Imam Abul-Fadl Al-Hamdhani said: “The innovators in Islam and the fabricators of ahadith are worse than the disbelievers. This is because the disbelievers attempt to corrupt the Religion from the outside, whereas these individuals attempt to corrupt it from the inside. They take the similitude of the inhabitants of a land, who strive to corrupt its condition (from the inside), while the disbelievers take the similitude of raiders laying siege to the land from the outside. Thus it is the ones on the inside that open the doors of the lands surrounding barrier (and let the besiegers in). These types (of people) are far worse to Islam than the ones who don’t attribute themselves to it.“ Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said, directing his speech to those people that believe that Allah and His creation are one reality of existence (wahdat-ul-wujood) and their leaders (from the Sufis), such as Ibn Sabi’in, Ibn Al-Faarid and Ibn Jamweeh: “As for those who don’t agree with them (i.e. the Sufis), a majority of them find no objection to their (Sufi) statements. Or they say: ‘We do not understand this.’ Or they say: ‘On the outward this is disbelief, however it has some hidden and mystical meaning, which only those who utter it, possess knowledge of.’ From these types of people are those who work with and support them (Sufis) against the believers that fight against the beliefs that Allah is incarnate within His creation (hulool) and that Creator and creation are both mixed into one single existence (ittihaad). These types of individuals are worse than those who assist the Christians against the Muslims, for indeed, the views of these innovators are worse than those of the Christians. Rather, they are even worse than those who aid the polytheists against the Muslims, for indeed what the polytheists said: ‘We do not worship them (idols) except so that they may draw us closer to Allah’ (Surat-uz-Zumar: 3) is better than what they say. Indeed, these polytheists asserted a Creator and a creation apart from Him, by which they sought to draw closer to Him (through it), whereas these innovators (Sufis) have replaced the existence of Allah with the existence of the creation! Imam Taqi-ud-Din Abu Muhammad ‘Abd-ul-Ghani Al-Maqdisee (rahimahullah) said concerning the various groups: “Know, may Allah have mercy on you, that Islam and its adherents are undermined by three types of groups: The first type reject the ahadith concerning Allah’s attributes and declare their narrators to be liars. These individuals are more harmful to Islam and its adherents than the disbelievers. Another group believes them to be authentic and accepts them, however, they distort their meaning. These people are far worse in harm than the first group. The third type of group combines the first two views. According to their claims they eliminate any anthropomorphic qualities to Allah, while they are lying. This directs them to accept the first two views. And they are greater in danger than the first two groups.“ It is reported that Imam Al-Awza’i (d157H) wrote: “…And beware of rising against Allah and becoming instruments in the destruction of His religion and undoing its handholds by respecting the innovators, for you know what has come down to us about respecting them. And what stronger respect and veneration can there be than taking your religion from them, following them, believing them, being close to them and helping them in alluring those they allure and attracting those they attract of the weak Muslims towards their ideas and the religion they practice? This is enough to be considered a partnership and contribution to what they do.” [Ibn Asaakir, Taareekh Dimishq 6:361, 362.]
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:37:07 +0000
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