Shaykh Adib was a trenchant sword against heterodoxy. I heard him say upon one of his returns from Hajj that he was making wudu’ at Muzdalifa and wiped his neck, whereupon one of those in charge of spying on Muslims cried out “Ya Shaykh! Ya Haajj! Ittaqillah! Hadha bid`a!” in reference to wiping the neck. Shaykh Adib said he replied to him: “My good brother, it is clear to me that you all who say such a thing are completely deprived of fiqh (la ghawtha lakum fi ‘l-fiqh). I reject your understanding and follow that of Imam Abu Hanifa, whose School showed the evidence that wiping the neck in wudu‘ is meritorious and desirable. I advise you to reflect upon the saying of Allah Most High, {And speak not, concerning that which your own tongues qualify (as clean or unclean), the falsehood: ‘This is lawful, and this is forbidden,’ so that you invent a lie against Allah. Lo! those who invent a lie against Allah will not succeed!} (16:116).” Another time he said that he always signed and described himself as “al-Maturidi al-Ash`ari” i.e. as a mainstream Sunni as opposed to pseudo-Salafis and other extremists. He considered Abd Allah al-Harari the leader of the Lebanese Habashis as an innovator and anathemizer for declaring it wajib to deem Mu`tazilis as unbelievers.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:07:56 +0000
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