Answer to an Enemy of Islam

and twists it into animadversion against the ’ulamâ’ of fiqh; he
does not feel shame for having raised the outcry that the Shâfi’îs
and the Hanafîs fought one another.
Another lie peculiar to the religion reformers is to say that the
’ulamâ’ of Islam followed their nafses. The ’ulamâ’ of fiqh and the
a’immat al-madhâhib said nothing in opposition to the Qur’ân alkerîm
or the Hadîth ash-sherîf. Because what they all said was
based on the Book and the Sunna, the nafses of their followers got
redeemed of the state of ammâra and became mutma’inna. Since
those who followed them were so, is it possible that their own
nafses would not have been mutma’inna? The nafses of the four
a’immat al-madhhâhib and of all the mujtahids were mutma’inna.
Each of them was a Walî who had advanced in the zâhirî (exterior)
knowledge and had reached perfection in the bâtinî (interior,
hidden) knowledge. To say that they followed their nafses means
to vilify all Muslims as well as Islam itself. One should realize how
ugly the accusation is.
The religion reformer, by speaking ill of the later men of
religious duty, denies the Hadîth ash-sherîf, “A mujaddid
(strengthener, renewer, of Islam) will come every hundred years.
He will strengthen this religion.” It is true that many Muslims
have deviated and seventy-two heretical groups have appeared.
But the deviation of Muslims does not mean that Islam itself was
defiled. There have always been those true pious Muslims who
have not given up following as-Sahâbat al-kirâm. These Muslims
are called Ahl as-Sunnat wa ’l-Jamâ’a. The ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-
Sunna have guided the people to the right path in every part of the
world in every century. They have not left any question
unanswered. They have protected Muslims from believing in the
lies and slanders of zindîqs, men of bid’a, and religion reformers.
Allâhu ta’âlâ declares that Islam will not be corrupted till the end
of the world.
25– The religion reformer praises himself and extols the
magazine Al-Manâr to the skies, which he himself edited, a case
justly pertinent to the saying, “The Hurûfî’s miracle is related by
himself only.” On the other hand, in this magazine he represents
freemasons and religion reformers as Islamic scholars and, by
saying that they will renew Islam, he means that the task of
restoring Islam to its honourable early state will be done by them.
Islam was defiled and Islamic books were changed, he alleges, and
they will correct it. But the venom vomited by the snake lying
under his insidious words is directed to destroy Ahl as-Sunna, to
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