The Shaykh asks:
Where were you before? Where are you works (masjid, websites, publications, seminars, pamphlets etc.), [and] your efforts to spread and defend the Sunnah? Why is it you are only busy when seeking to destroy, [but] never active seeking to build [the daʿwah]?
The Shaykh goes on to encourage the brothers to reflect on the efforts in the United Kingdom, and how there has been so much activity and progress. Don’t be from those who only cause hatred and turmoil. People can say what they wish, however the reality is clear in the progress [of the daʿwah] around the English speaking…
The following is the text from the poem, which was relayed during the 2007 Summer Islamic Courses at Masjid al-Furqān, using the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān:
(1) Hold tightly to the rope of Allāh and the guidance,
And do not be an innovator, so that you might be successful.
(2) And practice your religion based on the Book of Allāh and the Sunan which
have come from the Messenger of Allāh so you will be saved and earn reward.
(3) And say: Not a created thing is the Speech of our great King,
Such was the religious position of the pious ones (before us) which they clearly expressed.
(4…
[Q]: If those fitnah makers are listening O’ Shaykh, what is your advice to them?
[A]: If they listen to this speech of ours [i.e. accept the advice], and are upon the Sunnah, then they are from us and we are from them. What should we say to you? We want you to be with the people of Sunnah! So if you leave off innovations and the speech of the people of innovation [i.e. and from the speech of the people of innovation is speaking ill of Ahl al-Sunnah], we will be happy for you and we will become brothers for the sake of Allāh on the condition that you agree with all the principles and guideli…
[Q]: What is your advice to our brothers from Ahl al-Sunnah in Yemen who are being fought by the Hūthiyūn (Rāfiḍah Shīʿah)?
[A]: Upon them is to depend upon Allāh and to supplicate to Him abundantly. They should defend themselves and their wealth according to their ability. What has afflicted them is as a result of their differing among themselves. If only they united under one banner nobody would have been able to interfere in their affairs. However, when they split, and each one wanted what he desired, it occurred [upon] them what you see. Yes, I advise them to have patience and to carry o…
An explanation of the following lines of poetry written by Ibn al-Qayyim in defence of the followers of the Sunnah:
قالوا له خالفت أقوال الشيو … خ ولم يبالوا الخلف للفرقان
خالفت أقوال الشيوخ فأنتم … خالفتم من جاء بالقرآن
خالفتم قول الرسول وإنما … خالفت من جراه قول فلان
يا حبذا ذاك الخلاف فإنه … عين الوفاق لطاعة الرحمن
أو ما علمت بأن أعداء الرسو … ل عليه عابوا الخلف بالبهتان
لشيوخهم ولما عليه قد مضى … أسلافهم في سالف الأزمان
ما العيب إلا في خلاف النص لا … رأي الرجال وفكرة الأذهان
أنتم تعيبونا بهذا وهو من … توفيقنا والفضل للمنان
فليهنكم خلف النصوص ويهننا … خلف الشيوخ أيستوي ال…
