Regarding being Hasty in making Tabd'ee and openly Warning against and Ordering Hajr of People from Ahlus-Sunnah
Question:
"We have a group of people in our city (in Britain) who are hasty in making Tabd'ee and openly warning against and ordering Hajr (abandonment) of people from Ahlus-Sunnah who do not agree with them in certain issues or in taking positions against certain people. This Ghuloo has lead to the splitting of Ahlus-Sunnah in Britain and has made people turn away from the Deen and the Da'wah. So what is your advice regarding these individuals and their like?"
Answer:
"My advice to you is that you seek knowledge and continue in that path to seeking knowledge so that when you have knowledge you would know what the solution to your problem is. But, as long as everyone is ignorant, then these disputes and arguments between you will continue. So, seek knowledge and leave off the argumentation and disputes. And do not look towards the people who are hasty in making Tabd'ee declaring people to be innovators, or Tafseeq declaring people to be sinners, or that they curse. Do not look towards them and continue in your seeking of knowledge."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by Albaseerah.org.
Source: A lecture titled "Life of Imaam Muhammed Ibn Abdul-Wahhab", on the 3rd of December, 2005. [Click here for a screenshot in PDF format]
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.
"We have a group of people in our city (in Britain) who are hasty in making Tabd'ee and openly warning against and ordering Hajr (abandonment) of people from Ahlus-Sunnah who do not agree with them in certain issues or in taking positions against certain people. This Ghuloo has lead to the splitting of Ahlus-Sunnah in Britain and has made people turn away from the Deen and the Da'wah. So what is your advice regarding these individuals and their like?"
Answer:
"My advice to you is that you seek knowledge and continue in that path to seeking knowledge so that when you have knowledge you would know what the solution to your problem is. But, as long as everyone is ignorant, then these disputes and arguments between you will continue. So, seek knowledge and leave off the argumentation and disputes. And do not look towards the people who are hasty in making Tabd'ee declaring people to be innovators, or Tafseeq declaring people to be sinners, or that they curse. Do not look towards them and continue in your seeking of knowledge."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by Albaseerah.org.
Source: A lecture titled "Life of Imaam Muhammed Ibn Abdul-Wahhab", on the 3rd of December, 2005. [Click here for a screenshot in PDF format]
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.