By al-'Allaamah Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhaab al-Bannaa

Review:

Who is al-‘Allaamah Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhab al-Bannaa?

The Noble Scholar is originally from Egypt, though he resides and has resided in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for many years.  The Shaykh learnt mainly under Imaam 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee as-Salafee (rahimahullaah).  He was appointed by Imaam Ibn Baaz as one of the first lecturers in the institute of knowledge in Riyaad.  The Shaykh has many students, including the likes of al-'Allaamah Rabee' Ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee and al-'Allaamah Muhammad Amaan al-Jaamee (rahimahullaah).  He also taught the likes of 'Abdur-Rahmaan 'Abdul-Khaaliq and 'Umar al-Ashqar, then the Shaykh warned against them when they deviated from the Salafee methodology.  The Shaykh currently resides in Jeddah where he teaches from books like Usooluth-Thalaathah, Kitaabut-Tawheed, Saheeh Muslim, Tafseer Ibn Katheer and much more.

From the Lecture:

The Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said,

"The nations summon each other upon you as you call guests to eat from a plate of food", they said "Will we be few in number on that day O Messenger of Allaah?" He said, "No rather you will be many on that day, but you will be like the foam on the ocean. And Allaah will remove the fear in the hearts of your enemies and place in your hearts al-wahn." They said, "What is al-wahn O Messenger of Allaah?" He said, "Love of this world and hatred of death." [1]

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) also said,

“When you start taking part in illegal transactions that involve a type of interest, and you hold onto the tails of cattle and you become satisfied with cultivation and you abandon jihaad, then the humiliation of Allaah will descend upon you.”

Shaykh Muhammad al-Bannaa explains, ‘The situation that we find ourselves in now, of being low and humiliation, and having no position is a situation because we are not upon our deen, we must return back to the correct deen, applying it and believing in it... And we have differed like the Jews have differed and the Christians have differed…’

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said,

“The Jews split up into seventy one sects, and the Christians split up into seventy two sects.  And my Ummah shall split up into seventy three sects, all of them being in the Fire except one.”  We said, ‘Which one is that, O Messenger of Allaah?’  He said, “The one that follows what I am upon and my Companions.” [2]

Allaah states in the Qur’aan,

“Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians).” [Sooratul-Fatihah, 6-7]

The noble Shaykh continues, ‘Also, what is a must along with following the book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) is to follow the path of those who Allaah has blessed or favoured. And who are those whom Allaah has favoured? They are the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam), the muhaajiroon and the Ansaar. So our deen is contained and confined to; Quraan, Sunnah and the way of the sahaabah. And whoever deviates from this, then, he will not be of those who will be saved from the hellfire and that this based on the ayaah on the Qur’aan,

“Know they not that whoever opposes and shows hostility to Allah and His Messenger (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam), certainly for him will be the Fire of Hell to abide therein. That is extreme disgrace.” [Suratut-Tawbah, 63]

And our deen is preserved; Allaah has preserved the Qur’aan and preserved the Sunnah by selecting scholars who will decipher that which is correct from that which is incorrect and He has preserved the way of the Companions and he has ordered us to return any difference to Allaah and His Messenger.”

From the Questions Asked:

[Q1]: A lot of people ask, is Saddaam Husayn a Muslim or a kaffir?

[Q2]: O Shaykh, have you heard the rulings of Imaam Ibn Baaz and other ‘Ulamaa that they declared Saddaam to be a kaafir? [3]

[Q3]: O Shaykh, What is the general advice regarding the fighting in ‘Iraaq?

[Q4]: As we see what is happening in ‘Iraaq and Afghanistan and we see that their leadership is not from those who are upon the way of salaf. However, there are those Muslims who are innocent living under these leaderships, how should we feel towards these situations?

[Q5]: Should we raise our hands in the qunoot or should be place them by our sides, what do we do if this happens every morning in salaatul-fajr?

[Q6]: Is it jihaad for the ‘Iraaqiyyeen and what should the Muslims in the surrounding area do?

Footnotes:

[1] Related by Aboo Daawood (no. 4297) and in al-Mishkaat (3/1475). It was authenticated by Shaykh al-Albaanee in Silsilatul-Ahaadeethus-Saheehah (no. 957) and in Saheehul-Jaami’ (no. 8183).
[2] Related by at-Tirmidhee (no. 2641), al-Haakim (1/129).  It has witnesses, refer to Tuhfatul-Ahwadhee (7/398), Ibn Maajah (no. 3992) and Aboo Daawood (no. 4597).

[3] The noble scholar alludes to the fact that other ‘Ulamaa have previously ruled on Husayn. For the position of Imaam Ibn Baaz and Imaam Muqbil Ibn Haadee (rahimahumallaah).