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ShaykhSadFoudahShaykhSadFoudahShaykhSadFoudahShaykhSadFoudah1

TranslatedbyIbnAmad2

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Therehasrecentlyappearedinthisageagroup,new intheirappearance,archaic intheir

principles, not following any one of the scholars except Ibn Taymyah. They sanctifyhis

wordsandclaimtheyarenotimitatingdisciplesofanyoneofthefourschoolsofIslamicLaw

norofanyoneof theknownscholarsofIslamwhoare soundandstraight inbelief. They

claim independence (from strict adherence to the four schools). And they are truly not

followinganyoneofthesegreatscholars,naytheyareatoppositiontothem,andtheyutter

thingswhichnoneofthosescholarshaveeveruttered.Everyoneoftheseindividualsharbors

ahidden(andillegitimate)schoolofIslamiclawwithinhimself.Theyaremoreignorantthan

agoatinhisbarn.Theyaredysfunctionalintheirminds.Theypossessnottheabilitytoform

soundopinionsregardlessofhowsimpletheissuemaybe.AndtheyconsiderthemselvesasuponclearguidanceandtruthandtheyexcludeanyonewhodisagreeswiththemfromAhlal-

Sunnah,whileitistheywhoareexcludedfromthisgroup.

Youseeoneofthemclaimingthathedoesnttakeamatterfromreligiousaffairsexceptby

evidence.Andwhenyouaskthem(questions)abouttheprinciplesofevidenceyouseethat

1Forhisbiographysee:http://www.marifah.net/articles/saidfoudah.pdf

2Translatedfrom:http://www.aslein.net/showthread.php?p=2635#post2635.BrotherFirasYusufwasalso

kindenoughtoreviewthetranslationandsuggestsomechanges.


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theyaredumberthanarock;no,theyhaveneverhadasingleprincipleof(legitimate)Arabic

linguistics,andtheydonotrespectthescholars(ofIslam),andthatisonlybecausetheyare

ignoramuses.

Andaboveall,you seeone fromthemaddicted tohis innerdesires andhedoesnothave

knowledgeequaltoamustard(seed).

And they appeared during this era (of ours) and increased their circulation and they

envelopeduponmankindthevulture-cultureofname-callingwhiletheyworewhitethawbs

andcarriedsawksinthepockets.Therefore,thecommunitybelievedthemtobepeopleof

knowledgeandpiety.Buttheywerenotsuch,becausetheyarethepeopleofignoranceand

corruption. And their ignorance isa complex ignorance, for they do not know (anything

whichactuallycounts)andfancythattheyknowsuch.

Thesepeople are thosewhohavenicknamed themselves assalafyah,andnodoubtthe

salafareinnocentoftheiratrocities,andonlytheashawyah,Karmyah,andtheignorance

oftheJewsaretheirintellectualpredecessors.Thesepeopleare(theones)supportedbythe

Saudiregime.

Theyhaven'tpropagatedbythemeansoftheir(supposed)knowledgenoroftheirrighteous

actions,butonlybythesupportofthetyrannicalSaudiregime,andthissupportisknownto

everyonewhoisinformedofthesalafs.

Andintheirexpansionandinthespreadoftheircalamityisastory(which)Iwillattemptto

clarifyhere,inadditiontoclarifyingtheorganizationoftheircorruptschoolofIslamic law,

so that perhaps thoseminds of foremost intelligence will be on their guard (against this

movement)andthereforeguidethemajorityofthepeople(awayfromthismovement).

Withthatsaid,Ibeginmydiscourse:

Itiswellknownthatthereisnoessenceofreligionintheheartsandmindsofmankindexcept

in(whathascometothem)bytheexistenceofscholarswhopracticewhattheypreachand

arewellknownfortheir(properlyacquired)knowledgeandtheir(sincere)piety.Andthescholarsaretheprotectorsofthereligion,forintheirvanishing,thereligionisseizedfrom


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everyaspectbyitsenemies,andwhenthescholarsarecorrupt,mankindbecomescorrupt,

because in that instance, the leaders (of mankind) will (unabashedly) spread corruption.

