The recommendations of Senior Scholars for Salafipublications
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Recommendations Based On The Reality of What is Seen and Witnessed Regarding a Person
Al-Allamah Ubaid Bin Abdillah Al-Jabiri, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated:
أقول: أنصحكم إن كنتم تحبون الناصحين ألاّ تقبلوا شريطا ولا كتابا إلا ممن عرفتم أنه على السنة مشهودٌ له بذلك واشتهر بها ولم يظهر منه خلاف ذلك، وهذه قاعدة مطَّردة في حياته وبعد موته، فمن مات وهو فيما نحسبه على السنة فهو عندنا عليها ونسأل الله
أن يثبته عليها في الآخرة كما ثبته عليها حيا… آمين، هذا أولا
ثانيا: إذا خفي عليكم أمرُ إنسان اشتهرتْ كتبه وأشرطته وذاع صيته فاسألوا عنه ذوي الخِبْرة به والعارفين بحاله، فإن السنة لا تخفى ولا يخفى أهلها، فالرجل تزكّيه أعماله، تزكّيه أعماله التي هي على السنة، وتشهد عليه بذلك ويذكره الناس بها حيا وميتا
I say: I advise you- if you do love those who give sincere advice- that neither accept cassettes nor books except those of a person whom you know to be upon the Sunnah and a witness of that is established for him-the one well-known to be upon the Sunnah and an opposition to it is not manifested from him. This is an (abiding) general principle applied to him whilst he is alive and after his death. The one who passed away and we regarded him to be upon the Sunnah, then in our view he is upon the Sunnah and we ask Allaah to keep him firm upon it in the afterlife [i.e. Allaah grants him firmness to answer the questions in the grave due to adherence to the Sunnah (Tawheed and following the Messenger) and resurrects him in the afterlife as a person of Sunnah] just as he was kept firm upon it whilst he was alive…Aameen. This is the first affair. Secondly: If the affair of a person is hidden from you–the one whose books and cassettes are famous and his fame is widespread–then ask those who are well acquainted with him and those who know about his state of affairs. That is because neither is the Sunnah hidden nor are its people. A man’s Tazkiyah (i.e. the clear witness that he is upright upon the Sunnah) are his own actions. His Tazkiyah are his own actions that he is upon the Sunnah. It is the witness and the people mention him with it during his life and after his death. [1]
Recommendations of The Scholars
Al-Allamah Hasan Al-Bannah, may Allah have mercy upon him.
Al-Allamah Rabee bin Hadi al-Mad’khali, may Allah have mercy upon him.
Al Allamah Ubaid Al-Jabiri, may Allah have mercy upon him.
All praise and thanks be to Allah. The remarks made by these senior scholars, may Allah have mercy upon them, regarding our elder teachers at salafipublications during their lifetime reflect the same observations we make today. The senior teachers at salafipublications, along with other senior teachers in the maraakiz, as well as our younger teachers, are still adhering to the clear Salafi methodology. May Allah grant us and them steadfastness in Salafiyyah until we return to Him. Amin
[1] Quote from an audio titled Mawqifus Saheeh Min Ikhtilaaf Al-Ulama Fil Jarhi Wat-Tadeel