The shaykh answers a doubt planted to imply harshness and lack of justice amongst the Salafis. The lecturer explains firstly that the true scales of justice in judging any person and his affairs is the Book and the Sunnah, not the desires of man.
Secondly, it is well known in the Sunnah the ḥadīth explaining that a man will do the deeds of the people of paradise up until he is an arm’s span from paradise only to turn away from it (and what is written for him overcomes him). To turn a blind eye to fitnah, to ignore the reality that people will go astray, is to trivialise the reality of th…
Fitan (trials) may appear to be a sudden occurrence, but have actually been something that was brewing for some time, something that the scholars may have been addressing behind close doors.
Secondly, many fall into emotional judgements, “not again”, “I can’t take this anymore” or other analyses devoid of knowledge or patience. The speaker explains that fitnah (trials) will come, wave upon wave, and to seek a utopian existence where no trials occur is to misunderstand the principles of the Salafī methodology, the qawāʿid (principles) are not rooted.
Lastly, he clarifies the need for kno…
From the beacons upon the path for the student of knowledge
have taqwā (fear) of Allāh
taqwá is only built upon ʿilm (knowledge)
carry out the commands of Allāh
stay away from the prohibitions of Allāh
the Qurʾān and Sunnah are filled with admonitions towards taqwá
taqwá is from the means of getting to paradise
actions are accepted based on two conditions: ikhlās (إخلاص) wa-al-mutābʿāh (متابعة), sincerity upon the way of the Messenger (ﷺ)
the believers are upon different levels in sincerity and piety
cling to the guidance of the Salaf, at the head of them, the Compan…
Based on my observations of al-ʿUmaysān and what he has reached of deviation, indeed I warn all of the Salafīs, wherever they are, against him
Al-ʿAllāmah Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī, 15th of Dhū al-Ḥijjah, 1439.All praise is due to Allāh alone and may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon His Messenger, his family and companions.
Allāh has blessed us—after the Ḥajj season—with the opportunity to visit the virtuous Shaykh, al-Wālid, al-ʿAllāmah, Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī—may Allāh preserve him—at his house in the city of the Prophet, may Allāh protect it. We found the Shaykh in a good …