Andwhensomeoftheclaimantstoknowledgetakecontrolofmatterspertainingtoreligious

edicts,andwhenthatknowledgeis(fullof)misguidance,corruption,ortriviality,bearingnodistinctionorpenetratinginsight,andwhenthatknowledgefacilitatestheincrustationofevil

propagandauponit,thenitis(alltoo)possiblefromthiscaveatthattheevilpropagandaof

this(cursed)knowledgewillhaveacertain(negative)impactuponthemajorityofmankind.

AndtheMuslims,sincetheir(humble)beginnings,havenot imitated(inanymatter)except

bythe(approval)ofthescholarsandtheyhavenotsecuredfealtytotheleadersexceptwhen

the scholars have approved of them; and the tribulations in history are an authentic

testamenttowhatIsay.Andtheconditionofthepeoplehasbeensuchsincethetimeof

RaslAllh.

Andinthepreviouseras,thepeoplewereincompleteagreementwith theleadershipofthe

scholarsandthejuristsofthefourschoolsofIslamicLawandallofthosewhofollowedthem

andeventheonewhodisagreedwiththemontheconditionthathisadvocateddisagreement

wasestablisheduponstrongevidence,notquasi-academicpunditryandits like.Anditwas

rare that anindividualhad this power (of analysis) inspecific issues (of IslamicLaw)but

lackedthisanalyticalreasoningwithrespecttothecompleteprospectus(ofIslamicLaw).

Andthepeoplecontinuedtogatheraroundthescholarsaslongasthescholarsperseveredin

applyingtheirteachingsintopractice,guidingthepeople(thereby),andteachingthem(of

beneficialknowledge).(Thiswasso)until(thetime)whentherelationsbetweenthepeople

andthescholarswereweakenedduringthefinalyearsofthereignoftheOttomansandthe

ignoranceofthepeopleintheirreligionincreasedduetonegligenceofthescholars,andthe

colonizationoftheIslamiccountriesspread,andtheMuslimsweresubduedunderthereign

ofthedisbelievers.Andallofthat,alongsidetheassistanceofthedisbelievers(amongstthe

Muslims)addedtothecorruptionofthepeopleandtheircondition.

And the disbelievers had certain knowledge that they cannot control theMuslimNation,

exceptwhenthepeopleareestrangedfromtheirreligion,andthemosteffectivemeansto

establish this is for the people to forget the commands of their religion. And (thedisbelievers)knewthattheywerenotabletopreventthepeoplefromtheirreligion,because


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thisresultsinaninclinationtowardsthereligionitselfandthedisbelieversfailandarenot

able to executewhat they intend. So theyworked (expeditiously) on the planningof the

execution(ofthisendeavor),(ofwhich)oneplanwasfoolingthepeople(intobelieving)that

the(interpretationof)thereligionwasaccordingtowhatcertainpersonagesdeemedittobe.Thus,theyhighlightedsomeofthereligion'snon-basicsubdivisions(fur)todilutethebasic

principles(usl),andtheyemployedsomeofthecorruptopinionsofsomeMuslims,andthey

strivedtoavertthespreadoftheopinionsoftherighteous(Muslims).However,(thiswas

done) in incrementalmeasures, so that (the changes)wouldappear imperceptible to that

populace(ofMuslimsexposedtothisconspiracy).AndtheexampleofthisiswhatNapoleon

did inEgyptwhenheattemptedtocreatea riftbetweenthescholarsofAl-Azharandthe

people,andalsowhenheattemptedtodictateuponthepeopletheirreligiousaffairs.

Thepeoplewere,untiltheduskoftheOttomanregime(andeven)beforeitsinception,for

yearsor evendecades, recipientsof their religiousaffairs from the scholars affiliatedwith

Ahlal-Sunnaandthe (jurists) of the fourSunnischoolsof IslamicLaw. Andnonewould

speak of a religious matter except the scholar specialized in thatmatter, and suchwas a

seriousmattertothescholars.Itiscorrectthattheywere(attimes)negligentandwecannot

denythat;however,theywereuponthestraightpathandtheywerenotastray.

