As Salaam Alaekum wa Rahmotullaahi wa Barakaatuh PART 1 DAWAT-US-SALAFIYYAH (Call of those who preceded us) According to Quran and Sunnah DAWAH - literally means call, and in this sense it refers to calling to the Truth through preaching and propagation. • Say (O Muslims), We believe in Allâh and that which has been sent down to us and that which has been sent down to Ibrâhim (Abraham), Ismâil (Ishmael), Ishâque (Isaac), Yaqûb (Jacob), and to Al-Asbât [the twelve sons of Yaqûb (Jacob)], and that which has been given to Mûsa (Moses) and Iesa (Jesus), and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have submitted (in Islâm). [The Noble Quran Al-Baqarah 2:136] • Invite (mankind, O Muhammad SAW) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islâm) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qurân) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided. [The Noble Quran An-Nahl 16:125 • Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islâm), enjoining Al-Marûf (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism and all that Islâm orders one to do) and forbidding Al-Munkar (polytheism and disbelief and all that Islâm has forbidden). And it is they who are the successful. [The Noble Quran Al-Imran 3:104] • Say (O Muhammad SAW): This is my way; I invite unto Allâh (i.e. to the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follows me (also must invite others to Allâh i.e to the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) with sure knowledge. And Glorified and Exalted be Allâh (above all that they associate as partners with Him). And I am not of the Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh; those who worship others along with Allâh or set up rivals or partners to Allâh). [The Noble Quran Yusuf 12:108] SALAF - literally means those (from history) who precede, have gone before. AS-SALAF AS-SAALIN - The people of the past, namely the first three generations of pious muslims during and after the revelation of the Quran, i.e.the Sahabah (companions) of the Prophet, saaws , the Taabieen (followers) and the Taabi Taabieen (followers of the followers). Islam teaches that As-Salaf as-Saalih are superior in their understanding of the Revelation of Al-Quran. Generally speaking, the people present during any event (such as the revelation of the Quran) will understand it better than those who read about it later. • The Prophet, saaws, said: I am leaving you two things and you will never go astray as long as you cling to them -- they are the Book of Allah and my Sunnah. [Reported by Al- Haakim - Sahih]. • The best of people is my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them (i.e. the first three generations of Muslims). [Reported by Bukhari and Muslim- Mutawaatir. Muslim, Narrated Aisha - Shaykh Al Albaanee declares it Hasan in Saheeh Al Jaami no.3288]. • The best of people are my generation, then the second, then the third, then there will come a people, having no good in them. [[related by Ibn Masood] [Tabaraanee in Al-Kabeer] Shaykh Al Albaanee declares it to be Hasan. See Silsilatul Ahaadeeth ad-Daeefah no.3569, and Saheeh Al Jaami no. 3293.] • My Ummah will not unite upon error. [Reported by at-Tirmidhee and Haakim - Sahih] • The best of people are my generation, then those who follow after them, then those who follow after them, then there will come after them a people who will be fat, and they will love obesity, bearing witness before being asked to.[related by the Umars, sons of Husayn(r)] [Tirmidthee, authenticated by Imaam Al Haakim] Shaykh Al Albaanee declares it to be Saheeh. See Silsilatul Ahaadeeth As-Saheehah no. 699, and Saheeh Al Jaami no. 3294. SALAFI - means of the salaf. The i (sounds like ee) on the end of the word means of the, of and/or are. Using correct arabic grammar, the word salafi can only be used in association with words that are of that which is truly from the far past. In order to be a salaf, you had to exist generations prior to the current one. Referring to oneself as a salafi* is permissible in Islam so long as the intention is for identification with the salafi minhaj and this identification does not replace your identification as being MUSLIM, as this is what Allah swt has commanded us in The Quran to call ourselves. While it is important, as many scholars have said, to distinguish ourselves from the innovators, we first do this in our actions (i.e. do not sit with the people of innovation, engage the sunnah in our daily lives, etc.), and to do so in speech, we can best do so by clearly stating that we are followers of the pious predecessors (Ana a-taaba as-salaf as-saalih). Those Muslims whose intentions are to follow the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet saaws and the salaf, know better than to divide themselves into a sect (a dissenting or schismatic religious body; especially one regarded as extreme or heretical) that parts from following clear proof in Quran and Sunnah. • And this Ummah will divide into seventy-three sects all of which except one will go to Hell and they (i.e. the Saved Sect) are those who are upon what I and My Companions are upon (i.e. those who follow My Way and the Way of my Companions.) [Reported by at-Tirmidhee - Hasan] • Verily those before you from among the People of the Book split into seventy-two sects and verily this religion . . . , and in another narration, . . . this Ummah will split into seventy-three sects: seventy-two will be in the Fire and one in Paradise and that is the Jamaaah. [Reported by Abu Daawood - Sahih] • When questioned by his Companions about those who will be saved from the Fire, the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) replied: They are those who are upon what I and my companions are upon. [Reported by at-Tirmidhee from Amr ibn al-Aas - classified as Hasan.] A muslim may announce his INTENTIONS to adhere to the Dawat-us-Salafiyyah, which is identical to saying the dawah of Islam with mere emphasis on rejecting innovation in implementing and understanding the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad saaws and accepting the guidance of the Salaf-as-Saalih (as instructed