Nowadays, it is common to see some of the youth, impressed by themselves and what they perceive to have gathered of knowledge, to overrate themselves and believe that they can "bring the people of innovation close" by working with them or cooperating with them. They are heedless, not realising that they will be flattered with kindness, wealth and other forms of emotional blackmail. One of the major scholars of our time, may Allāh preserve him, comments on such a (innovated) notion in the name of 'cooperation and rectification': Shaykh Rabee Ibn Hadi al-Madkhali was asked, "When one of the brothers is advised not to walk with the people of innovation or sit with them, he responds, 'I am one who establishes principles for them?" The Shaykh answered, "If you were one who established principles, you would not have kept company with them, if you were one who established principles and knew the methodology of the Salaf and knew the dangers you were exposing yourself to, and knew those who have fallen victim from the likes of you, those who are deluded like you, by Allāh, if you were as you said, you would not have walked with the people of innovation. And many walk with the people of innovation with the argument that they are benefitting them! 'O my brother - they have not benefitted from the Scholars, so how will they be benefitted from you?!! They reject the statements of Ibn Baz (d.1420H) and the statements of al-Albani (d.1420H), al- 'Uthaymin (d.1421H) and others from the Imams of Islām and will take from you?!! This is delusion, and ninety-nine out of a hundred times, you will end up from their followers."1

Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī said, "And the time of narrations ended in the third generation. So why did Ibn Taymīyyah raise the banner of criticism (an-naqd) and the banner of al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel?! Likewise, so did al-Dhahabī, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Kathīr, Ibn Hajr and others and they will continue until the Day of Judgement! As long as there is this fight between the truth and falsehood and between the guidance and misguidance and between the people of the truth and falsehood and between the people of guidance and the misguidance, then it is inevitable that the swords of criticism and al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel be unsheathed against the people of falsehood!".1

Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (ḥafiẓahullāh):

The statement of al-Imām Aḥmad about al-Qadar,

"Not to debate or argue with anyone, and not to learn argumentation."

There are from amongst the small students of knowledge, who go and debate with the Rāfiḍah, the Jahmīyyah, and the Muʿtazilah concerning the divine decree, debating with them in these affairs. Do not subject yourself to doubts (for indeed they lead you to being) astray. However, the skillful scholar, who knows that he will be able to benefit with such debates, either aiding the Sunnah or subduing the people of falsehood, or even maybe Allāh will guide the one whom the scholar is debating. If he is seeking the truth, then the scholar is to clarify the issue to him.

As for you, the poor small student who is weak in knowledge, do not debate! I emphasise this point to the students of knowledge that you should not debate concerning the likes of these very serious innovations. As for the normal affairs that you know, and they are in the limits of your abilities, and you fully understand them, then there is no problem for you to discuss them, as long as the intention is not to debate and gain victory, but rather the goal is for clarification.1

[1] Taken from: 'An Explanation of Imām Aḥmad's Foundations of the Sunnah' by Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī, pg.113-114

Shaykh Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʿī (رحمه الله) said: “Clarifying the condition of the evil scholars is an important affair so that they will not deceive the different communities.”

Source: Ghārah al-Ashriṭah, vol. 2, pg. 405.
Translated by: Musa Shaleem Mohammed

Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (حفظه الله) stated: “Fill the dunyá with knowledge. People are in need of this knowledge.”

Source: ‘Awn al-Bārī, vol. 1, pg. 70.
Translated by: Musa Shaleem Mohammed

Further Debunking Some Doubts and Diversionary Tactics of the Muṣaʿfiqah  
—The Visit of Tunisian Salafis to Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī 19/08/1439 AH—

الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه ومن اتبع هداه، أما بعد

In implementation of the saying of Allāh, the Most High: And as for the blessing of your Lord, proclaim it. [Sūrah al-Ḍūhā, 93:11]

Allāh has granted me the opportunity to visit the Imām, al-Muḥaddith, Rabīʿ al-Sunnah, Rabīʿ ibn Hādī ibn ʿUmayr al-Madkhalī — may Allāh preserve him — at his house in the city of the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) on the night of Sunday the ninteenth of Shaʿbān, in the year one thousand four hundred and thirty-nine after the migration of al-Muṣṭafá (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) [2018/05/19]. I was accompanied by my brothers from Tunisia.

I was very delighted at the way the shaykh and his son received and welcomed us. Their doors are open wide for visitation and the claim that it is closed — by those who label others ṣaʿāfiqah — is a blazing lie.

I found him (Imām Rabīʿ) in a safe and healthy state — may Allāh preserve him upon that — holding his book, reading and researching. I sought permission to present some questions to him and he granted us permission. We were enlightened by his answers so much so that I wished to share them and perhaps Allāh will benefit others by way of it.

Question #1:

The statement that, “Shaykh Muḥammad (ibn Hādī) has evidences with him for his refutation against the students — who were labelled ṣaʿāfiqah — which Shaykh Rabīʿ has not yet been informed about, so do not be hasty against Shaykh Muḥammad” has become widespread between our brothers.