And the people trusted them except that they (the people) used to censure them (the

scholars)fortheir(thescholars)negligenceandthelackofcirculationoftheirknowledge

amongstthepeople,andthepeoplewouldfurtherblamethemfortheirisolationfrompublic

life.Andtheenemiesofthisreligionhaveworkedinthisendeavorofgraduallyestranging

thepeoplefromtheirscholars,untilthisendeavorreachedAl-AzharAl-Sharfinsomecases

renderingthe institutiona prisonertoexternalandinternalconspiracies,andtheseverest

blowtotheinstitutionwasthatitbecameasubsidiaryofthetyrannicalEgyptiangovernment,

andthatgovernmentcametoconsiderit(merely)auniversityamongstEgyptianuniversities.

Theuniversityisnolongerdistinguishedfromotheruniversitiesexceptbyitshistory,andthe

Egyptian government forced the trustees of the university to abandon their teaching

traditions virtually intheirentirety, all according towhatwas compatiblewith the plan to

alienatethepeoplefromtheirscholars.Thus,therelationshipdeterioratedbetweentheAl-

Azhar scholars and the people up to the present condition where the people regard the

scholarsoftheinstitutionasscholarsofthesultan.AndwiththedeathofAl-Azharcamethedeath of Islamic Sciences which Al-Azhar used to inculcate in the hearts and minds of


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mankind,andthedeathofthegloryandprestigewhichtheMuslimscholarsalwayspossessed

beforethen.

Andat thesametimethat theshinningrayofAl-Azharandothercenters fortheeducationof the divine sciences (sought to be extinguished), there appeared foreign substitutes for

Islamicsciences,schools,andideas.Specifically,sucharetheschoolsandtheuniversities

whoseaffairsaresupervisedby theArabgovernmentsandthosewhichmixfalsehoodwith

Islam.

Andwith thisappearance,thepeoplesunderstandingof thedivinesciencesvanished,and

withitdecreasedtheconnection(ofthepeople)withthereligionitself,becauseonecannot

believe (in the religion) without knowledge, and he is reinforced (ideologically) with the

scholars;andatthesametimethetitlesofthescholarsbegantochange,andafterthatthe

scholarswhousedtotheteachmankind,thecustodiansof theQuran,theexegetes,jurists,

andlegalexpertswhoweretheleadersofthepeople,becamedoctors,whothoughtthaton

accountoftheircredentialsofostentationtheywereexpertsandscholars(ofIslam).Yetthey

did not possessmore knowledge than the infant scholarsofpast timeswho were able to

composeshortcompendiums.

Andwedonotwantto forgetthementioningof thecurriculumoflearningandeducation,

andthereisnodoubtthat(this)curriculumisthatwhichleadtojudgmentsand(thereisno

doubt) that (these) specific judgments do not come to fruition except through a specific

curriculum,andwhenthecurriculumchanges,thennodoubt,judgmentsabsolutelychange

andtheconverse(also)holdstrue,andwhatsoeverleadstoachangeincurriculum,thenitis

categoricallynecessaryuponthat,thattherulingsandjudgmentschange(withit).Andsince

the curriculums were unauthentic fabrications, the existing rulings were also spurious,

namelytheyarenotbasedonacorrectandsoundbasis.

Andinthisdayandageinwhichwelive, thepeoplehavesometimesbecomedoubtfulasto

whether it is permissible that we judge by Islam the entirety ofmankind,or whether it is

permissiblethatwesay:theprincipleregardingthepeoplehereinthiscountyisthattheyare

Muslimexceptwhentheoppositeofthatisproventobetrue,orthereverseholdstrue.


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Andthisconfusionthathasarisenis(nothingmorethanaresult)oftheextremeignoranceof

the people in the religion;and their plight isa severe plight. Thus, the people struggled

(against)theirignorance(nodoubt)acomplexignoranceuntilyousawonefromamongst

thecommonpeoplewhoknowsthathedoesnotknowandis(even)contentwiththat,yetconsideringthistobeablessedconditionandthepathoftruth.

And if you partake in a forum in which a talk regardingmatters of jurisprudence or the

religiontakesplace;allwhoarepresentwillseethatsuchanindividualsuddenlybecomesa

scholar, (disingenuously) speaking in the style of a seasoned scholar, yet in reality, this

individualisthemostignorantoftheignoramuses.