by Muhammad saaws to do so). Because not one ounce of arrogance will make it into the gates of Paradise, no muslim would want to be so bold as to declare himself as a member of Firqatun-Naajiyyah (the saved group of Muslims), for only Allah swt knows who that truly is, but instead would speak of his intentions to be of the saved group, by his intentions to adhere to the dawat-us-salafiyyah. • Sheikh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said: It is self-delusion to say I am saved and not pessimistic, for example being too secure saying I have the attributes of the salaf, I am saved, We still have to humble ourselves and not to say that we have the attributes of the Salaf. So I say to these people, not everybody who opposes me a thing from this path will become one of those who will perish, for verily the disputer may be a mujtahid who was wrong, and Allaah will forgive him his mistakes. Or maybe the proof did not reach him, enough to satisfy his needs (i.e. to understand it). Or maybe he has enough good deeds in which Allaah will wipe away his bad deeds. • O you who believe! Do not put (yourselves) forward before Allâh and His Messenger (SAW), and fear Allâh. Verily! Allâh is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. [Surah al-Hujuraat 49:1]. • And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allâh (i.e. this Qurân), and be not divided among yourselves, and remember Allâhs Favour on you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that, by His Grace, you became brethren (in Islâmic Faith), and you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus Allâh makes His Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.,) clear to you, that you may be guided. [Surah Al-Imrân 3:103]. MUSLIM - Whereas a person of a sect may improperly refer to himself as a Shia, Sufi, etc., those who adhere to dawat-us-salafiyyah describe themself as a Muslim whose minhaj (methodology/system) is Quran and Sunnah and madhdhab (way) is that of the salaf. There is ample proof to say it is more than sufficient to call oneself simply a Muslim. • And strive hard in Allâhs Cause as you ought to strive (with sincerity and with all your efforts that His Name should be superior). He has chosen you (to convey His Message of Islâmic Monotheism to mankind by inviting them to His religion, Islâm), and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship, it is the religion of your father Ibrahim (Abraham) (Islâmic Monotheism). IT IS HE (ALLAH) WHO HAS NAMED YOU MUSLIMS BOTH BEFORE AND IN THIS (THE QURAN), that the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) may be a witness over you and you be witnesses over mankind! So perform AsSalât (Iqamat-as-Salât), give Zakât and hold fast to Allâh [i.e. have confidence in Allâh, and depend upon Him in all your affairs] He is your Maula (Patron, Lord, etc.), what an Excellent Maula (Patron, Lord, etc.) and what an Excellent Helper! [Surah Al-Imrân 3:78] • Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taimiyyah reported that one of the Salaf (Pious Predecessors) said, I do not mind which out of the two blessings was greater. that Allaah guided me to Islaam, or that he kept me away from these innovated sects. By Allaah , the Most High, IN THE QURAAN HE CALLED US THE MUSLIMS, THE BELIEVERS AND THE WORSHIPPERS OF ALLAAH, SO WE WILL NOT LEAVE THE NAMES WHICH ALLAAH HAS NAMES US WITH IN FAVOUR OF NAMES INNOVATED BY THE PEOPLE WHICH THEY CALL THEMSELVES BY AND ALSO THEIR FOREFATHERS FOR WHICH ALLAAH HAS SEND DOWN NO PROOF. (In al-Wasiyyatul-Kubraa.Taken from the Book Forty Hadeeth On: The Call to Islam and the Caller By Shaikh Alee Hasan Alee Abdul Hameed) • Abu-I Aas, r.a., a companion of the Prophet (saaws) said: Since I have now handed over to you what is rightfully yours, I now declare that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. By God, the only thing that prevented me from declaring my acceptance of Islam while I was with Muhammad in Madinah was my fear that you would think that I did so only to appropriate your wealth. Now that I have discharged my trust in this matter, I NOW DECLARE THAT I AM A MUSLIM • Ikrimah, r.a., a companion of the Prophet (saaws) said: I testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger. The Prophet (saaws) then instructed him to say, I CALL ON GOD AND THOSE PRESENT HERE TO WITNESS THAT I AM A MUSLIM WHO IS A MUJAHID AND A MUHAJIR • The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) commanded to kill him: he was a spy of AbuSufyan and an ally of a man of the Ansar. He passed a circle of the Ansar and said: I AM A MUSLIM. A man from the Ansar said, Apostle of Allah, he is saying that he is a Muslim. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: There are people among you in whose faith we trust. Furat ibn Hayyan is one of them. [Abu Dawood #2646, Narrated Furat ibn Hayyan] • Then when Iesa (Jesus) came to know of their disbelief, he said: Who will be my helpers in Allâhs Cause? Al-Hawâriûn (the disciples) said: We are the helpers of Allâh; we believe in Allâh, and bear witness that WE ARE MUSLIMS (i.e. we submit to Allâh). [Surah Al-Imrân 3:52] The belief that times have changed and that we should now do differently than what Allah swt commanded us, is an innovated madthab (way). There were sects during the time of the Prophet (saaws) and immediately following, just as there are today. The companions of Iesa (Jesus) and Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them both, all referred to themselves simply as Muslims. However, as Muslims, we must not dispute over simple titles, as the correct way of living is of upmost importance, not the labels we claim upon ourselves. Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid has said, The one who is seeking salvation has to work hard to gain beneficial knowledge and do righteous deeds, and he should avoid vain arguments and futile discussions in which there is no benefit. What is important is that we implement the way of the salaf as-saalih in our daily lives, insomuch as it is consistent with Quran and Sunnah. CONTINUE...
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