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Our Salaf: Yunus Ibn Ubayd–I am amazed by three statements!

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Yoonus Ibn Ubayd) [rahimahullaah] said: I am amazed by three statements! I am amazed by a statement of Muwarraq Al-Ajali, who said: ”I never said anything during anger, which I regretted during times of happiness.”

I am amazed by a statement of Muhammad Ibn Seereen, who said: ”I do not envy anyone for some worldly thing; for if he is going to be amongst the people of paradise, then how can I envy him for something of the worldly life, whilst he is destined for Paradise?! And if he is going to be amongst the people of the hell fire, then how can I envy him for something of the worldly life, whilst he is destined for the Hellfire?!”

And I am amazed by a statement of Hassaan Bin Abee Sinaan, who said: ”There is nothing easier for me than Wara (i.e. apprehensive fear); for if something is doubtful to me I leave it.”

See following sources:

(الزهد الكبير  Number: 845 )

(الحلية 3/23)

(وروضة العقلاء)[ page: 134]


What is Fusooq? Shaikh Fawzaan explains

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Question:

Concerning the statement of Allaah (The Most High): [وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَان] – ”And has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience (to Allah and His Messenger) hateful to you.” [Al-Hujuraat. Ayah 7]   Al-Fusooq and Al-Faasiqoon have been mentioned several times in the Qur’aan and the Sunnah, so what is Fusooq and how can a Muslim be careful of becoming from a people who are Faasiqeen?

 

Answer:

Concerning Allaah’s (The Most High) statement:  [وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَان]- ”And has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience (to Allah and His Messenger) hateful to you”; He (Glorified Be He) mentioned the three types of acts of disobedience in this noble Ayah:

 

(A) The type of disobedience that removes a person from the fold of Islaam, such as Kufr (Akbar) and Shirk (Akbar).

 

(B) The major type of disobedience which is lesser than Kufr (Akbar) and Shirk (Akbar) and it does not remove a person from the Religion but it decreases one’s Imaan—a manifest decrease–; such as fornication, theft, drinking alcohol and other than that of the major sins.  They are referred to as Fusooq (wicked deeds) and the person who commits them is referred to as a Faasiq (wicked sinner) because Fisq means removing oneself from obedience to Allaah (The Mighty and Majestic].

 

(C) Then He (The Most High) mentioned the type of disobedience that is lesser than the major sins and are not tantamount to Fisq, and they are the minor sins.

 

So Allaah (Glorified Be He) informed (us) that He has made all these three types of disobedience hateful to the people of Imaan and make them have a love for the various types of acts of obedience and righteous actions that draws them close to their Lord.

[Source: Al-Muntaqaa Min Fataawaa Fadeelatish Shaikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan Vol 1 page 244. Fatwa Number 142]

Words of uplifting encouragement and reassurance—Al’Allaamah Rabee Bin Haadi

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Question:

Shaikh Albaanee, Shaikh Ibn Baaz and Shaikh Uthaymeen have passed away, so who remains from the scholars?

 

Answer:

Those who remain are numerous and all praise is due to Allaah.  The Messenger of Allaah (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) died and his noble companions (radiyallaahu-anhum) remained; Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (rahimahullaah) died and his companions (rahimahumullaah) remained; Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) died and his companions (rahimahumullaah) remained; Ibn Abdul Wahhaab (rahimahullaah) died and his companions (rahimahumullaah) remained; and those ones [i.e. Albaanee, Ibn Baaz, Uthaymeen(rahimahumullaah)] died and their students and brothers remain by Allaah’s Will.  The truth will not be lost.

When Umar (radiyallaahu-anhu) was stabbed, it was said to him: ‘’Appoint a successor!’’ He said: ‘’Allaah will not allow His Religion to be lost.’’  So by Allaah this Religion will never be lost. It is upon you to put shoulder to shoulder and embark upon work–raise the flag of the (authentic) Sunnah and the flag of the truth.  [The Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam)] said: ‘’There will not cease to be a group amongst my Ummah manifest upon the truth–neither will they be harmed by those who betray them nor by those who oppose them till Allaah’s promise come to pass (i.e. the day of Judgement).

By Allaah neither knowledge nor the committee of senior scholars have died–all praise is due to Allaah—and there is good and blessing with them.  Our Salafi brothers are in the different regions of the world; the world is filled with senior students of knowledge who fill this gap—all praise is due to Allaah–; so neither can the people of falsehood rejoice nor become happy.

[Source: الذريعة إلى بيان مقاصد كتاب الشريعة للإمام المحدث أبي بكر محمد بن الحسين الآجري   Pages: 208-209]

[Arabic Audio] Shaikh Raslaan (hafidha-hullaah) speaks about Al-Allaamah Al-Faqeeh Zayd Ibn

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In this speech Shaikh Raslaan (hafidha-hullaah) quotes beautiful and detailed statements of Zayd (rahimahullaah) found in his explanations of Lum’atul Ittiqaad and Usool Ath-Thalaatha… etc

See Audio on this link

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Whoever sits with Ahlul Bidah is not safe from one of three (affairs)–Imaam Sufyaan Ath-Thawri

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Imaam Sufyaan Ath-thawri (rahimahullaah) said:

The one who sits with a person of innovation is not safe from one of three (affairs): ”[1] Either he becomes a trial for other than himself; [2] Or something of (misguidance) falls into his heart, so he slips by way of that and Allaah enters him into the hell fire; [3] or he says: By Allaah, I don’t care what they say because I am sure of myself;” but whoever feels safe about his religion (without Allaah’s guidance, protection etc) in the twinkling of an eye, it will be snatched away from him.” [Source: البدع والنهي عنها  of Ibn Wadaah page 54]

Deviation, desires, concealment, ignorance, injustice, transgression etc

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Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said:

”And under the guises of those ones who pronounce Takfeer based on falsehood are a people who do not know the creed of Ahlus Sunnah Wal-Jamaa’ah as it is obligated, or they know some of it and are ignorant of some of it.  They conceal that which they know of it and do not clarify it for the people. They neither forbid innovations nor censure Ahlul Bidah and punish them; rather they may even censure a statement in the Sunnah and a fundamental of the religion completely, and they would not differentiate between what Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa’ah say and what Ahlul Bidah Wal Furqah (i.e. the people of innovation and splitting) say, or they would affirm all their differing ways. (i.e. declare all of them correct even though the path of Ahlus Sunnah is the only truth)”

[Majmoo Al-Fataawaa 12/467]