And as Allh is my witness, I have seen the one who did not devote himself to the

commitmentsofthereligionexpect(half-heartedly)andtransiently,andheisnotcultivated

underthetutelageofarighteousscholarandheisnotamongstthosewhounderstandshow

to read books and benefit from the rulings therein. Despite (all of) that, this individual

proceedstotalkabout(specializedmattersoftheology)suchascreedalmattersrelatedto

prophethoodandmiracles. Thus,he fools the (innocent and ignorant)who see him into

believingthatheisanexperiencedscholar,andwhatdothosepoorsoulsknowaboutwhich

seaitisinwhichtheywilldrown?And(hiscohorts)assembleforums(conductedbyscholars

ofpopularculture);finallyIspokewiththemandclarifiedforthemthecontradictionsinthis

purported scholars (speech and ideology) and this purported scholar was notifiedof the

gravityofthesetopicsandthegravityoftheonewhodelvesintothemwithoutknowledge.

Andthisisamajorissuepertainingtothereligion;forthese individualsdonotrefrainfrom

labeling(castingaspersionsupon)someofthescholarsofwhomarisesagreement(andgood

will) between the people so that they are righteous; (these youth) label such scholars as

innovatorsormisguidedandtheyexpelthescholarsfromAhlal-Sunnahwaal-Jam.

Andthuswereturntomyoriginalpoint,Isay:

Andwhilethecarpet(ofrespectandhonor)wasbeingpulledfromunderthescholarsofthe

fouracceptedschoolsoflaw,others,(unqualifiedforthetaskofscholarship)tooktheirplace

uponthatcarpet.


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Atthesametime,these(newquasi-scholars)assumedcommandoftheMuslimpublic, and

proceededtocontroltheiractions,minds,andhearts.

Andtheirtechniquewassuch:

Inordertoestrangethepeoplefromtheirreligion,thesequasi-scholarssoughttoimplement

gradual, imperceptible changes therein so as to not appear sudden and unusual to the

peopletherebymakingthosechangesappeartobeapartofthereligion.

Andthefirstof(their)errorswasthetarnishingofthe(four)legalschools(ofIslam):

Beneaththesurface(ofthispropaganda)liesthedefilementoftraditionaladherencetothe

fourschoolsofIslamicLaw,theencouragementandfacilitationoflegalreasoningmeaning

thesuggestionthatitisaneasytaskforalltopartakein;thesmearingofthereputationof

scholarsandtheirloyalfollowers,portrayingtheminsuchamannerasiftheyonlyconcern

themselveswithstrangeandanomalousissueswhichhavenopracticalbenefitforthelifeof

thisworldorthenext,andthemisrepresentationofthescholarsstatementsinordertolead

otherstobelievethattheyinterpretprophetictraditionsinwaysthatstrictlyconformtothe

doctrinallinesoftheirimams.

(Thisoccurred)untilsomedestituteloafersemergedsaying,wearemenand(likewisethe

legaljurists)aremen.

And they are nothing, save like the foolish children who dont find anything useful for

themselves,andtherebywastetheirtime,(anddonothing)exceptattacktheDivineLawwith

theirwretchedmanners.Regardingtheirinnovatedopinions;youasapossessorofsound

intellectwillhardlyfindamongstthemsuccess. Isay:theseill-temperedfolkhaveattacked

theDivineScienceoftheSharah,nay,theyhaveattackedtheveryletterandspiritofthe

Sharah.TheyseektounderstandtheSharahaccordingtotheirsicktastesandtheyhave

busied themselves in the science of adth,which happens tobe themost difficult of the

DivineSciences.Theonewhopursuesthisillustrioussciencewillhardlyfindinitsignificant

achievement,exceptforhewhomAllhsupplieswithHisSuccessandhewhoseassistanceis

strengthenedbyAllh.Andtheycametoaskthequestion:Whatisthemostpreferablethat


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wetakedirectlyfromtheTongueoftheRaslorfromAbanfa,Shfi,Mlik,Amad,

andothersamongsttheJurists?