Shaykh Rabīʿ: Woe, woe, woe to them!

Right. There are evidences which I have not seen yet. Nor have the people seen them and even Muḥammad ibn Hādī has not seen them yet. This is because it does not exist at all.

The Shaykh then laughed, may Allāh preserve him upon his happiness.

Question #2:

'O Shaykh, on some Facebook pages, they have now started to speak ill of Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī and Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī, may Allāh preserve them.

Shaykh Rabīʿ: Have they become people of innovation?! They (Shaykh ʿUbayd and Shaykh ʿAbdullāh) are from the heads of Daʿwah Salafiyyah, bārak Allāhu fīkum.

The shaykh, upon hearing this news, became upset.

Written by: Abū ʿUbaydah Walīd al-Tunīsī, Sunday at Fajr, the 19th of Shaʿbān, 1439 AH.
This sitting was witnessed by ʿUmar, the son of Shaykh Rabīʿ, as well as our Tunisian brothers ʿAbd al-Raʾūf, Ḥātim and Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Mājarī.  

Translated by Munīb al-Ṣumālī

Shaykh Rabīʿ, may Allāh preserve him was asked:

[Q]: Is it permissible for us to insult those whom the scholars have insulted?

هل يجوز لنا أن نسب من سبه أهل العلم؟

[A]: Insulting, no you should not insult. If he was declared an innovator and there is a need to clarify his condition then clarify. Say so and so is a mubtad'i (innovator), so and so has such and such with him. As for insulting then no, no insulting, do not insult if the scholars insulted him, you do not insult even if they judged him with a judgment that is rightful. If you see people being influenced by him in a harmful way then clarify his condition, so that the people can be cautious of his evil and safe from his evil. As for insulting then no, it does not benefit.

 السب ، لا ما تسب ، لكن إذا بُدع واحتجت إلى بيان حاله لنصح الناس فبين ، تقول فيه ، فلان مبتدع ، فلان عنده كذا ، أما السب فلا ، السب لا ، لا تسبه ، إذا سبه ، أنت لا تسبه ، إذا حكم عليه بحكم هو حق فيه ، وإذا رأيت أناسا يتضررون به ، فأنت عليك أن تبين حاله ، حتى يحذر الناس من شره ويسلمون من شره ، وأما السب فلا ، ولا يفيد

Original Source: http://www.sahab.net/forums/showthread.php?t=375222
Translated by: Abū Zayd Muḥammad Sheikh-Elmi

   Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī, in his book The Methodology of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah in Criticizing Men, Books and Groups, says,

"Let the person look at this great difference between the position of the Muslims that Shaykh al-Islām ibn Taymīyyah is talking about, and how they dealt with those who had statements of opposition (to the Salaf); they were individuals explaining the circumstances of those people and warning the Ummah from those people, and this was wājib (obligatory) by agreement of the Muslims. Then look to the reality nowadays of many of those who connect themselves to Salafīyyah and other than them, how they consider warning against bidʿah and its people as being harsh and severe.

How far is the distance between these two positions (when it comes to warning against the people of innovation), and woe to the strangeness of this dīn and woe to the strangeness of those who defend and protect the dīn! For by Allāh! Verily the position they are taking has many effects. There are youth from the Salafīs who mix and start to become a part of a group that is astray, and will defend that astray group and have loyalty for that group and have enmity and hatred for that group, and some of them get with other groups, as others have done and live in a state of confusion. Some of them will become jealous of and protect Ahl al-Bidʿah more than they are jealous and protective over the Manḥaj al-Salafī and its people.

O Allah save your dīn! O Allāh, save this daʿwah! O Allāh support this daʿwah! Verily you are the One who answers duʿāʾ. For verily Your dīn and its supporters are in severe strangeness, they have been abandoned by those whom they used to hope would help; and the people of Ahl al-Bidʿah are being harsh upon them, and there is no supporter except you, for you are the Best Guardian and the best of those who help."

This is the state of affairs today between the Salafīs. For this individual did not understand the Manḥaj of the Salaf, and so now you find him in love with Ahl al-Bidʿah and still calling himself a Salafī, and Allāh’s aid and assistance is sought..1 

[1] Benefit from the audio Shedding Light Upon the Books of the Salaf Concerning ʿAqīdah by Abū ʿUways ʿAbdullāh Aḥmed ʿAlī

Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī said: O brothers, lying is more repulsive than innovation! Lying is more repulsive to the people of the Sunnah than the one who innovates (because) the innovator can be narrated from. The Qadariyyah were narrated from, the Murjiʾah were narrated from, and other than them from the various groups of innovation as long as their innovation does not exit them from the fold of Islām and as long as they were not known for lying.

