"You see me as one who likes to debate just because I raise a different opinion. In actual fact, you disagree with me and are arguing your point as though you are right and I am wrong."
Something for my Salafee brothers and sisters to think about.. This is one of the main obstacles and challenges that we face in spreading and conveying the Salafee Da'wah.
We are labelled as people who like to debate just because we bring out an opinion or a practice that is contrary to what the common Muslims are holding onto (like placing the hands on the chest and moving the forefinger in tashahhud in prayer) and we affirm it to be true and correct.
Or because we affirm something to be from the Sunnah of the Prophet but the common Muslims are practising contrary to it.
One of the harshest comments that a Salafee would receive is that Salafees think that they are the only ones who are correct while others are wrong.
SubhaanAllaah.. Muslims should read the hadeeth of al-Irbaad bin Sareeyah whereby the Prophet advised us to adhere to his Sunnah and the sunnah of the Rightly-guided Caliphs when we face differences of opinions. (This hadeeth is hasan, reported by Abu Dawood and at-Tirmidhee)
Hence, the Prophet taught us to judge by using his Sunnah.
Which is why in Sharh as-Sunnah, Imam al-Barbahaaree stated that "Islaam is as-Sunnah and as-Sunnah is Islaam, one of the two cannot be uphold without the other (i.e. Islaam cannot be uphold with as-Sunnah and vice versa)."
Let us not be taken aback by their harsh comments.. People tend to be egoistic.. They can't accept that what they've been practising all this while is incorrect..
But we know for sure that the truth lies in the evidences.. the hadeeths and narrations.. which we always bring to support our hujjah..
Regardless of the situation, we bite onto the Sunnah of the Prophet and his Rightly-guided Caliphs with the stregth of our jaws, as advised by the Prophet in the hadeeth of al-Irbaad bin Sareeyah.
Shaykh Rabee' ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee advised us to call to the people with softness and lenience.
While Shaykh Ibn Baaz advised us that this is not the time for harshness.. this is a time for softness, patience and wisdom...
Wallaahu al-Musta'aan.
3 comments:
Barak Allahu feek akhee. Its true that the salafees are usually labeled with names as troublemakers and those who divide the community.
SubhanAllah, how can the people of the Sunnah be labeled with such a name? When in reality, they are the ones who are dividing the communities and the Ummah by remaining on their practices of shirk and innovations.
Their actions show that their innovations are more beloved to them than following the authentic narrations. So by this, they are misguided themselves and are the cause of misguidance for others.
Allahul musta'an.
i think the fact of the matter is in general the Salafi movement brings in a reformist mentality which is refreshing viz a viz the kind of taqlid mentality which unfortunately have befallen the community.
however the issue here is - how does this movement position itself in a way that it does not break away from the mainstream or be seen as a leftist which if you look at it rationally is the case today or the perception which surrounds us.
the challenge which we face today is to integrate with the rest of the muslims and showcase to everyone the truth in a matter which would be wildly exceptable and not otherwise.
Alhamdulillah many of the those who have been around long enough are becoming to be a good influence and yardstick for the rest of the community in becoming closer to the Qur'an and the Sunnah and move away from the things in which was never been a part of the practice of the Prophet (saw) and the sahabah (rahum).
We need to persevere onwards and become this role model of the ahlul sunnah wal jemaah and in this remain mainstream and tolerant of others and never relent or cause disruption in what have been built thus far.
While we might say that we have been tolerant and so on - yet the truth is many of the those who have shared the manhaj are becoming more untolerant with the current status quo which we do not condemn but on the other hand we need to keep in mind that the heart would not be move by harsh words. Rather, it would be move by good examples and kind words. Just look at the Prophet (saw) ...
Allah help us ..
...if we havent felt as if we are holding on to a burning coal in our adherence to the deen, then we havent reached there yet...
Give glad tidings to the Strangers!
BaarakAllaahu feek!
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