Prior to graduating from the Islamic University of Madīnah, I spent some time studying in Egypt with Shaykh Hasan ibn ‘Abdul Wahhāb (رحمه الله). On occasion, we would ask him about some individuals (jarḥ wa-al-taʿdīl), so he used to say: “Ask Shaykh Rabī.”
He cultivated us upon the understanding of returning to the specialists in each affair.
Later, when moving to Saudi Arabia, we sat with Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Hudaīthī (رحمه الله) in Masjid al-Nabawī, and we asked him regarding two disputing parties (ikhtilāf), so he said: “Ask Shaykh ‘Ubayd, for he travels much and is acquainted with these affa…
[Q]: Likewise Shaykh, when these students return from either Makkah, Riyāḍ or al-Madīnah, they return claiming salafiyyah but they isolate themselves from the established Salafīs (i.e. elders). For example, they isolate themselves from the likes of Abū Khadījah and Abū Ḥakīm, [and] in Canada they isolate themselves from the Salafīs at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID).
[A]: Do you mean they speak ill of them?
[Q]: Yes.
[A]: The people of innovation speak ill about Ahl al-Sunnah. Abū Khadījah is from ʿAhl al-Sunnah, Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl is from Ahl al-Sunnah, and Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī is from Ahl al-Sunnah. Th…