If someone was considered by the people of Sunnah to be a liar, they would regard him to be from among the people of innovation. This is why Ibn Adī (raḥimuhullāh) compiled approximately twenty-nine chapters about the liars and one chapter for the people of innovation. The people of Sunnah accepted the narrations from the people of innovation who were truthful except those who called (to their innovation).1

Shaykh al-‘Allāmah Rabīʿ ibn Hādī:‬ ‪

There are individuals who are planted amongst Ahl al-Sunnah. They support the people of innovation and wage war against Ahl al-Sunnah‬. ‪These types of individuals are fom the most dangerous of people to Salafiyyah and the Salafis. ‬

Source: شرح عقيدة الرازيين ص.٢٢٣
Translated by: Munīb al-Ṣumālī

Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (may Allāh preserve him) mentioned: It is incumbent upon the Ummah to recognize the station and the level of the scholars. They (the Ummah) must also know that it is obligatory for them to love and obey the scholars. Hating the scholars is considered hating the religion of Allāh and the carriers of this religion; in fact, hating the scholars leads to hating the correct knowledge which they inherit from the prophets. So, woe to those who despise them and their beliefs.

Source: Marḥaban Yā Ṭālib al-ʿIlm pg. 60-61.
Translated by: Munīb al-Ṣumālī

The Noble Scholar, Shaykh Rabīʿ Ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī comments on Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn ʿUmar Bazmūl's  warning against ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī's new book 'Manhajus-Salafīs-Ṣāliḥ fī Tarjeehil-Masaalih wa Tatweehil-Mafaasid wal-Qabaa`ih fī Usūlin-Naqd wal-Jarḥ wan-Nasaa`ih' (The Methodology of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ in Weighing the Benefits and Tossing Away the Harms and Evils in Principles of Criticism and Disparagement and Advice)

Shaykh Aḥmad Bāzmūl's Warning Against the New Book of ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī: http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=9&Topic=7781

Shaykh Rabīʿ on Shaykh Aḥmad Bazmūl's Warning Against ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī's New Book (below):

All praises be to Allāh, and peace and blessings of Allāh be upon the Messenger of Allāh, and upon his family, his companions and those who have aided him.

To Proceed:

Glad tidings to all the Salafīs everywhere upon the happy news, which indeed is the praise of our Shaykh, the flag-bearer of Jarh and Ta'deel (The science of criticizing and praising), Rabīʿ bin Hādī al-Madkhalī, may Allāh preserve him (from all harm), for the book "A Warning to the Prudent Ones from the Flimsiness of the reasoning of ʿAlī al-Ḥalabī, the Miskīn" which has been written by Shaykh Abī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Sa'ad bin Fathee bin Saʿīd az-Za'taree.

So, I asked (Rabīʿ bin Hādī al-Madkhalī), may Allāh preserve him, his opinion about the book?

So he (Rabīʿ bin Hādī al-Madkhalī ), may Allāh preserve him, said:

"I have read the book in its entirety, and the writer has done very well. And al-Ḥalabī has been subdued over (his explanation) of many of different issues, and has been made to face the correct stance. And it is indeed a strong knowledge-based refutation, maa shaa Allāh ta'aʿalá, may Allāh reward the writer the best of rewards."

I have written this on: 15/01/1430AH (12/01/2009)

All praises be to Allāh, Lord of the Worlds. And may the Peace and Blessings of Allāh be upon the Leader of the First and the Last (Prophet Muḥammad, ṣallallāhu ʿalayhī wa sʿalám)

From the one who loves you for the sake of Allāh:

Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar ibn Sālim Bazmūl

Source Arabic: http://albaidha.net/vb/showthread.php?t=12937

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه ومن والاه

أما بعد

فأبشر كل السلفيين في كل مكان بهذه البشرى السارة

ألا وهي تزكية شبخنا حامل راية الجرح والتعديل ربيع بن هادي المدخلي حفظه الله تعالى

لكتاب تنبيه الفطين لتهافت تأصيلات علي الحلبي المسكين بقلم: الشيخ أبي عبد الرحمن سعد بن فتحي بن سعيد الزعتري

فقد سألته حفظه الله تعالى عن رأيه في الكتاب ؟

فقال حفظه الله تعالى : قد قرأت الكتاب كاملاً ، وقد أجاد فيه مؤلفه ، وتعقب الحلبي في مسائل كثيرة متعددة جانب فيها الحلبي وجه الصواب،

وهو رد علمي قوي ما شاء الله تعالى ، جزى الله مؤلفه خير الجزاء .

وكتبته في 15 / 1 / 1430هـ

والحمد لله رب العالمين ، والصلاة والسلام على سيد الأولين والآخرين .

محبكم

أحمد بن عمر بن سالم بازمول

Shaykh Rabīʿ on the Mashayikh of Madinah and al-Maktabah al-Salafīyyah: A Visit to Shaykh Rabīʿ - Feb 2012 by ʿAbd alilah Lahmami.

A visit to Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī Al-Madhkhali Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1433 - Feb 2012

Source:http://www.salafitalk.com/threads/958-Shaykh-Rabīʿ-About-the-Mashayikh-of-Madinah-and-Maktabah-Salafīyyah-Feb-2012