Answer to an Enemy of Islam

of bid’a, Allâhu ta’âlâ fills his heart with amân (security, peace)
and îmân. If a person disesteems a holder of bid’a, Allâhu ta’âlâ
protects him against the fear of the Resurrection.”
The first task for each Muslim is to learn the belief of Ahl as-
Sunna correctly and to strive so that his household and all his
friends will learn it. He should pray to Allâhu ta’âlâ that they will
live in the belief of Ahl as-sunna. He should be very alert not to be
deceived by satanic men or genies, by evil company or by
misleading writings.
It is declared in a hadîth sherîf, “The best of people are the
Muslims who live in my time. The next best are those who will
succeed them. And the next best are those who will come after
them. After these, lies will be widespread.” This hadîth sherîf
shows that falsities began to take place in words, behaviours and
deeds at the end of the third centruy of Islam. People could no
longer be trusted, for bid’as among them were on the increase. In
belief and in deeds they dissented from the path of the Salaf assâlihîn.
The great men of tasawwuf and the imâms of fiqh, who
were approved unanimously by Muslims, promulgated the path of
the Salaf as-sâlihîn.
The fatwâ book Tâtârhâniyya says, “One who says that ’Umar,
’Uthmân ’Alî (radiy-Allâhu ’anhum) were not Sahâbîs becomes a
holder of bid’a. One who does not believe a narration reported by
a single person becomes not a disbeliever but a holder of bid’a.
However, one who says that Abû Bakr as-Siddîq (radiy-Allâhu
’anh) was not a Sahâbî becomes a disbeliever since by doing so he
denies the âyat al-kerîma.” The fatwâ book Zahîriyya says, “It is
true that one who disbelieves in the caliphate of Abû Bakr as-
Siddîq or Hadrat ’Umar al-Farûq (radiy-Allâhu ’anhumâ)
becomes a disbeliever, for their selection as khalîfa was reported
as an ijmâ’.” [According to Ahl as-Sunna, ijmâ’ (consensus) is a
documentary proof. He who denies this proof becomes a
disbeliever. Since ijmâ’ is not a proof for the Khârijîs, Shî’ites and
Wahhâbîs, they said that he who denies something reported
through ijmâ’ will not become a disbeliever.]
Ibn ’Âbidîn, in the subject on renegades in the third chapter of
Radd al-muhtâr, wrote, “Non-Muslim countrymen living in Dâr al-
Islâm are called Zimmîs. It is not permissible to violate the
property, lives or chastity of zimmîs or of those disbelievers who
come to the country for trade or as tourists. They possess the same
freedom given to Muslims. The case is not so with mulhids. Those
mulhids who deceive Muslims are asked to repent. If they refuse,
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