Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani said: Abu Qulaabah said to me: O Abu Ayyub, take three characteristics from me: Beware of the doors of the rulers, beware of the gatherings of the people of desires, and stick with the market for affluence comes from well-being. (Jaami Bayaan al-Ilm wa Fadhlah: 1/164) Abu Haazim, one of the foremost tabieen (people who saw the companions but not the prophet) said that the scholars used to flee from the ruler whilst he sought after them, and today they come to the doors of the ruler, whilst the ruler flees from them. (Jaami Bayaan al-Ilm wa Fadhlah: 1/164) May Allah have mercy upon the scholars of the salaf, every oppression was effaced through them, and every truthful one followed their way. Then there was the ruler who used to warn them from coming close to him, he used to hold fast to the Shariah, implement it, and rule with it in the lives of the people. Then what if they were to see the rulers of our times, those who have transgressed in the lands, created much mischief therein, exchanged the deen of the Lord of the worshippers with their limited minds, dirtied their beliefs with trivialities, and have brought the laws of the Europeans and the Romans with which to govern the Muslims in this day and age? And what if the scholars of the Salaf saw our scholars of today (except those upon whom Allah has shown Mercy) - who have inclined to these tyrants, beautified their actions to them, made fair their murders of the Muslims, the muwahideen (upholders of tawheed), weakening their honor by issuing fataawa (legal verdicts) after fataawa to make their thrones firm, and safeguard their kingdoms, by labelling everyone opposed to them as a rebel or khaariji (one of the extreme deviant sect of the khawaarij)? And labelling the ruler of Saudi Arabia as Ameer ul-Mumineen (chief believer). They covered the deen for the people until they turned a blind eye to the tyrants; the exchangers of Allahs law, those who govern the slaves of Allah with that which Allah did not reveal - what if the scholars of the salaf saw this group which has sold its deen for worldly gains which will disappear, makes fair seeming for them what they do, and permit the torture and murder of every truthful Muslim? How beautiful are the words of Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) in Al-Faouad when he said: The scholars of evil sit at the doors of al-Jannah (paradise) calling the people to it with their speech, but calling to the fire with their actions; every time they speak their words to the people they rush forward whilst their actions suggest not to listen to them - for if what they had been calling to was true, they would have been the first to respond. Thus they are seemingly guides, but are in fact highway robbers.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:47:32 +0000
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