Advice for the Muslim

elated by ad-Dailamî (rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih) declares, “My
companions are good human beings. May Allâhu ta’âlâ always
bestow goodness upon them.” Two hadîths, again related by ad-
Dailamî, declare, “Do not talk about the faults of my
Companions!” and, “Mu’âwiya will certainly become a ruler.”
From which source will those who claim that they follow the
path of as-Sahâbat al-kirâm learn this path? Will they learn from
the lâ-madhhabî who came about a thousand years after them? Or
will they learn it from the books of those ’ulamâ’ who lived during
the time of and were educated by as-Sahâbat al-kirâm? The
’ulamâ’ educated by as-Sahâbat al-kirâm and the students of those
’ulamâ’ formed the ’ulamâ’ of the madhhab of Ahl as-Sunnat wa
’l-Jamâ’a (rahimahum-Allâhu ta’âlâ). Madhhab means path. Ahl
as-Sunnat wa ’l-Jamâ’a means the Muslims who follow the path of
Rasûlullâh and his jamâ’a, that is, his Companions. The blessed
’ulamâ’ of this path wrote exactly what they learned from as-
Sahâbat al-kirâm. They did not write their personal opinions.
There is not a single statement in their books for which they did
not give documents and proofs. The belief of all the four
madhhabs is the same. The path of as-Sahâbat al-kirâm can only
be learned from the books by the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna.
Those who want to be in the path of as-Sahâbat al-kirâm
(ridwân-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihim ajma’în) have to belong to the
madhhab of Ahl as-Sunna and should avoid upstart, corrupt
movements.
26 - The book was compelled to note the true teachings of the
Ahl as-Sunna on its 485th and following pages, but also wrong,
poisonous, aggressive statements were inserted:
“Rasûlullâh [sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam] ordered his
umma to remember the hereafter, to do the dead favours by
praying for them, to pity them and to ask for their forgiveness
when visiting graves. Thus, the visitor will be doing good both for
the dead and for himself. The hadîth narrated by Muslim on the
authority of Abu Huraira (radî-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh) declares, ‘Visit
graves! Visiting graves will remind you of death.’ ’Abdullâh
ibn ’Abbâs said that Rasûlullâh [sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa
sallam] said, ‘As-salâmu ’alaikum yâ ahl al-qubûr! Yaghfir-
Allâhu lanâ wa lakum, antum salafunâ wa nahnu bi ’l-athar,’
while looking at the graves when he was passing by the
cemetery in Medina. Imâm Ahmad and at-Tirmidhî related this
hadîth sharîf. A hadîth sharîf related by Ibn al-Qayyim al-
Jawziyya from Imâm Ahmad declares, ‘I forbade you to visit
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