💯 Miscellaneous Benefits from Yemen

BENEFIT 53: Giving talks in the masjids of Ahlul-Bid’ah Fatwa of Sheikh Yaḥyā ḥafidhahullāh QUESTION: The imām of a ḥizbi masjid requests from one of the Salafi brothers to come to his masjid to give a Jumu’ah Khuṭbah, should he answer his request and go to him? ANSWER: No! Not unless they want it to be a masjid upon Sunnah, or a masjid run by Ahlus-Sunnah whereby they take charge of the masjid, establish the Sunnah therein and use it to benefit the people. As for a Sunni coming to give a khuṭbah and then they use the rest of the time (when he's not around) erasing what took place of good, and they have Taṣwīr and other oppositions to the Sunnah with them, then no! Anyone who seeks from Ahlus-Sunnah to establish his masjid, he should hand them the masjid and let them establish the Sunnah therein, without allowing the ḥizbees and the people of innovation to come and misguide the people. He will be rewarded for this. But if he wants to mix the truth with falsehood, such that this one gives a khuṭbah and that one gives a khuṭbah, this one rectifies and that one corrupts; this type of cultivation is like the one who tries to fill a leaking tank. It bears no results!...It becomes a 'progressive' (masjid) as is said; a Ṣūfi comes, they listen to him, a ḥizbi comes, they listen to him, a Shī’ē comes, they listen to him, and so on; the door is open for everyone. This is not right! Allāh the Exalted said: {قُلۡ هَلۡ یَسۡتَوِی ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِیرُ أَمۡ هَلۡ تَسۡتَوِی ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُ} “Say: "Is the blind equal to the one who sees? Or darkness equal to light?” [Sūrah Ar-Ra’d: 16] And He said: { أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ كَٱلۡمُفۡسِدِینَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ كَٱلۡفُجَّارِ } “Or should We treat those who believe and do good like those who make mischief throughout the land? Or should We treat the righteous like the wicked?” [Sūrah Ṣād: 28] This is not right! The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever hears of the Dajjāl, then let him stay far from him.” And he ﷺ said: “If you see those (in whose hearts is a deviation) following that which is not entirely clear thereof, then beware of them, for they are the ones whom Allāh has mentioned.” And he ﷺ said: “Whoever innovates into this affair of ours that which is not from it will have it rejected.” It is not right that we listen to every speaker! It is mentioned in the introduction of S Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim that: “A time will soon come when misguided individuals (Shayāṭīn) will emerge, narrating to you what neither you nor your fathers have ever heard, so beware (of them) and let them also beware (of speaking without knowledge)!” This (matter) is established in the books of the Salaf. “Do not sit with the people of innovation, for I fear they may drown you in their innovation or cause you to become confused about matters of your Deen.” Ibn ’Abbās raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu said: “Do not sit with the people of innovation, because sitting with them will cause you to become sick.” Allāh ﷻ said: { فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ یُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا...الآية} “So turn away ˹O Prophet˺ from whoever has shunned Our Reminder, only seeking the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world.” [Sūrah An-Najm: 29] And He ﷻ said: {وَٱصۡبِرۡ نَفۡسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِینَ یَدۡعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلۡعَشِیِّ یُرِیدُونَ وَجۡهَهُۥۖ وَلَا تَعۡدُ عَیۡنَاكَ عَنۡهُمۡ تُرِیدُ زِینَةَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَاۖ وَلَا تُطِعۡ مَنۡ أَغۡفَلۡنَا قَلۡبَهُۥ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمۡرُهُۥ فُرُطࣰا} “And patiently stick with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His pleasure. Do not let your eyes look beyond them, desiring the luxuries of this worldly life. And do not obey those whose hearts We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who follow ˹only˺ their desires and whose state is ˹total˺ loss.” [Sūrah Al-Kahf: 28]