Our
Dawah (parts excerpted from the dawah of al-' Allaamah
Muqbil Ibn Haadee aI- Waadi'ee and others from the
A'immah of the Salaf)
[1]:
We believe in Allaah and His Names and Attributes,
as they were mentioned in the Book of Allaah and
in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him) without
tahreef (distortion), nor ta'weel (figurative interpretation),
nor tamtheel (making a likeness), nor tashbeeh (resemblance),
nor ta'teel (denial).
[2]:
We believe that calling upon the dead and seeking
aid from them, and similarly with the living, in
that which no one besides Allaah is capable of,
is Shirk with Allaah. Likewise, believing that charms
and amulets can bring about benefit along with Allaah,
or without Allaah is Shirk, and carrying them without
that belief is superstition.
[3]:
We take the Book and the Sunnah upon their apparent
meanings, and we do not perform ta'weel, except
through a proof that necessitates ta'weel (figurative
interpretation) of the Book and the Sunnah.
[4]:
We believe that the Believers will see their Lord
in the Hereafter, without inquiry into the modality.
And we believe in the Intercession (ash-Shafaa'ah)
and in the people of Tawheed being taken out of
the Fire.
[5]:
We love the Companions (radiyallaahu 'anhum) of
the Messenger of Allaah
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him) and we
hate those who speak against them. We believe that
to speak ill of them is to speak ill of the Religion,
because they are the ones
who conveyed it to us. And we love the Family of
the Prophet
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him) with
love that is permitted by the Sharee'ah.
[6]:
We love the People of Hadeeth and all of
the Salaf of the Ummah from Ahlus- Sunnah.
[7]: We despise 'ilmul-kalaam (knowledge
of theological rhetoric, philosophy), and we view
it to be from amongst the greatest reasons for the
division in the Ummah.
[8]: We do not accept anything
from the books of fiqh (jurisprudence), nor from
the books of tafseer (explanation of the Qur'aan),
nor from the ancient stories, nor from the Seerah
(biography) of the Prophet
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him) except
that which has been confirmed from Allaah or from
His Messenger
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him). We do
not mean that we have rejected them, nor do we claim
that we are not in need of them. Rather, we benefit
from the discoveries of our Scholars and the jurists
and other than them. However, we do not accept a
ruling, except with an authentic proof.
[9]:
We do not cover in our lessons, nor do we give sermons
with anything except the Qur' aan, or the authentic
and authoritative hadeeth. And we detest what emanates
from many books and admonishers in terms of false
stories and weak and fabricated ahaadeeth.
[10]: We do not perform takfeer
upon any Muslim due to any sin, except Shirk with
Allaah, or the abandonment of Prayer, or apostasy.
We seek refuge in Allaah from that.
[11]: We believe that the Qur'aan
is the Speech of Allaah, it is not created.
[12]: We hold co-operation with
any Muslim upon the truth to be obligatory and we
declare ourselves free in front of Allaah from the
calls of Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islaamic times of ignorance).
[13]: We do not deem it correct
to revolt against the Muslim rulers as long as they
are Muslims, nor do we feel that revolutions bring
about reconciliation. Rather, they corrupt the community.
[14]: We hold that the da'wah (call)
of the Ikhwaan ul-Muslimeen is not an upright and
righteous da 'wah that brings about the rectification
of the community. Indeed, their
da 'wah is political, not religious. It is also
a da'wah of innovation, because it is a call to
making unknown allegiance and a da'wah of fitnah
(trial, discord) founded upon innovation, and all
of it is built upon innovation.
[15]: We advise the brothers who
work amongst them to abandon them, until nothing
of their time is afforded to that which does not
benefit Islaam and the Muslims. And it is upon the
Muslim that his priority be to Allaah in aiding
Islaam and the Muslims upon the hand of any Muslim
under any Jamaa'ah.
[16]: We restrict our understanding
of the Book of Allaah and of the Sunnah of the Messenger
of Allaah
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him) to the
understanding of the Salaf of the Ummah from the
Scholars of hadeeth, not the blind-followers of
these individuals. Rather, we take the truth from
wherever it comes. And we know that there are those
who claim Salafiyyah, yet Salafiyyah is free from
them, since they bring to society what Allah has
prohibited.
[17]: We believe that politics
is a part of the Religion, and those who try to
separate the Religion from politics are only attempting
to destroy the Religion and to spread chaos. Likewise,
what has been spread in some of the Islaamic countries
that, 'The Religion is for Allaah, but the state
is for the people,' is a call of jaahiliyyah. Rather,
everything must be for Allaah. Similarly, in the
arena of da'wah (calling to Allaah) and current
affairs, the Salafis are distinguished from the
innovated and pretentious methodologies of the political
activists, who under the guise of following the
Salaf and the contemporary 'Ulamaa, rouse the emotions
and sentiments of the common-folk, take them away
from the firmly established scholars and merely
call to themselves.
[18]: We believe there will be
no honour or victory for the Muslims until they
return to the Book of Allaah and to the Sunnah of
the Messenger of Allaah
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him).
[19]: We hate for the sake of Allah,
all those who oppose this methodology and the Sharee'ah.
And we believe that all of the people are divided
into two parties: the party of Allaah, and they
are those who establish the pillars of Islaam and
the pillars of eemaan (faith). And there is the
party of Shaytaan, and they are those who wage war
against the Sharee'ah of Allaah.
[20]: We oppose those who divide
the Religion between trivial issues and important
issues. And we know that this is a destructive da
'wah.
[21]: We oppose those who put down
the knowledge of the Sunnah, and say that this is
not the time for it. Likewise, we oppose those who
put down acting upon the Sunnah of the Messenger
of Allaah
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him).
