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The Separating of 'Ahlul-Bid'ah wal-hizbiyyah' from Ahlus-Sunnah
As 1999 entered, the salafiyyeen in Canada encountered the fitnah that had faced our brothers in England some years before, the fitnah of tamyee’, closet-Qutbism and overall opposition to the usool of ad-da’watus-salafiyyah. It was at this juncture, amidst the confusion of the callers to Innovation, that the centre made a clear mawqif to make our allegiance to the noble Scholars of ahlus-sunnah wal-jama’aah such as Shyakh Rabee’ Ibn Haadee, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, Shaykh ‘Ubayd al-Jaabiree and other than them from Scholars of this ummah. The tapes of ‘ulamaa and the tullaabul-‘ulamaa were emphasised in direct opposition the mumayyee cries for ‘bringing the issues of the scholars of Canada (wallaahul-musta’aan)’ or ‘Shaykh Rabee’ doesn’t have time for these issues!’.
It was during this year that our noble brothers from ‘waseelatus-salafiyyah’ in America were kind enough to visit us and advise us towards righteousness and piety. So, our noble brother, Kashif Khan al-Bataanee made many affairs clear to us and directed us to strengthen our ties with the trusted du’aat in the West such as our brother and elder, Aboo Uways ‘Abdullaah Ahmad (rahimahullaah), Aboo Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Waahid from Salafi Publications, Aboo Talhah Daawood Burbank (from the first of men to propagate salafiyyah in the West) and other than them. Our eyes were opened to the pathways to knowledge, we began to contact the ‘ulamaa and their students and continued to propagate their writings and speech upon the internet despite the angry insults of the hidden hizbiyyeen whom Allaah was exposing day by day. It was at this point that the centre began to solidify its direction and subsequently many of those who had diseases in their hearts, love of fame, hatred for the ‘Ulamaa and guised disdain for the salafee da’wah began to separate and called others to separation. And as had preceded many years before in England, a clear separation occurred between those who desired to be with the ‘Ulamaa and those who desired to oppose them and by Allaah, this was a barakah from Allaah, an aid to the da’wah and a light upon the path of salafiyyah, the da’wah of the noble Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).
Hugh Gains (wal-hamdulilaah) as Ahlus-Sunnah in Toronto strive forth upon clear salafiyyah
Between 1999-2003, due to the abandonment of the financial support of many of the people (because to their disapproval of the direction of the centre – sticking firmly to the ‘Ulamaa and abandoning the personalities in the city who were separating the people from the scholars), the centre was moved to a smaller office, wal-hamdulilaah this only strengthened the brotherhood and increased the firmness of the community upon salafiyyah, and increased our hatred for shaqsiyyah and tamyee’. Despite the small facility (no larger than the average bedroom), the classes increased, the tele-links became more frequent and the emergence of TROID Publications (now with 10 books published) expanded the scope of the centre’s projects. This was a period of tasfiyah wat-tarbiyah for the community, a sign from Allaah that those who wish the spread this noble da’wah will be faced with trial upon trial. al-hamdulilaah, the community persevered, organising as many initiatives as possible; telephone lectures with some of the ahlul-ilm and du’aat in the West, the ‘eedayn were established, knowledge days, a class on thalaathatul-usool and tajweed. During this testing time, the salafiyyeen were not swayed by the siyyasah of ahlul-bid’ah, remaining firm upon the path of salafiyyah, not concerning themselves with the mockery of the partisan ones. It was a ‘new beginning’ for the centre, establishing the usool of ad-da’watus-salafiiyah and cleansing the community of the years of shubuhaat at the hands of ahlul-hizbiyyah in our city. In striving to bridge the gap between the awaam and ahlul-ilm, we were graced by Allaah to be able to successfully host two seminars in Toronto.
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