WARNING!!! Do not follows sects or madhabs etc, Islam is only one path. There is only ONE path to Allah!! A must read!!! Allah said what means in Surah an-Nahl Ayah 125 “Call to the way of your Lord…” Abul-Hasan ‘Alee Nadawee said the following regarding this verse: “The verse does not ask [ the Prophet (…)] to invite people to faith, correct beliefs, prayers, good manners or call on people to respect human rights. No such things have been mentioned in particular since all these are covered in the phrase “…to the way of your Lord.” …These words are profound and comprehensive.” Shaykh Ibn Baaz elaborated on the verse saying, “The way of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is submission, the straight path, the religion of Allah with which He sent His messenger (sal Allahu Alayhi wa salam). Therefore, this is what must be called to, not the math’hab of such and such a person nor the opinion of any individual. …The way of Allah is that which the Noble Quran and the pure authentic Sunnah of the Messenger (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam) directs one to… It is necessary for the Muslim missionary to call people to the whole of Islam and not to cause division among them, nor to be a blind follower of a math’hab, a tribe, a shaykh or a leader, etc. Rather his aim should be to affirm and clarify the truth and establish people upon that truth, even if it contradicts the opinion of so and so or such and such a person.” The call to Islam, meaning the Quran and Sunnah, should be in accordance with the understanding of the early righteous generations of Muslims (i.e., the salaf). As there is only one “way of Allah”, i.e., “religion of Allah”: Islam, there is only one way to follow that religion. The Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam) did not leave behind him a multitude of different ways to follow Islam. Division and difference are not blessings, as some would claim based on fabricated narrations attributed to the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam. Allah, Most Great and Glorious condemned factionalism saying what means: “Do not be of the pagans; of those who split up their religion and became sects, each sect rejoicing in what it has.” (Surah ar-Room Ayah 31-32) And He alluded to the necessity of following the understanding of the Companions of the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam) in the following verse which means: “Whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has been made clear to him and follows a way other than that of the believers, I will leave him to his choice and place him in hell. And worst indeed is that destination.” (Surah an-Nisaa, Ayah 115) Allah state this despite the fact that opposing the Messenger (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam) alone guarantees punishment. At the time when the verse was revealed “the believers” was none other than the Companions of the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam). Ibn Mas’ood said, “Allah’s Messenger (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam) drew a line for us [in the dirt] and said, ‘This is the path of Allah.’ Then he drew other lines branching off to the right and to the left and said, ‘These are the paths at the end of which is a devil calling people to it.’ Then he recited: “This is my straight path, so follow it and do not follow the [other] paths, for they will separate you from His path.” (Surah al-An’aam Ayah 153) Collected by Ahmad, an-Nasaa’ee and ad-Daarimee, and authenticated by Ahmad Shaakir in al-Musnad, vol. 6, pp.89-90, no.4142 This hadith proves that the way is only one. Ibn al-Qayyim commented on this as follows: “This is because the path leading to Allah is only one, and it is what He sent His messengers on and sent His Books with. No one reaches Him except along this path. Even if people take every path and try to open every door, these paths will be blocked and the doors will be locked, with the exception of this One Path. For it is connected to Allah and leads to Him.” ‘Abdullah ibn Lu’ayy narrated that Mu’aawiyah ibn Abee Sufyaan got up among them and said, “Indeed the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alayhi wa salam) stood up among us and said, ‘Certainly those before you from the People of the Book split up into seventy two sects and [the followers of] this religion will split up into seventy-three sects, seventy-two of them in the Fire and one in Paradise; that is the group [jamaa’ah].’” Sunan Abu Dawud
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