Short reminder on how Shaytaan (Satan) deceived the Christians by deceiving its founder Saint Paul, and on how Shaytaan (Satan) tried to deceive a follower of Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and failed miserably! Shaykh Abd al-Qaadir (may Allaah have mercy on him) is one of the imaams of Islam. He attained a position of leadership over the Muslims of his time, in knowledge, good deeds, issuing fatwas and other aspects of religion. He was one of the greatest shaykhs of his time, enjoining adherence to the shareeah, enjoining what is good, forbidding what is evil, and giving that precedence over all else. He was an ascetic (zaahid) and a preacher, in whose gatherings many people repented. Allaah caused him to be well-liked by people and his virtue became widely-known -- may Allaah bestow abundant mercy upon him. Shaykh Abd al-Qaadir was a follower, not an innovator. He followed the way of the righteous salaf and in his books he encouraged people to follow the salaf; he also enjoined that upon his followers. He used to tell people not to follow innovations in religion, and he stated clearly that he was opposed to the ahl al-kalaam (Islamic philosophers) such as the Asharis and their ilk. Shaykh Abd al-Qaadir agreed with Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamaaah -- the followers of truth -- concerning all issues of aqeedah (belief), namely Tawheed, faith, Prophethood, and the Last Day. There are some minor mistakes and errors in his books, and some innovations which are relatively insignificant when compared with his achievements. To find out more about them, along with an explanation of where he went wrong, please see Shaykh Abd al-Qaadir al-Jilaani wa Araauhu al-Itidaaqiyyah wal-Soofiyyah, by Shaykh Dr. Saeed ibn Musfir al-Qahtaani, 440-476. Moreover, it is not right to make one Muslim scholar, let alone anyone else, the sole source of what is true and correct, in the sense that one takes what he says as being true and what goes against that as being false -- not Shaykh Abd al-Qaadir and not anyone else. Rather the truth is that which is in accordance with the Quraan and Sunnah, no matter who says it, and what goes against the Quraan and Sunnah should be ignored and avoided, even if it is said by Abd al-Qaadir al-Jilaani, Maalik, al-Shaafai, Ahmad or anyone else. There is a point which we must make here, which is that praising Shaykh Abd al-Qaadir does not mean praising everyone who claims to follow him. Not everyone who claims to follow a shaykh or a tareeqah or anything else is to be believed. How often has it happened that a person who is thought to be a true follower turned out to be the farthest removed from what was thought to be the case? How many misleading people don the cloak of asceticism and piety when they have nothing to do with either of them? Hence the Sufi tareeqah which is known nowadays as the Qaadiriyyah is not following the straight path which the Shaykh (may Allaah have mercy on him) followed, rather it is a deviant Sufi tareeqah which has deviated from the guidance of the Quraan and Sunnah; it exaggerates a great deal about Shaykh Abd al-Qaadir and even attributes to him things that can only rightfully be attributed to Allaah. Some of them exaggerate concerning his grave, seeking help from it, and some of them exaggerate about his attributes and miracles (karaamah). By comparing the actions of those who claim to follow the shaykh with what is narrated in the Quraan and Sunnah, what was narrated from the righteous salaf and even what was narrated from the Shaykh himself (may Allaah have mercy on him), we will clearly see that there is a huge gap between the two, and that the Qaadiri group has deviated from the path of its shaykh whom they claim to be following. That is because they have introduced so many innovations (bidahs) into the religion of Allaah, that the Shaykh would never have approved of. It has been narrated from the respectable scholars that they regarded this group as extreme, for example what was said by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) in his refutation of al-Bakri concerning the issue of ziyaarah or visiting graves (1/228), and in the fatwas of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem Aal al-Shaykh, indicates that they have committed some actions of shirk.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 01:20:36 +0000
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