Answer to an Enemy of Islam

Him or for gaining His approval.
It is declared in a hadîth sherîf, “Allâhu ta’âlâ will not accept
the fast, hajj, ’umra, jihâd, abstention from sinning and justice of
a holder of bid’a. He will go out of Islam easily.” That is, his
’ibâdât will not be accepted even if they are sahîh; he will not be
given thawâb. For, he keeps on committing a bid’a that does not
cause disbelief. The worship of a holder of a bid’a causing
disbelief are not sahîh in any case. None of his obligatory or
supererogatory acts of worship will be accepted. Because bid’a is
committed by following the nafs and Satan, its holder goes out of
Islam, out of the submission to the commandments of Allâhu
ta’âlâ. Îmân is a function of the heart. [The five principles of]
Islâm are the function of the heart and language together. Îmân is
proper to the heart. But Islâm comprises all: the heart, language
and body. Îmân in the heart and Islâm in the heart are identical
with each other. What forsakes the holder of bid’a is the Islâm in
the language and body. One who goes on committing a bid’a has
become a person who obeys the nafs and Satan. One who
commits sins becomes disobedient and sinful. He is not called a
holder of bid’a. But a man of bid’a is disobedient and sinful and
supposes his bid’a to be an ’ibâda and expects thawâb for it.
Sinning outside ’ibâdât does not prevent the ’ibâdât from being
approval.
It is declared in a hadîth sherîf, “After me there will be
differences among my umma. Those who live in that time must
hold fast to my sunna and to the sunna of the Khulafâ’ Arrâshidîn!
They must shun the innovations in the religion! Every
innovation in the religion is a bid’a. All bid’as are heresy. The
destination of heretics is the fire of Hell.” This hadîth sherîf
pointed out that there would be various differences among this
umma; it says that, of them, we must cling to the one which follows
the path of Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) and his four
caliphs. Sunna means his utterances, all ’ibâdât, beliefs and morals,
and [the things approved by] his keeping quiet when he saw them
being done.
It is declared in a hadîth sherîf, “When corruption is spread
among my umma, the one who clings to my sunna will be given the
thawâb of a hundred martyrs!” That is, when people go beyond
the limits of Islam by following the nafs, bid’as and their own
intellect, a person who follows his sunna is given the thawâb of a
hundred martyrs one the Day of Rising. For, during the time of
disunion and corruption, following Islam will be as difficult as
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