Benefit 23: I've come to realise that Salafiyyah is the truth, but what's next?
13 October 2023 • 2.19K views
Imām Al-Ājurrī raḥimahullāh stated [Ash-Sharī’ah (1/450)]:
من كان له علم وعقل، فميز جميع ما تقدم ذكري له من أول الكتاب إلى هذا الموضع علم أنه محتاج إلى العمل به، فإن أراد الله به خيرا لزم سنن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وما كان عليه الصحابة رضي الله عنهم ومن تبعهم بإحسان من أئمة المسلمين في كل عصر، وتعلم العلم لنفسه، لينتفي عنه الجهل، وكان مراده أن يتعلمه لله تعالى ولم يكن مراده أن يتعلمه للمراء والجدل والخصومات، ولا للدنيا، ومن كان هذا مراده سلم إن شاء الله تعالى من الأهواء والبدع والضلالة، واتبع ما كان عليه من تقدم من أئمة المسلمين الذين لا يستوحش من ذكرهم، وسائل الله تعالى أن يوفقه لذلك.
“Whoever has knowledge and intellect, and he understands what I have previously mentioned for him from the beginning of this book until this place, he will know that he is in need of acting upon it. So if Allāh wants good for him, then he adheres to the Sunan of the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and what the Sahābah (radiAllāhu ‘anhum) were upon and those who followed them in goodness from the leaders of the Muslims in all times. And he learns the knowledge himself in order to negate ignorance from himself. And his intention (with this) is to learn it for the sake of Allāh, and his intention is not to learn it in order to discuss, debate and (participating in) the disputes. Not for the sake of dunyā. So whoever has this intention, he will be safe – in shā Allāhu ta’ālā – from the desires, innovations and misguidance. And he follows what those who preceded from the leaders of the Muslims were upon; those where one does not feel repelled when mentioning them. And he asks Allāh – the Exalted – to give him success in achieving this.”
Imām Al-Barbahārī raḥimahullāh stated [Sharḥ As-Sunnah]:
وإذا أردت الاستقامة على الحق وطريق أهل السنة قبلك، فاحذر الكلام، وأصحاب الكلام والجدال والمراء والقياس، والمناظرة في الدين، فان استماعك منهم وإن لم تقبل منهم يقدح الشك في القلب، وكفى به قبولا، فتهلك، وما كانت زندقة قطّ، ولا بدعة، ولا هوى، ولا ضلالة، إلاّ من الكلام والجدال والمراء والقياس، وهي أبواب البدعة، والشكوك والزندقة.
“If you want steadfastness upon the truth and the way of Ahlus-Sunnah before you, avoid kalām and the people of kalām, arguments and debate in the religion. Because listening to them even if you do not accept (a word) from them, creates doubt in the heart; and it suffices as acceptance and you become destroyed. And heresy, innovation, desires, or misguidance has never occurred except as a result of kalām, argumentation, dispute and analogy. They are the gates of innovation, doubts and heresy.”