Question:

Is there a 'Salafiyyah Qadeemah (old)' and 'Salafiyyah Jadeedah (new)', or is there just one Salafiyyah?
Answer:

There is only one Salafiyyah, the one who claims that there is an old and new Salafiyyah has lied. If we contemplate over the 'aqeedah of the Salaf from the time of the sahaabah to our time today, we find it to be one 'aqeedah, never contradicting each other. Even if they differed in the subsidiary legislations which are not from the fundamentals and beliefs, then surely they disagree in this (subsidiary legislations).

Not one of them belittles the other. This was the way of the sahaabaah, may Allaah the most high be pleased with them all. As for the beliefs, then their manhaj (methodology) in this regard is one from the time of the Companions until now.

Shaykh Ahmad bin Yahyaa an-Najmee
al-Fataawah al-Jaleeyah 'an al-Manaahij ad-Da'waiyyah
Translated by Muhammad Elmi
Other subjects of interest:

Rulership
Politics
Schools of Thought and Blind Following
Allegiance and Enmity
Calling to Allaah
Way of the Pious Predecessors
Partisanship and Splitting
Innovations
Rectification of the Ummah
Disparagement and Refutation

Question:

What is your opinion regarding some who invited to Allaah, outwardly displaying sincerity in intention and deed, but who perpetrate some acts of disobedience and sin? Should this stop us from benefitting from their knowledge and what they are inviting to?
Answer:

It is not a requisite for a teacher or caller to be perfect in order for us to listen to him, rather benefit can be derived from him even if he has some deficiencies in his character. This, however, should not prevent us from advising him and instructing him to do what is good with gentle words and in a good manner.
The teacher may be lazy about praying in congregation, so he must be advised. He might be someone who lets his garment fall below the ankles, so he must be advised. He might shave his beard and so he must be advised, for the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Trim your moustaches and let your beards grow, and be different from the dilators. [1]

[1] Al-Bukhari no. 5892 and Ahmad 2/229.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 8 Page 47

Question:

What are newly invented matters and what is the meaning of this?

Answer:

This comes from the statement of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam): Beware of newly invented matters.
[1] This refers to every innovation people do in the religion of Islam, whether that innovation is in belief or worship etc. All of which is neither from the Book (of Allaah) nor an established Sunnah from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam).
Yet they take these things as religious practice and beliefs, worshipping Allaah with them, claiming that they are lawful when they are not. On the contrary, such acts are prohibited innovations.]]> Methodology Sun, 17 Feb 2019 08:58:09 +0000 http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1151-calling-to-nationalism-is-a-call-to-ignorance http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1151-calling-to-nationalism-is-a-call-to-ignorance CALLING TO NATIONALISM IS A CALL TO IGNORANCE

Question:

What is your opinion regarding the call to nationalism which says that belonging to a race or language is more important than religion? These groups claim that they are not against religion, but that they consider nationalism to be more important. What is your opinion on this claim?

Answer:

This call is ignorance and it is not to ascribe oneself to it, nor to encourage those who call to it. Indeed, it is obligatory to destroy it, because Islamic law orders us to combat it and drive it out, to refute their analogies and claims with answers which make the truth clear to those who seek it. For it is Islam alone that keeps alive the Arab character, language, culture and morality.

To snub this religion is, in reality, to destroy the Arab character in its language, culture and morality. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the (Muslim) preachers to strive hard to spread the call of Islam, in order to defeat those who attempt to suppress it.

It is well known that Islam necessitates the view that calling to Arab nationalism or any other kind of nationalism is a false message and a great error, and it is a clear abomination, loathsome ignorance, and a plot against Islam and its people.

This is for many reasons explained in a book which I have called: A Critique of Arab Nationalism in the Light of Islam and Factual Evidence. I ask Allaah that He grant success to all in (following) that which pleases Him.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 1 Page 362

Question:

Is it permissible to mention people’s names and characters when one wants to criticize them and their thinking?

Answer:

If someone writes something that contradicts the pure Shari'ah, and distributes that material, or if he promulgates that view in the media, it becomes compulsory to refute him and expose the falsehood of what he says.]]> Methodology Sun, 17 Feb 2019 08:40:51 +0000 http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1148-ash-shaikh-saalih-al-fawzaan-discusses-who-is-an-innovator http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1148-ash-shaikh-saalih-al-fawzaan-discusses-who-is-an-innovator ASH-SHAIKH SAALIH AL-FAWZAAN DISCUSSES: WHO IS AN INNOVATOR

Question:

Indeed there has appeared between the students of knowledge differing regarding the definition of the innovator. So some of them said: he (the innovator) is whoever said or did an innovation, even if the proof was not presented to him. And from among them are those who said: the proof must be established for him.

