BENEFIT 222: A sign of an innovator
3 August 2024 • 2.04K views
Basing Al-Walaa wal baraa' on a particular Sheikh/Ustadh; if you disagree with this Sheikh/Ustadh, you are considered an innovator, you are deemed misguided, and they call for boycotting and labeling you as an innovator. This is a clear misguidance because it implies the veneration of such a Sheikh/Ustadh, assuming that everything he says is true and making him the standard. Consequently, those who are with them are friends, and those who oppose them are enemies.
Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
"وليس لأحد منهم أن يأخذ على أحذ عهدًا بموافقته على كل ما يريده، وموالاة من يواليه، ومعاداة من يعاديه، بل من فعل هذا كان من جنس جنكيز خان وأمثاله، الذين يجعلون من وافقهم صديقًا واليًا، ومن خالفهم عدوًا باغيًا."
"No one has the right to bind others to an agreement whereby they conform with him in everything he wants, supporting those whom he supports and opposing those whom he opposes. This is similar to the actions of Genghis Khan and his likes, who consider those who agree with them to be friends and allies, and those who disagree with them to be enemies and tyrants."
[مجموع الفتاوى (28/16)]
He also said:
وليس لأحدٍ أن ينصِبَ للأمَّة شخصًا يدعو إلى طريقتِه ويوالي ويعادي عليها غيرَ النبيِّ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّم، ولا ينصِبَ لهم كلامًا يوالي عليه ويعادي غيرَ كلام الله ورسولِه وما اجتمعتْ عليه الأُمَّةُ، بل هذا مِنْ فعلِ أهلِ البدعِ الذين ينصِبُون لهم شخصًا أو كلامًا يفرِّقون به بين الأُمَّة، يوالون به على ذلك الكلامِ أو تلك النِّسبة ويعادون.
"No one has the right to set up for the Ummah a person who calls to their own way, basing walaa' and baraa' based on that, other than the Prophet ﷺ. Nor should anyone set up a statement/viewpoint for them to establish walaa' and baraa' based on it, other than the speech of Allah and His Messenger, and what the Ummah has unanimously agreed upon. Rather, this is the practice of the innovators who establish for themselves a person or a statement through which they divide the Ummah, establishing walaa' and baraa' based on that statement or affiliation."
[مجموع الفتاوى (٢٠/ ١٦٤)]
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