And as soon as one is caught unawares of the inherent deception in this question, herespondstothembysaying,Nay,withoutadoubt,themostpreferredpathistotakedirectly

fromtheRasl.

AndheforgetsthattheselearnedjuristsdidnottakeexceptfromtheRasl,andthatnot

everyone is permitted to make determinations about the Ruling of Allh within the

InjunctionsoftheDeen.Rather,ijtihdhasconditionswhichareobligatoryuponeveryone

thattakesupstudiestherein;thattheyfulfilltheseconditions,andiftheseconditionsarenot

met,thenhiswordsdeservenoattention,nomatterhowthesewordsarefilledwithshouting

andscreaming.

Andthusly,hecameto considerit amongstthewrongdoingsandgrievouserrorsthathebe

affiliatedwiththeschoolsofShafiorAbHanfa.Andthey(i.e.,theSalafs)tellhimthat

rather,affiliationtoIslm(alone)isthatwhichcounts,deceivinghimintobelievingthatany

otheraffiliationisatoppositiontoIslm,whereasinreality,affiliationtotheMadhhibisthe

fountainheadofDivineLaw.

Andmanypeoplehaveralliedbehindthiswhimsicalnotion,notknowingthegrievouserror

intowhichtheyhaveplunged.Initially,theyabandonedtheimmensetreasuresamongstthe

worksofthegreat scholars(of thepast)and their(newfound)doctrinesdidnotevenbind

them to the time-tested etiquette of taking and receiving (from the scholars), and

(thereafter)theyproceededtoclaimthatnodoubt,thispathissufficientsothatwemaybe

deliveredontoeternalsalvation.

Thiswretchedmobhavespentthe(greater)portionoftheirliveshairsplittingoverminute

issuesofjurisprudencewhichhavebeenfirmlyestablishedbyjuristsfromthemostancient

eraofour(blessed)history,suchasthemovementofthefingersintheprayer,orthedawning

thedishdasha,ordoffingthekffromthehead,andsoforthfromissueswhichare(clearly)

amongstthemostspecializedsubdivisionsofIslamicLaw.Andlike(psychopaths)without

discernment,(theypaidnoheedtothemajorissues)andtooktokillingtheUmmah,yetthey


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(disingenuously) deem slaughter and killing therein illegal, either understanding or not

understanding(thefullramificationsoftheiractions).

And in their state of confusion, they have left the Ummah, neither adhering to any(meaningfulprinciples)norcaring(enoughabout)anything.

ToIllustrate:

Thesepeople haveproceeded forthbasedona set ofprinciples theyhave inherited from

theirforefathers,andtheerrorsoftheseprincipleshavepileduptotheclouds,yetthevast

majorityofthepeopleareunabletodiscernthem.

Yet the established principles upon which the vastmajority of the people adhere to are

correctintheirtotality,buthaveonlybeenpollutedbyperversion(inrecenttimes).

Andwhenthesepartisansemerged in (our) era, theydesired to improvethestateof this

Ummah,butbystrictlyopposingtheverdictsandrulingswhichthepeoplehadcometorely

uponinthepast.

Not likely; for thefirstaction oftheiragenda was todisregard the fact that the Golden

Fundamental (meaning taqld) is amongst the primary matters of importance in the

Religion.Theyregardedthisnotionasfalsehoodandimpermissibletofollow,andtheycame

toreject it, therebyrejecting the time-testedtradition that the people had cometoaccept

over the centuries. Themost important tradition ofall being the systematic following of

qualifiedscholarswhopossesstherequisiteknowledgeofAhlal-SunnaWaal-Jam.This,in

additiontotheprinciplethatisimpermissibletodelveintoabranchoftheDivineSciences

exceptfortheonewhohasobtainedtherequisiteskillstherein.Andthus,thesefoolscame

to strike a sword and revile every legislated decree to which the people had become

accustomed.

Andwhen theyencounteredonewhoadheredtooneof thefourimams,they toldhimthat

thisisblind-followingtootherthantheMessenger,andthusitisfollowingmisguidance.


