Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

ear hostility towards bid’at holders, to abhor them, to refute and
to degrade them.’ Muhammad Ma’thûm-i Fârûqî, in his book
Maktûbât-i Ma’thûmiyya, in the second volume, 110th letter
states: “Don’t be together with bid’at holders! Save yourself from
inattentive religious men, from fawning hâfizes and ignorant
shaikhs of takka! Don’t be close to those religious men who are
slack in obeying Islam. [For instance, people who do not have the
Ahl-i sunnat itiqâd, who condone their wives’ and daughters’
going out without covering themselves properly, those who
consume drinks containing alcohol, those who play musical
instruments, and those who are lâ-madhhâbî or corrupt.] Don’t
hear their words! In fact, leave the city where they live, so that
your heart later may not incline towards them! They should never
be followed. They are not men of religion, but thieves of religion.
They are traps of the Satan. You should never be deceived by
their gilded and touching words, and should run away as if a lion
were stalking you.” When the bid’at is rife and its harm is on the
increase, it is fard to refute it and to let Muslims know its harm. In
fact, there is ijmâ’i ummat on the fact that it is one of the most
important fards. The Salaf-i sâlihîn and their successors always
did so. A person who omits this fard will have disobeyed the
ijmâ’. A hadîth-i sherîf states: “When fitna and bid’at spread,
when my Sahâba are slandered, a person who knows what is right
should let Muslims know what he knows! If people who know the
right way do not announce it to Muslims, may Allâhu ta’âlâ,
angels and all people curse them! Allâhu ta’âlâ will not accept
their fard or supererogatory worships.” This hadîth-i sherîf is
quoted at the beginning of as-Sawâ’iq-ul-muhriqa and is reported
to exist in al-Jâmi’ by Khatîb-i Baghdâdî. [Ahl-i bid’at, i.e. a bid’at
holder is somebody who is trying to spread his bid’ats to spoil the
beliefs and religious practices of Muslims. Instead of not loving
those who perform bid’at, since they were deceived by the ahl-i
bid’at, we should pity them and give them advice.] [Today there
are four major groups of Muslims all over the world. The first
group are true Muslims who have been following the way guided
by the Sahâba. They are called the Ahl as-sunnat or the Sunnî
(Sunnite) Muslims or the Firqa-i-nâjiyya, which means the firqa
(group) who have been saved from Hell. The second group are
those who are inimical towards the Sahâba. They are called Shi’î
(the Shiites) or the Firqa-i-dâlla, i.e. the group who have deviated
from the right path. The third group are holders of bid’at, (i.e.
heretics,) who are inimical both towards the Sunnites and towards
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