Advice to the Salafiyyoon
O Ahl-ul-Sunnah, Disseminate The Soul Of Love And Brotherhood Between Yourselves – Shaykh Rabee ibn Hadee
Advice to the Salafiyyoon
O brothers, use beneficial knowledge and solid proof and beneficial wisdom in your Dawa’. You should have all the noble and beautiful manners encouraged by the Book and the Messenger of guidance; indeed they are causes for victory and causes for success.
You have to believe that the Companions did not spread Islaam or enter it into the hearts except with their wisdom and their knowledge more so than with their swords. However, whoever enters into Islaam under the sword might not be firm, but whoever enters Islaam by way of knowledge, proof and evidence then this is what makes his Eemaan firm by Allaah’s permission and His assistance.
And it is upon you to have these good methods and also to be serious about knowledge. You have to be serious about Dawa’ to Allaah.
Now – O brothers – I advise you with two issues:
Firstly: Brotherhood between all of Ahl -ul-Sunnah; So O you Salafees, disseminate the soul of love and brotherhood between yourselves. Put into effect what the Messenger of Allaah – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – informed us of regarding the believers: ‘Like a building, some of its parts supporting others.’[2]
And that they are: ‘Like a single body if one limb complains then the rest of the body suffers with fever and insomnia.’[3]
This is how you should be O brothers: distance yourselves from the causes of splitting, I swear by Allaah indeed it is a dangerous evil and a disastrous disease.
Secondly: distance yourselves from the causes which lead to enmity, hatred, splitting up and dissension.
Keep away from these things; because this has become predominant nowadays at the hands of people, about whom only Allaah knows their condition and intent. It has become predominant and has torn apart the youth in this country – whether in the university or other than it – or in the other parts of the Duniya.
Why?! Because those who are not from its people – neither in knowledge nor in understanding – entered into the arena of giving Dawa’ to Allaah.
It is possible that the enemies could have entered someone into the midst of theSalafeeyeen to tear them apart and split them up, and this issue is not unlikely, rather it can truly happen -BarakAllaahu Feekum.
Strive to have brotherhood. If any dissension has occurred between you, then both parties should make themselves forget what is past and start with a clean slate now.
I say to the brothers: whoever falls short it is not allowed to debase him, nor destroy the one who is deficient. Whoever makes a mistake amongst us we do not destroy him. -BarakAllaahu Feekum – but we cure him with gentleness, wisdom and face him with love and friendship and all the rest of the righteous manners, along with the correct Dawa’ until he repents. And if there remains a weakness in him then we are not hasty with him, or otherwise, I swear by Allaah no one will remain, no one will remain!
There are some people now who chase after the Salafis so much so that they reached the scholars and called them those who water things down (Mumaya’een)!! There is hardly any scholar in the arena of Dawa’ today except that he has been falsely attacked with this claim about him! Of course this is the way of the Ikhwaan al-Muslimeen and the way of Ahl-ul-Bida’ since, from the weapons of the Ahl ul-Bida’ is that they begin by overthrowing the scholars, rather it is the Jewish Masonic way: that if you wanted to discredit an idea, then discredit their scholars or their personalities.
So keep away from this rotten legacy and have respect for the scholars.
[1] Narrated by Bukhari (4855) & Muslim (177)
[2] Narrated by Bukhari (481) & by Muslim (2585) from the hadeeth of Abu Musa –radhiAllaahu anhu.
[3] Narrated by Bukhari (6011) & Muslim (2586) from the hadeeth of an-Nu’maan bin Basheer –radhiAllaahu anhu.
Excerpted from: Encouragement to have Affection and Friendliness and Warning Against Splitting up and Differ
