If you don't really hate Bid'ah and Its People, then You're Not a Sunni
Bismillaah
Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah
Amma-ba'd
Abu
Uwais: If you don't really hate Bid'ah and Its People, then You're Not a
Sunni...
Here
are some amazing statements from Abu Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) showing the
stance a Salafee (a true Sunni) MUST have against Bid'ah, false
principles and its people:
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Abu
Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said: "If you don't really hate bid'ah and
its people, then you're not a Sunni. You have to at least be like Sufyaan
(ath-Thawree, rahimahullaah) who said, 'If I see a munkar and I can't change
it, I urinate blood.' If you're not a hater of bid'ah, then you'll never be a
lover of the Sunnah.
Harshness against people of bid'ah is a global affair; what may differ is the severity of harshness - not harshness (itself) - depending on how few the Sunnis are. For example, the Sunnis in 'Iran cannot be as severe in their harshness toward people of bid'ah as the Sunnis in Saudia."
Harshness against people of bid'ah is a global affair; what may differ is the severity of harshness - not harshness (itself) - depending on how few the Sunnis are. For example, the Sunnis in 'Iran cannot be as severe in their harshness toward people of bid'ah as the Sunnis in Saudia."
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Abu
Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said: "Just because you claim to be Salafee
(does not make you one). (It could be that) the Sunnah is in one valley, and
you're in another. Men are known by their (mawaaqif)
positions."
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Abu
Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said: "Defend Shaikh Rabee'. Shaikh
Rabee' is more important to you than your father! Whether you realize it or
not!"
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Abu
Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said: "Defend Shaikh Ibn Baaz, defend Shaikh
al-Albanee. Be of those upon the Sunnah and a defender of its people. And
if you don't do that, then you're nothing but a coward!
If
you don't defend Islaam with your tongue and in your heart and with your
position against Ahlul Bid'ah, (then) you will NEVER defend it (Islaam) on the
battlefield. Forget it!
It
won't happen, because the Islaam that you will be trying to defend - if you
don't have the Sunnah and the manhaj of the Salaf-us-Saleh - won't be Islaam.
You'll be with the Khawaarij or somebody (else who is evil).
And if the Islaam is that which is correct and pure and crystal clear and in time of peace and ease, and you didn't have the audacity to defend it, how you gonna defend it with your life?
With you're life on the battlefield, you're dreaming! You're dreaming! This is a status that must be present in times of peace, at all times. As we said, it only differs in the grade of it, how much you are able to do versus how much you're not able to do..."
And if the Islaam is that which is correct and pure and crystal clear and in time of peace and ease, and you didn't have the audacity to defend it, how you gonna defend it with your life?
With you're life on the battlefield, you're dreaming! You're dreaming! This is a status that must be present in times of peace, at all times. As we said, it only differs in the grade of it, how much you are able to do versus how much you're not able to do..."
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Abu
Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said: "The defense of the Deen is greater
than the defense of your personal self. If someone broke into your house or car
or dishonored your woman, you would deal with him, but many act
cowardly toward those who attack the religion.
Ahlul Bid'ah are dangerous; they're worse than cancer and I have cancer. Ahlul Bid'ah are dangerous; they are worse than you can imagine. Ahlul Bid'ah are to be dealt with."
Ahlul Bid'ah are dangerous; they're worse than cancer and I have cancer. Ahlul Bid'ah are dangerous; they are worse than you can imagine. Ahlul Bid'ah are to be dealt with."
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Abu
Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said: "Bid'ah has destroyed many of this
Ummah. Bid'ah has deadened many of their hearts. Bid'ah has weakened many of
their hearts. Bid'ah has sickened many of their hearts. They don't know left
from right, and top from bottom. They have no direction. This is why we're in
the position today that we're in. How [few] people know the proper Islaam? Bid'ah
has done horrible and abhorent matters to this Deen.
We need Tasfiya wa Tabriyah. When you see that, the believers will be [victorious] from the victory of Allaah.
[Abu Uwais also stressed implementation of this knowledge. This is not just theological. This knowledge is to be implemented, so when people of bid'ah are in front of you, you're not "cool" with them.]"
We need Tasfiya wa Tabriyah. When you see that, the believers will be [victorious] from the victory of Allaah.
[Abu Uwais also stressed implementation of this knowledge. This is not just theological. This knowledge is to be implemented, so when people of bid'ah are in front of you, you're not "cool" with them.]"
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Abu
Uwais (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) said: "But the first thing Ahlul Bid'ah
would take over is the hearts - in the beginning. The one who responds
to [stands against] Ahlul Bid'ah is a Mujaahid - a true Muslim
warrior!
Nasr bin Zakariyaa (rahimahullaah) said I heard Muhammad bin Yahyaa adh-Dhuhlee (rahimahullaah) saying, I heard Yahyaa bin Yahyaa (rahimahullaah) saying: "Defense of the Sunnah is more superior than jihaad in the path of Allaah." So I said, "A man spends his wealth, tires his body and strives (in jihaad), so is this one (still) better than him? He said, 'Yes, by many times!'
Nasr bin Zakariyaa (rahimahullaah) said I heard Muhammad bin Yahyaa adh-Dhuhlee (rahimahullaah) saying, I heard Yahyaa bin Yahyaa (rahimahullaah) saying: "Defense of the Sunnah is more superior than jihaad in the path of Allaah." So I said, "A man spends his wealth, tires his body and strives (in jihaad), so is this one (still) better than him? He said, 'Yes, by many times!'
All the Imams of the Sunnah were/are upon this way. All the Books of Hadeeth have at least one chapter refuting Ahlul Bid'ah.
There is Ijma' (Consensus, total agreement). ...You're going to take one shadh (irregular and rejected) statement from someone, and knock down [reject] all the proofs and evidences.
You found the Deen in tact because this was their way (the way of the Imams of the Sunnah) and manner.
So if anyone comes to you now after studying half of this book - which is full of nothing but ayaat and ahadeeth and statements (of the Salaf and Imams of the Sunnah) - with something else, then you know he is upon ghairee saabeel, he's not upon the path, man. He don't know what time it is! He's confused, no matter how much you might respect him, or what level of knowledge you think he's on.
This is the haqq. This is the correct way!
Softness in its proper place, no problem with it. But softness in its improper place is not right, not correct, and not manly either.
Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) when he corrected Shaikhul-Islaam Isma'eel al-Harawee, he said: 'I love Shaikh Isma'eel al-Harawee, but (al-Haqq Ahabu ilaya) the truth is more beloved to me. The truth has more right to be followed.'"
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May
Allaah (Tabarak wa Ta'aala) grant Abu Uwais Jannat al-Firdaous. And may Allaah
('Azza Wa Jall) protect us from Ahlul-Bid'ah and especially protect us
from those harsher upon us and more dangerous to us than them, those who -
under the guise of Salafiyyah - sit with Ahlul
Bid'ah, lend them their ears and defend them while fighting the
Salafees and plotting against Salafiyyah (the original affair, that which
Allaah Ta'aala revealed to His final Messenger, salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam).
Ahlul-Bid'ah are more dangerous than the kufaar, and these people are more
dangerous to us than Ahlul-Bid'ah.
Oh
Allaah suffice us against all of them however You will. Oh
Allaah suffice us against all of them however You will. Oh
Allaah suffice us against all of them however You
will. Allaahumma Ameen!
