Documents of the Right Word

a Madh-hab. And a person without a Madh-hab, in his turn, is
either in one of the seventy-two miscreant sects, or a disbeliever.
The book of Tafsîr titled Es-Sâwî gives the following account in its
explanation of the twenty-fourth âyat of Kahf sûra: “It is not
permissible to follow a person who is not in any one of the four
Madh-habs even if his statements are agreeable with the
statements of Sahâbîs or with hadîdh-i-sherîfs that are sahîh
(authentic) or with âyat-i-kerîmas. A person who is not in one of
the four Madh-habs is aberrant. He will mislead others as well.
Deviating from the four Madh-habs will finally lead one to
disbelief. It is a custom of disbelievers to give those figurative âyati-kerîmas
termed Muteshâbihât their façade meanings.” If a man
of religion states that he is in the Madh-hab of Ahl as-sunnat and
spreads the teachings of his Madh-hab, his statements and books
will be of value. Those who read them will acquire use from them.
Religious books written by people without a Madh-hab are
harmful. They will spoil the faith and îmân of those who read
them. Our advice to our friends and brothers in Islam is this: Try
to learn the Madh-hab of Ahl as-sunna and to teach it to your
children! Each of the books listed in the final pages of our books
were translated from the books of scholars of Ahl as-sunna. You
must buy these books, read and learn them, recommend them to
your acquaintances, and try to spread them to all Muslims. Thus
you will earn thawâb for Jihâd.
Jihâd does not mean to stage a coup d’etat, to disobey one’s
commanders, to revolt against the government, to beat, to destroy,
to break, or to curse. Such things would serve no end but arouse
fitna. In other words, doing such things means separatism. It will
bring oppression and imprisonment to Muslims and cause
prohibition of the teachings of religion and îmân. Our master the
Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ has cursed people who
arouse such fitna. Imprisonment is not an honour to be desired by
a Muslim. The honour to be yearned for by a Muslim should be to
equip himself with the beautiful moral qualities commended by
Islam, to do good to everybody, to adapt himself to Islam, and to
be useful to all creatures. It is idiocy, a sinful behaviour, to expose
oneself to dangers. Allâhu ta’âlâ declares, “Do not expose
yourselves to dangers!”
Jihâd means to try to convey the religion of Allâhu ta’âlâ to His
born slaves. There are three ways of making Jihâd. The first way is
to fight, overcome and annihilate cruel tyrants who dominate
people, use them like slaves, prevent them from hearing about the
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