Islam's Reformers .pdf

them. How could a man of bid’a be respected? A hadîthreported through ’Abdullah ibn Bashîr (radiy-Allâhu ’anh) by at-Tabarânî says, “One who respects the man of bid’a willhave helped in the annihilation of Islam.” Another hadîth,reported through Mu’âdh (radiy-Allâhu ’anh) in Kabîr by at-Tabarânî and in Hilya by Abu Nu’aim, says, “One who walksto show respect to the man of bid’a has helped indestroying Islam.” There are many similar hadîths. It is dalâla,heresy, for those not promoted to the status of mujtahid not tofollow one of the four madhhabs but to do their worship andaffairs according to what they understand from hadîths. It isdissention from the Believers’ path. Allâhu ta’âlâ declares in the43rd âyat of the sûrat an-Nahl, “Ask what you do not knowfrom the people of dhikr!” A hadîth reported through Jâbir ibn’Abdullâh (radiy-Allâhu ’anh) by Abû Dâwûd says, “Ask whatyou do not know. Medicine for ignorance is inquiry.” Theâyat and hadîth presently quoted command those who do notknow to learn by asking those who know. Hence, those whospeak about the lâ-madhhabî as quoted above or who admitand believe their words, in fact, belong to the lâ-madhhâbî,being their accomplices in heresy.Question 8: “In the last two years, the number of this groupof people has increased in India. An organization named‘Nadwat ul-ulama’ has been founded in claim of service toIslam and awakening Muslims. Here, every kind of people andthose with heretical beliefs have gathered, and lâ-madhhabîpeople, including a few belonging to Ahl as-Sunna, have takenhold of high chairs. What would you say about this?”Answer 8: Their behaviour is harâm and heretical. It isintended to estrange Muslims with little knowledge from theirmadhhabs. Such Muslims, upon seeing heretical men of religionin cooperation with Ahl as-Sunna scholars all sitting at the sameline of chairs, think of those heretics also as respectful andbeneficial. They begin to show respect to them, which is sinful.Islamic religion commands humiliation and severe treatment ofmen of bid’a and forbids showing respect to them. In ’aqâ’idbooks, e.g. in Sharh al-maqâsid, the ’ulamâ’ of Islam wrote, “Itis necessary to treat severely, to humuliate, to refute and toexpel men of bid’a.” When Muslims see them at high ranks,their hearts incline to listen to them and, with the Satan’scheating, begin to love them. In actual fact, those who- 272 -