And from among them are those who made a difference between the Mujtahid scholar, and others besides him from those who established their principles that are in opposition to the methodology of the People of the Sunnah and the Jamaa’ah.]]> Methodology Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:54:08 +0000 http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1147-showing-the-wounds-of-the-muslims-in-palestine-and-other-places http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1147-showing-the-wounds-of-the-muslims-in-palestine-and-other-places SHOWING THE WOUNDS OF THE MUSLIMS IN PALESTINE AND OTHER PLACES

Question:

Some presentations are established to show the wounds of the Muslims in Palestine and other places, and they contain pictures of the wounded and those killed, and sometimes they are presented by means of video, and the reason for that is to encourage the Muslims to give charitable donations to their brothers. So is this act permissible?]]> Methodology Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:54:28 +0000 http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1146-why-the-people-of-hizbiyyah-partisanship-deflect-from-the-ranks-of-ahlus-sunnah http://kaligayahan.org/index.php/fatawas/171-methodology/1146-why-the-people-of-hizbiyyah-partisanship-deflect-from-the-ranks-of-ahlus-sunnah WHY THE PEOPLE OF HIZBIYYAH (PARTISANSHIP) DEFLECT FROM THE RANKS OF AHLUS-SUNNAH

So the likes of the people of hizbiyyaat and the people of the slipshod jam’iyyaat; then I advise the brothers not to attend their gatherings; and that they give them no opportunity for debate with them.
For a man once came to Imaam Maalik and said: ‘I wish to debate with you!’ So Imaam Maalik said:
‘So if you subdue me?’ (i.e. in debate) So he said: 'You will then follow me.’ So Imaam Maalik said:
‘And what if another man comes and debates with me and subdues me?’ So he said:
‘You will then follow him.’ Then he (Maalik) said: ‘So our Religion thus becomes liable to roving; go to one who doubts like yourself – for I am upon certainty/continuance with regard my Religion.’

So the issue is an issue of commodity. For most of the people of Jam’iyyatul Hikmah and Jam’iyyatul Ihsaan studied with us; and they know what we are upon. So why did they then deflect? They were unable to be patient with that which the students of knowledge were upon here, nor with that which our brothers from ‘Aden were patient upon.

Rather they ran a race from Ta’iz and Ibb and San’aa to Qatar and the Land of the Haramain (Saudi Arabia) whilst saying:
(Me and the one who sponsors the orphan will be like these two))* and they say also:
((…And that which you put forth for yourselves by way of good, then you will find it with Allaah. It is better and greater in reward…)) (Soorah Al-Muzzammil: 20)
However; that which concerns them is: the attainment of Dollars. So I say: Uff!** to knowledge whose end result is beggary. It was due to this that they fell. Jam’iyyatul Islaah has fallen and has fallen into spying – so the people should not think that we are silent over Jam’iyyatul Islaah. We also have a treatise Alhamdulillaah with the title: ‘Dham al-mas’alah’ done due to that which we saw from them in their race – and they have no concern except in gathering wealth. So thereafter they wage war with it upon the Sunnah of Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam).

* Reported by: Al-Bukhaaree in his Saheeh numbers: 5304 & 6005 and in Al-Adab al-mufrad no. 135 and Aboo Dawood no. 5150 and At-Tirmidhee no. 1918 and Ahmad in his Musnad no. 22820 and Al-Baihaqi in his As-Sunan 6/283 and others.

The full text of the Hadeeth of Sahl bin Sa’ad is: Allaah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: ((Me and the one who sponsors the orphan will be like these two in Paradise)) Then he indicated with his index finger and the middle finger; and he parted between the two a little.

** A phrase expressing dislike or disgust. (Translators note.)

Shaykh Muqbil bin Haadee

The common person, like the average raafidhee, or the average soofee, or their likes from the people of partisanship, if he affirms their ideas and he follows them, befriending people for their sake, and opposing the Salafees for example, then he is from them.

But if he is not active (doing the aforementioned), and he is a person who accepts the Truth, then he is to be advised and taught the Salafee manhaj. There should be no rush in judging him. But if he is active with them and accepts their ideas as I have mentioned, then he is from them.
Other than this, the ordinary person who does not understand what they are on, the one who holds no animosity or stance against the Salafee methodology, such a person should be dealt with patiently, taught, and advised. There should be no rush in judging him.

Shaykh Rabee` bin Haadee
SOURCE This was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a cassette recording with the knowledge and permission of the shaykh, file no. AARM001, dated 1423/7/23.
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Ahlus-Sunnah (the people of the Sunnah) In Islaam are like Ahlul-Islaam amongst the religious denominations; in that all of the other nations are upon misguidance – except for the Muslims. For indeed; those that misguided them were their own Scholars; thus their Scholars are the most wicked of them.]]> Methodology Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:49:01 +0000