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Salafeeyah is Security & Guidance السلفیة ھي الا من والھدى By Shaykh Muhammad bin Hadi al- Mudkhali Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya 2
Salafeeyah 1 is the way of the Messenger of Allaah -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallamand the way of his Companions -RadhiAllaahu anhum- in following the Book and the Sunnah 2. It is not correct to give them derogatory nicknames that they are the Hanabila 3, or to give them nicknames that they are Taymeeoon 4, or that they are Wahabeeya 5 or to give them nicknames that they are Jameeya 6 or to give them nicknames that they are the Mudakhilaa 7. They have no name which can be attached to them except the Sunnah, because they do not ascribe themselves to anyone except the Sunnah and they are not biased to anyone except to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. When the people will be called to be with whom they were biased to on the Day of Judgement, the people of Sunnah do not accept that they will be called except that they are attached to the Noble Prophet - may the praises of Allaah and His security be upon him. 1 For further clarification see: https://followingthesunnah.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/ascription-to-thesalafi-manhaj/ http://www.salafis.com/ 2 https://followingthesunnah.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/the-obligation-of-understanding-the-proofaccording-to-the-understanding-of-the-salaf-as-salih/ 3 Followers of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal 4 Followers of Ibn Taymeeya 5 Followers of Muhammad bin AbdulWahhab 6Followers of Muhammad bin Ali al-jamee 7 Followers of Rabee bin Hadi al-mudkhali 3
The Salafeeyoon have been ascribed to al-wahhab (The Bestower). Shaykh Taqi uddeen al-hilali 8 -Rahimullaah- said: 'The best of Allaah's worshippers, would it not be wonderful to be ascribed to al-wahhab (The Bestower) there is a nobility by this name, which is from the Salafi Sect which followed the methodology of the Sunnah and the Book and criticised innovations and every newly matter invented in the religion is criticised by those who possess knowledge.' If this is our shame, that we dislike innovations and criticize them, then we welcome this shame. So, Salafeeyah is the way of the Messenger of Allaah -sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam- and the way of his Companions -may Allah Ta'ala be pleased with all of them together- and the way of our righteous Salaf from the Taba'een (those who followed the Companions). Also their followers like Malik 9 we love him, regard him as great and we follow him, likewise Sha'afiee 10 we love him, regard him as great and we follow him, and Ahmad we love him, regard him as great and we follow him, and likewise Abu Hanifa 11, the two Sufyaans 12 and the two Hamads 13, az-zhuri 14, Umar bin AbdulAziz 15, AbdurRahman bin 8 Taqi uddeen al-hilali (d. 1407 A.H.) 9 Malik ibn Anas -Rahimullaah- (d. 179 A.H.) 10 Muhammad Idris Shaafi ee -Rahimullaah- (d. 199 A.H.) 11 Abu Hanifah -Rahimullaah- (d. 150 A.H.) 12 Sufyaan ibn Sa eed ath-thawri (d. 161 A.H.) & Sufyaan ibn Uayina (d. 198 A.H.) 13 Hamad bin Salamah al-basari (d. 167 A.H.) & Hamad bin Zayed (d. 179 A.H.) 14 Muhammad bin Muslim ibn Shihab Zuhri (d. 124 A.H. 4
Mahdi 16, Yahya bin Sa'eed 17, Yahya Ibn Ma'een 18, Ahmad bin Hanbal 19, al-bukhari 20, Muslim 21, an-nisaee, Abu Dawood 22, Tirmidhi 23 Ibn Majah 24 the Imams of the Sunnah and Hadeeth at all times and in all regions, we love them, they are our Salaf as-salih we are not biased to any single one from them leaving the others. We revolve with the Sunnah where ever it goes 25, this is Salafeeyah, this is Salafeeyah in reality, this is Salafeeyah security and guidance 26.' [Taken from http://www.sahab.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=154450#entry718071] س ب ح ان ك الل ھ م وب ح م دك أش ھد أن لا إلھ إلا أن ت أ س ت غ ف ر ك وأت وب إ ل ی ك All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and all those who follow his guidance. 15 Umar bin AbdulAzeez (d. around 100 A.H.) 16 AbdurRahman bin Mahdi (d. 198 A.H.) 17 Yahya bin Saeed al-qataan (d. 198 A.H.) 18 Yahya Ibn Ma'een (d. 233 A.H.) 19 Ahmad bin Hanbal (d. 241 A.H.) 20 Muhammad bin Isma'eel al-bukhari (d. 256 A.H.) 21 Muslim ibn Hajjaj an-neesapuri (d. 261 A.H.) 22 Abu Dawud Sulayman al-sijistanee (d. 275H) 23 Abu Isa Muhammad At-Tirmidhi (d. 279H) 24 Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah (d. 273H) 25 This is the statement of Awza'ee as collected by al-laal'akaee 1/64 26 https://followingthesunnah.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-path-of-salafeeyah-is-the-path-of-guidance/ 5