The Danger of Mixing with Ahl ul-Bida`

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By Shaykh Rabee` bin Haadee al-Madkhalee

This is a translation of a transcription of this extremely beneficial talk by the Noble Shaykh and Imaam, Rabee` bin Haadee (hafidhahulLaah).



[The Concern of the Salaf us-Saalih in Warning from Ahl ul-Bida`, both in Knowledge and in Action (Practical Implementation)]

The Shaykh said:

Verily, this matter is very important and its affair is dangerous (serious). It is for this reason that the Book and the Sunnah and the Salaf us-Saalih have given it concern in the [various] works of Islaam, and especially in what relates to the `aqaa'id, and more specifically, with what relates to the positions (to be held) towards the people of innovation and misguidance, and the people of tribulations and heresies, and the companions of evil specifically. So in that which they explained is a healing and a sufficiency for the one who desired good for himself, and who desired that he is restored with a life that will please his Lord and bring him closer to Him and distance him from the Fire.

And our Salaf us-Saalih (may Allaah's pleasure be upon them) showed concern to this topic in terms of knowledge, action and implementation (may Allaah's pleasure be upon them).

And if we desire deliverance, then there is nothing upon us except that we follow the path of those true and sincere believers, those who knew the Islamic Sharee`ah, its beliefs, its methodologies, and its goals and objectives. So they presented sincere advice and clarification and warning to whomever Allaah intended to show good towards from this Ummah and for whomever He intended deliverance and [the success in] riding upon the ship of deliverance, practically!

In the Noble Quraan there is a verse that you read, the saying of Allaah, the Blessed and Exalted, "It is He Who has sent down to you the Book (this Qur'ân). In it are Verses that are entirely clear, they are the foundations of the Book and others not entirely clear. So as for those in whose hearts there is a deviation (from the truth) they follow that which is not entirely clear thereof, seeking Al-Fitnah, and seeking for its hidden meanings, but none knows its hidden meanings save Allâh. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in it; the whole of it is from our Lord.". (Aali Imran 3:7)

So Allaah explained in this verse, the reality and condition of the people of deviation and desires, and that they reserve evil for the Ummah, and that they reserve tribulations for them. Because their intentions are not sound, their hearts are diseased and they desire that the people are afflicted with their (own) ailments, because (it is) as is said in the similitude, "When it predominates, it will become contemptible", and also in the general similitude, "The tail of the fox was cut, and so it cut the tails of others".

And Allaah, the Blessed and Exalted, has said concerning the Kuffaar, "O you who believe! If you obey a group of those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians), they would (indeed) render you disbelievers after you have believed!" (Aali Imran 3:100). The Kuffaar, and the Jews and Christians love that the Muslims apostatise from their religion, and the people of innovation have their great share of this evil intent (as well) [i.e. in desiring that the Salafee abandon Salafiyyah], and of desiring evil for the people of goodness.