A Polite Request and a Warning to all Sunni Muslims
There has been much commotion and accusation in the past few months as to where certain Sunni Muslims and Scholars stand in relation to the Aqaid of the Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaah. There has been a lot of slander against our honourable tariqah and against certain illustrious Mashaykh from users on a certain website.
All Naqshbandi Aslami (Arshadi and Asghari also) brothers and sisters are commanded to cease immediately your membership and participation in ANY of these forums. Sunni brothers and Sisters are advised not to participate in ANY forums especially the forum on 'www.yanabi.com'. These forums are a place of mischief, slander, lies, blasphemy, heretical statements and untruths.
The Ulemah have issued a clear fatwa forbidding these forums (see below) as they can cause gumrahi (misguidance). Protect your iman and avoid these forums.
If you are a true seeker of divine knowledge sit in the company of the Shuyukh and Ulemah as opposed to seeking the opinions of charlatans and petulant children masquerading as scholars.
We at naqshbandi.org.uk will not engage in retaliatory posts or make any responsive comments. If any brothers and sisters have any concerns then feel welcome to call or email the Khanqah. (Contact Us).
Opinion of the Ulemah
Q: Can you comment on the latest internet trend relating to blogs and blogging? Are there dangers in crossing adab in blogging? What types of blogs and blog content is useful and what should be avoided (other than obviously haram topics)?
A: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
Allah Most High tells us about His Beloved Messenger (Allah bless and give him peace)
“If you follow him, you will be guided.” [Qur’an, Surah an-Noor 24: Ayah 54]
It is understood from the language of the verse, as the Qur’anic commentators say, that the sense of tahtadu (‘guided’) here is ‘guided completely.’
Abu Uthman (Allah have mercy on him) said:
“Whoever holds themselves to the Sunna, shall speak with wisdom; and whoever holds to their whims shall speak with reprehensible innovations.” [Isma`il Haqqi, Tafsir Ruh al-Bayan]
The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,
“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should
say the good or remain silent.”
[Bukhari and Muslim]
This is the criterion for anyone who seeks to speak or act:
if it is good, go ahead; if it isn’t, don’t; if you are unsure, weigh it on the scales of the Sacred Law—ask yourself: is what I’m saying or doing pleasing to Allah and His Messenger (Allah bless and give him peace)?
And Allah alone gives success.
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani
Taken from SunniPath
Q: Where ignorant armies clash by night
A: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
If one surfs Muslim forums, whether Sunni or otherwise, there is a startling reality: forgotten priorities.
We find armies of ignorant people clashing in the darkness of ignorance about matters they don't understand, matters that the great imams of Islam differed upon with decorum.
Such argument and dispute is highly reprehensible. The Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
"No people went astray after having been given guidance except after they started
argumentation."
[Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja, from Abu Umama (Allah be pleased with him)]
Imam Ghazali mentioned numerous harms in argument and disputation, at the level of individuals, relations between individuals, and at the level of community. The most fundamental problem is at the level of the human heart: it busies the heart with darkness, and fills it with blameworthy character traits such as arrogance, love of dispute, leaving sincere counsel for one's fellow human, and anger.
The Qur'an and Sunna, on the other hand, express the centrality of the need to make one's heart busy with nothing other than Allah, and our limbs busy only with that which is pleasing to Allah.
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani
Taken from SunniPath
Reflection and Hukm
A reflection which becomes apparent is adherents to the noble Sufi path should abstain from useless activity which will consume their time. Hence, the learned explanation of Sidi Faraz is extended to the new plague of "Internet Forums". Being immersed in frivolous activity of subscribing to and contributing to web forums should be abstained from. As we have seen the result of these forums people have taken as instruments of abuse and ridicule the noble way of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless and give him peace) and the Awliya (Allah be well pleased with them all). Attempting to paint themselves as having the “best Shaykh and best Tariqah”.
What we need to do is practically implement the Noble Tradition “… say good or stay silent” and of equal importance the Traditions
“Part of someone’s being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that which does
not concern him.”
[Tirmidhi & others]
From Mu'adh bin Jabal, (Allah have mercy on him), who said: I said:
"O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a deed which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hell-fire." He said: "You have asked me about a great matter, yet it is, indeed, an easy matter for him to whom Allah Almighty makes it easy. (It is ) that you worship Allah without associating anything with Him, that you perform the prayers, that you pay the zakat, that you fast during Ramadan, and that you make the pilgrimage to the House."
Then he said: "Shall I not guide you to the gates of goodness? Fasting is a shield; charity extinguishes sin as water extinguishes fire; and a man's prayer in the middle of the night." Then he recited: "Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on them. No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a reward for what they used to do". [Qu'ran, Surah al-Sajdah (32): Ayah 16-17]
Then he said: "Shall I not also tell you of the peak of the matter, its pillar, and its topmost part?" I said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The peak of the matter is Islam (submission to Allah), the pillar is prayer; and its topmost part is jihad." Then he said: "And shall I not tell you of the controlling of all that ?" I said:" Yes, O Messenger of Allah". So he took hold of his tongue and said: "Restrain this." I said: "O Prophet of Allah, will we be held accountable for what we say?" He said: "May your mother be bereft of you! Is there anything that topples people on their faces (or he said, on their noses) into the Hell-fire other than the jests of their tongues?"
As evidently we are failing in our implementation. The result we have seen and will continue to see as debasing comments made on certain forums have led to an attack on the state of some people’s Imaan. Moreover, this has led to people losing Adab for the Spiritual Inheritors of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless and give him peace).
We pray Allah the Exalted give us all the Tawfiq to desist from engaging in activities massaging our egos and take up those pursuits which bash the ego thus enabling us to humble ourselves before Allah the Exalted, the Lord of all the worlds and Master of the day of Reckoning.
It is imperative to learn the knowledge of the Deen from the feet of the Ulema. Know and be certain, your actions are a witness for your or against you and slandering the Awliya will render your deeds worthless and ruination in the Presence of the Lord of the Worlds, Transcendent and Exalted is He!
Follow the example of: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (RA) and Sayyiduna Ali (RA)
Allah take us all by the hand.
Naqshbandi Aslami Sufi Order
Jumaada al-Thaani 1430AH | May 2009CE