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And when they saw the public not especially concerned about the finer points of legal

evidence,theycametodisparagethepeopleonaccountthereof,andtheysoughtfromevery

individual that he investigate fromwhoma legal rulingwas derivedbasedon the rulesof

evidence,andtonotsufficewiththerulingofanestablishedscholarspecializedinthefieldofjurisprudence.

Andtheymadethesciencesofadththemost importantpriorityinthereligion,andthey

assaulted this science a most unusual assaulting, until the most common of people saw

themselvesfittogradeaparticularadthassoundorweak,andtheyproceededtointerpret

firsthandthewordsoftheMessenger withouttheaidofanintermediaryscholarofapast

era.

Andinthismanner,theybroughtthepeopledowntoastateofextremeconfusionandthey

havemade the people doubteverything thatpertainsto theReligion, even ifthatthingis

authenticallypartofthereligion.

Yet, everything they authored of the religion fell from grace, as though their works are

completelylackingcredibility,andlikewisethatwhichtheyheldfirmlytowasnothingbutan

absurditysolelycharacteristicofthemandthemonlylayingtestamentto thedearthoftheir

intellectualpower.

And likewise, they began a campaign geared towards refuting the establishedmatters to

which the people held fast to, and thus it became inevitable that they would create an

alternativetothethosetraditionsandrulingstowhichthepeopleheldfast.

Consequently, they created a spurious legal methodology of their own with all of its

accompanying pseudo-rulings, and they took to insisting that theirs was a path upon the

truth.Whileallofthiswastakingplace,theactualpeopleoftruthremainedoblivious,or

perhapstheyindeedknewwhatwashappening.

Buttheywereliketheonewhosefingernailshadbeenpulledfromtheirnailbeds,andhis

two eyes blinded,while thosepartisans came to speakwith venomous tongues about the

rights of mankind and about the majority of the most knowledgeable scholars. Thosepartisansstartedinflictingthechargeofinnovationagainstanyonewhodisagreedwiththem,


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even if the issue be that of ijtihd in the field of jurisprudence, or any other field of

knowledgeforthatmatter.Theymayneverdesistinmakingtakfruponsomeofthosewho

opposethemfornovalidreason.

Andall of this resulted in atrociousconsequences,and these ignoramusesdidnotpossess

enoughintellecttoreachthecorrectdoctrine,andtheendresultoftheirdiscoursewasan

unusualmixture of fabrications and ideological breakdown atwhich even the smallest of

childrenwouldlaugh.

Andtheystartedwastingtheirtimeandthe peoplestime inthewayof researchingcertain

non-basicreligioussubdivisionissues,todisparagethebasicreligiousprinciples,andthey

didntfailtodelegatetheresponsibilityofthescholarstothecommonman;thescholarswho

guidethepeopletothecorrectdoctrineandthestraightpath.Thus,thesetime-wasterswere

contentwithraisingtheseissuesaswehavementionedbeforeandthereafterleftthepeople

topreoccupythemselvestherein.

Andduetotheabsenceofa strongfoundationin thedivinesciencesamongstthe common

people,theyhavebecomecontentwithturningawayfromthetruescholarsofthereligion,

andwhoeverresortstothis;hehasnoteventheslightestbitofknowledge.Sodonotbother

informingsuchanindividualofthemanyfacetsinwhichthey(thel-madhhabiya)havefell

fromgrace;otherwise,suchapersonwillreactandbecompelledtoemploytheirsenseless

attacks and their clearly contradictory doctrines, and they will resort to labeling their

dissentersasinnovators.Rather,onecancontenthimselfwithhisownknowledge,andsuch

knowledgeisnotprotectedfromtheevilsofthe(l-madhhabiya).

Thisistheconditionofthemajorityofthepeople.

And ifagroupofrighteousscholarswhoact inaccordancewith theirknowledgeis found,

then they are essentially rendered incapable of influencing the people, because the

governmentisthatofthecorruptpseudo-scholars,andthewealthisintheirhands.Asfor

thescholarsoftruth,theyhavebeenstrippedoftheirweaponseversinceAl-AzharAl-Sharif

wasstrippedofitsglory.