[22]: We hold that the most important
affairs must be given precedence over others. So
it is obligatory upon the Muslims that they give
importance to aqeedah (creed). So this cannot occur,
except by holding fast to the Book and the Sunnah.
[23]: We hold that no Jamaa'ah
has the capability of facing the enemies, whether
it be the Raafidee, or the Shee'ee, or the Soofee,
or the Sunnee; until they have true brotherhood
and unity upon this aqeedah.
[24]: Our da'wah and our aqeedah
is more beloved to us than our own selves, our wealth
and our offspring. So we are not prepared to part
with it for gold, nor silver. We say this so that
no one may have hope in buying out our da 'wah,
nor should he think that it is possible for him
to purchase it from us for deenaar or dirham. Since
the politicians already know this about us, so they
have despaired of buying it from us with granted
positions or wealth.
[25]: We accept direction and advice
from wherever it comes, as long as it is supported
by the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger
of Allah, however we do not seek out knowledge from
the misguided ones. And we know that we are students
of knowledge, we are correct sometimes and incorrect
at other times. We are ignorant at times and knowledgeable
at times.
[26]: We love the present day Scholars
of the Sunnah and that they are none other than
the Kibaar ul 'Ulamaa. The likes of them are: Shaykh
Ubayd al Jaabiree, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, Shaykh
Rabee' bin Hadee al Madkhalee, Shaykh Zayd bin Hadee
al Madkhalee, Shaykh Abdul Muhsin al Abbad, Shaykh
Muhammad al Banna, Shaykh Salih as Suhaimee, Shaykh
Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Najmee, Shaykh Abdul Aziz aal
Shaykh and their brethren from amongst the learned
people. And we hope to benefit from them and regret
the passing away of many of them like al-'Allaamah
Abdul Aziz bin Baz, al-'Allaamah Muhammad
Nasiruddin al-Albaani, al-'Allaamah Muhammad ibn
Salih al-Uthaymeen, al-'Allaamah Muqbil bin Hadi
al-Wadi'ee, and al-'Allaamah Muhammad Amaan al-Jaamee
rahimuhumallah.
[27]: We love the salafi students
of the 'Ulamaa and their students for their being
able to connect us to the 'Ulamaa, like Shaykh Aboo
'Abdur Rahmaan Fawzee al-Atharee, Shaykh 'Abdus-Salaam
Ibn Burjiss, Shaykh Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhaab
al-Wassaabee, Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez al-Bura'ee, Shaykh
Aboo Anas Hamad al-'Uthmaan, Shaykh Muhammad Ibn
Rabee al-Madkhalee, Shaykh Ibraaheem Ibn 'Aamir
ar-Ruhaylee, Shaykh 'Abdullaah 'Ateeq al-Harbee,
Shaykh 'Abdullaah lbn 'Abdur-Raheem al-Bukharee,
Shaykh Ahmad lbn 'Alloosh al-Madkhalee, Shaykh Ahmad
lbn 'Umar Baazmool and their brethren from amongst
the noble students of the 'Ulamaa.
[28]: It has been made clear by
the 'Ulamaa and their students that the trustworthy
salafi duat (preachers) here in the west at this
time are from the likes of Abul Hasan Malik, Hasan
as-Somalee, Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis, Dawud Adib,
Aqeel Walker, Abu Uwais Abdullah Ahmed, Moosa Richardson
and the brothers at TROID and Salafi Publications
and Daarul Hadeeth wal Athar and their likes who
are known for their salafiyyah and have approval
from the 'Ulamaa to transmit from them by way of
translation and reading of their texts to the illiterate
masses.
[29]: We oppose the calls of jaahiliyyah
such as all forms of nationalism. We oppose them
and we name them calls of jaahiliyyah and we hold
that they are reasons for the downfall of the Muslims.
[30]: We are awaiting the re-newer
that Allaah renews this Religion with. Aboo Daawood
(d.257H) relates in his Sunan from Abee Hurayrah
(radiyallaahu 'anhu), from the Prophet
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him) said,
"Verily Allaah sends at the head of every one
hundred years a re-newer for this Ummah to renew
its Religion." And we hope that he will bring
about a widely spread Islaamic awakening.
[31]: We firmly believe in the
misguidance of the one who rejects the ahaadeeth
pertaining to the Mahdee, the Dajjaal (Anti-Christ)
and the descent of 'Eesaa Ibn Maryam (Peace be Upon
him). And we do not mean the Mahdee of the Raafidah.
Rather, we mean the leader from the Family of the
Prophet
(Peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon him) from
the people of the Sunnah filling up the earth with
justice and fairness, just as it was filled with
oppression and injustice before. And we say that
he is from Ahlus-Sunnah, because cursing the noble
Companions is not from justice.
[32]: These are glimpses into our
aqeedah and our da 'wah. So if one has any objection
to this, then we are prepared to accept advice if
it is truthful, and to refute it if it is erroneous,
and to avoid it if it is stubborn rejection. And
Allaah knows best.
So let it be known that this has not fully covered
our da 'wah. Except that it includes the da’wah
and aqeedah of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab
and the aqeedah of Imaam at-Tahawi and the aqeedah
of Imaam al-Barbahaaree and likewise the aqeedah
of Shaykh ul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah and his Wasitiyyah
and Hamawiyyah and our da'wah is from the Book and
the Sunnah, to the Book and the Sunnah, and our
aqeedah is likewise. And Allaah is sufficient for
us, and He is the best of those who are trusted.
And there is no might, nor power, except with Allaah.