen. Then comes Imam Abu Hanifah (150 AH), Al-Awzai (157 AH), Ath-Thawri (161AH), Al Laith ibn Saad (175 AH), Imam Malik (179 AH), Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak (181 AH), Sufyan ibn Uyainah (198 AH), Imam Ash-Shafi'i (204 AH), Ishaq (238 AH), Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal (241 AH), Al-Bukhari (256 AH), Muslim (261 AH), Abu Dawood (275 AH) and others.

Ibn Taymiyyah (728 AH), and his students: Adh-Dhahabi (748 AH), Ibn al-Qayyim (751 AH), Ibn Katheer (774 AH) and others.

Muhammed bin 'Abd al-Wahhab (1206 AH) and many of his students.

And in our time those who passed away: Abdul Aziz bin Baz, Muhammed bin Saalih Uthaimeen, Muhammed Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaani, Muqbil bin Hadee
may Allaah have mercy upon them all

now those who r alive are:
Shaykh AbdulAziz Aal Shaykh, Shaykh Fawzaan, Shaykh Rabee ibn Hadee Al Madkhalee, Shaykh 'Ubayd Al Jaabiree, Shaykh Faalih Al Harbee, Shaykh AbdulMuhsin Al Abbaad, Shaykh Muhammad Al Banna , Shaykh Ahmad ibn Yahya An Najmi, Shaykh Zayd Al Madkhalee and other scholars who are with them and their students.


and Allaah knows best
TavhidMarkazi

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