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Andthesepartisansaffiliatethemselveswith theschoolofImmAmadbinanbal(May

Allah be Pleased with Him), and they are absolutely the farthest thing away from it.

However,necessityobligatesthemtothisaffiliation.

Andnodoubt,whenthethreeothermadhhabswerewidespread,itwasthemadhhabofAb

anfathatwashonoredbytheOttomanSultanate,andthenationsofthewesthonoredthat

of Mlik, and those of the Levant, Egypt honored that of Shfi, and the majority of

Pakistan,India,andthemajorityofthenationswithinthisgeographicperiphery(i.e.,Jordan)

honorthemadhhabofAbanfa,withsomehonoringthatofShfi.

Asfortheanbalmadhhab,itwasneverprominentamongsttheMuslims,anddidnotgain

prominenceuntiltheriseoftheWahhbMadhhabandthisspuriousministryoftheirs.

AndthesepeopleleanagainsttheanbalMadhhablikeasteelclawinthefaceoftheother

madhhabs,and inthismanner theyhavebeenstrikingablowtoa very important facetof

Islam. And the reputation of Amad bin anbal has been portrayed in such a manner

whereinonlyheisacceptedtothesoleimamofAhlal-Sunnahandthere isnoimamother

thanhim.Inallactuality,hehasbeenportrayedasthemostsinlessandcompleteimamin

comparisontothethreeotherimams.Itisasthesefoolsoft-repeat,thelegacyofAmadbin

anbalhasoutlastedthoseyoufellintothemisguidedpathoferrors.

Likewise,wehaveseenthereligiousleadershipdepartfromEgyptwhichusedtochampion

allofthefourschoolsanddidnotmakedistinctionsbetweenthemtoSaudiArabiawhich

solelychampionstheanbalSchoolwhichtheyclaimtobethe(solitary)schoolofAhlal-

adth. This is shameless fabrication! Furthermore, Saudi Arabia the nation which

emboldensthesefoolishyouthhascometosupporttheiractivities,inadditiontoproviding

them with jobs and abundant wealth. And stank hatred for the remaining schools has

becomeapparentonthefacesoftheseso-calledanbals.Letusnotforgetthattheother

schools were those which primarily undertook the task of resolving the matters of the

Muslimsinthepast.

Here,theillustrationofthisgranddeceithasbeenprovided,forwecannowseethatSaudi

Arabiadoesnotruleby IslamanditismerelyanotherregimeamongstthenationalistArab


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regimes,andtheonlythingthatdistinguishesitfromtheothersisitsabundantwealthwith

whichGodAlmightyhasblesseditinthewayofoil.

Inlightofthat,itcansafelybesaidthatthelawsofSaudiArabiaarepurelythosethatfavortherulingregime,anditpresentscertainissuestoitspeopleinsuchamannerastoportray

themastheessenceofIslamwhereastheyarenotonlybranches(fur)ofthereligion,but

they aremoreso branchesof the branches therein. Yet, the Saudi regimepresents these

issues asif theyare themainbranchesof the religionwhereinnodifferenceof opinion is

permitted.

Andsince theKabah,theProphetsMosque,othersuchholyplacesarepresentinSaudi

Arabia, inadditiontotheenormousreligiousvalue therein;therulingregimehascometo

exploitthesemattersandemployedthemasacurtainofdeceitinfrontofthepeopletosuch

an extent that the expression Saudi Scholars has come to express something which is

regardedasthesourceofthisreligion.Inaddition,themajorityofthepeoplehavecometo

theconclusionthatSaudiArabiaisanIslamicState,oratleasttheclosestthingtoit.

This is only some of themany issues upon issues of deceit towhich the people have fell

victim.Andwesawthepeoplein anutterstateofshockandsurpriseduringtheGulfWar

whennoneofthemexpectedthelegalopinions(fatwa)thatwerereleasedatthattime.The

onlyoneswhosawitcomingwerethosewithtrueknowledge.Therefore,thepeoplewere

greatly shocked and disenchantedbecause their entire understanding of Islamwas shook

beforetheirveryeyesduetothosewhosupposedlyrepresentthereligionshakingupthevery

foundationstherein.

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