Allaah created the human body with a defense mechanism to fight foreign objects. If something goes in the eye, it sheds tears to get rid of it. If germs enter the body, the body temperature rises to kill those germs. When the skin is pricked by a thorn, abscess is formed to fight the infection. Similarly, the Deen of Allaah has its defense mechanism to fight against Shirk, Kufr, Bid`ah and all the other vices: 1) Following the Qur’aan and the Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf, 2) Seeking Allaah’s help through Salaah, Du`aa, Istighfaar… Al-`Irbaadh bin Saariyah رضي الله عنه say: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليع وسلم delivered a moving speech to us which made our eyes flow with tears and made our hearts melt. We said: O Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليع وسلم! This is a speech of farewell. What did you enjoin upon us? He صلى الله عليع وسلم said: “I AM LEAVING YOU UPON A BRIGHT (PATH) WHOSE NIGHT IS LIKE ITS DAY. NO ONE WILL DEVIATE FROM IT AFTER I AM GONE BUT ONE WHO IS DOOMED. Whoever among you lives will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to what you know of my Sunnah and the path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, and cling stubbornly to it. And you must obey, even if (your leader is) an Abyssinian leader. For the true believer is like a camel with a ring in its nose; wherever it is driven, it complies.” [Sunan Ibn Maajah (43) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee and Shaikh Shu`aib al-Arna’oot]
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