💯 Miscellaneous Benefits from Yemen

BENEFIT 33: Begging falls contrary to abstinence, which is among the principles of Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah Imām Abū Bakr Al-Ismā’ēli deemed abstinence to be a principle from the principles of Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah, and he stated that acquiring knowledge must be accompanied by this principle. He raḥimahullāh said: “They (Ahlus-Sunnah) consider (from their principles) acquiring knowledge and seeking it from its sources, and being diligent in learning the Qur'ān, its sciences and its interpretation, and listening to the Prophetic traditions, collecting it, and understanding it ... while adhering to the Jamā’ah, and being abstinent in terms of food, drink and clothing ...” [I’tiqād Ahlis Sunnah wal Jamā’ah] I say: based on this, the one who begs in the name of ’ilm and Da’wah has violated the principle of abstinence, and for this reason; in reality we find that begging in the name of ’ilm and Da’wah has not come about except from the people of innovation and Hizbiyyah. We do not know this to be from the way of Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah, so whoever falls into begging in the name of ’ilm and Da’wah has imitated the people of innovation and Hizbiyyah, we ask Allāh for wellbeing. [Aṣ-Ṣiyānah Al-’ilmiyyah fī At-Taḥdhīr min At-Tasawwul wal Mutasawwilīn bi ism Ad-Da’wah As-Salafiyyah P. 35]