II People of the Sunnah – Be kind with one another II Shaykh Abdul Muhsin Al Abbaad hafidhullah Post # 10 The Solution to the Current Fitnah of (Tajreeh) Defaming People and (Hajr) Ostracizing Them That is coming from some of the People of Ahl-us-Sunnah of Our Time. Part – 4 Continuing from previous post: The way to end this fitnah is as follows: Secondly: Regarding (the problems) related to the writing of refutations against those who have made a mistake, the following points should be observed: 1. A refutation should only be made for clear mistakes and then the refutation should be made utilizing kindness and gentleness, and with a strong desire for the person to be free of the mistake. The refutations made by Shaykh ibn Baaz (rahimahullaah) should be referred to in order to learn the proper way of making a refutation. 2. However, if the mistake is not a clear one, or it is a mistake that the one making the refutation may have fallen into himself, then it is best to refer the matter to the headquarters of The Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fataawa for decision. However, if the mistake was a clear one, then it is upon the one who has been refuted to leave the mistake because returning to the haqq (truth) is better than continuing upon falsehood. 3. If someone has already made a refutation on somebody else, then he has already done what was obligatory for him to do, and he should not busy himself following up on the one he has refuted. Instead, he should busy himself with (seeking) knowledge that will be of great benefit to himself as well as others. That was the way of Shaykh ibn Baaz ( .(رحمه الله 4. It is not permissible ( لا يجوز ) to test any student of knowledge, or anyone else for that matter, by questioning him about his (mawqif) position on such and such person who has been refuted, or about his (mawqif) position on the person who made the refutation. And if he agrees (with your opinion) then he is safe, but if he disagrees then he is called a person of bid’ah and then ostracized. Likewise, it is not for anyone to attribute this kind of chaos and confusion (in the method of) of defaming people and ostracizing them to the people of Ahl-us-Sunnah. Nor should anyone who does not follow this path of chaos be described as being one who is not firm on the Salafy Manhaj. The type of (hajr) or ostracization that is beneficial in the opinion of Ahl-us-Sunnah is the kind that really benefits the one who is ostracized. Such as a father (punishing) his son by not speaking to him, or a teacher (punishing) his student. Likewise, the (hajr) should come from someone who has a position of status and authority because this type of hajr is beneficial for the one who is being ostracized. However, if the hajr is practiced by some students of knowledge against others – especially if it was being done over something that is not permissible to ostracize someone over – then this doesn’t benefit the one being ostracized at all. Instead, it simply brings about quarrels and the cutting off of relations. Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah said: “Also (to be avoided) is splitting up the Ummah and testing people with criteria that Allah and His Messenger (sallahu alayhi wasallam) have not commanded us to test people with.” (Majmoo’ Fataawa (Vol. 3, page 413-414).) [Words of Shaykh Abdul Muhsin Al Abbaad Hafidhullah, Typed from the Book “People of the Sunnah – Be Kind with one another”, Pg. 40-41] To be continued Insha Allaah!
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