Manhaj Salaf
Firstly, i thankful to Allah SWT and thanks to islam4me.wordpress who has enlightened me deeply with this subject. It really enrich my soul and added more values to my journey in this world. Beforehand, i have heard things differently about this manhaj Salaf, but here what Salaf is all about.·What or who is Salaf?
· What is Salafiyyah?
· Who is a Salafee?
· Is it another party/group?
· What is the call of Da’watus-Salafiyah?
· Allaah Has Named us Muslims, So Why Ascribe Ourselves to the Salaf?
· So Who Are Ahl ul-Hadith?
· What or who is Salaf?The word Salaf is a shortened version of the word Salafus-Saalih, which means the Righteous Predecessors. It refers specifically to the first three generations of Islaam. The first, the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam & his Sahaabah (companions). The second, the Taabi’een (the followers of the companions). The third, the Tabaa’at-Taabi’een (the followers of the followers of the companions). Generally, this term refers to all those pious predecessors who followed the way of the Salaf and who have preceded us in time.
· What is Salafiyyah?
It is the way of following the Salaf, in creed/belief, speech and actions, regardless of time or location. It is to understand and implement the religion as was understood and implemented by the Salaf. Following it exactly to the best of ones ability, and to beware and refrain from that which opposes it.
· Who is a Salafee?The person who ascribes and adheres to the way of the Salaf. Just like the one born in a certain country is called the countryman of that country, due to his ascription to it. In other words the person who says “I am one who ascribes myself to the way of Salafus-Saalih, who are the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam & his Sahaabah, the Taabi’een, and the Tabaa’at-Taabi’een in creed, speech and actions.” It should be noted that a mere claim is not sufficient to establish the proof that one adheres to it.
· Is salafiyah another party/group?No it is NOT a party from among the parties, regardless of what people may claim. It is only an ascription to the Salafus-Saalih and their methodology, and calling to this noble methodology. It has NO Imaam, except for Abul-Qaasim Muhammad ibn Abdillaah sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam.
Shaikh Salih al-Fawzaan was asked, “Is Salafiyyah a hizb (party) from amongst the parties. And is ascribing to them (i.e. the Salafis) a blameworthy thing?”
To which he replied, “As-Salafiyyah (i.e. the Salafis) is the Saved Sect, and they are Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah. It is not a hizb (party) from amongst the various parties, those which are called “parties” today. Rather they are the Jamaa’ah, the Jamaa’ah upon the Sunnah and upon the Deen (religion). They are Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah. The Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said, “There will not cease to be a group from my Ummah manifest and upon the truth not being harmed by those who forsake them neither by those who oppose them” and he (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also said, “And this Ummah will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in the Hellfire but one”. They said, which one is this O Messenger of Allaah? He replied, “They are those who are upon what I and my companions are upon today”. Hence Salafiyyah is a group of people (i.e. the Salafis) upon the madhhab of the Salaf, upon what the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) and his companions were upon and it is not a hizb from amongst the contemporary groups present today. Rather it is the very old Jamaa’ah, from the time of the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) which inherits (this way) and continues, and which never ceases to be upon the manifest truth until the establishment of the Hour, as he (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) has informed (us).” (Cassette: “at-Tahdheer min al-Bid’ah” second cassette, delivered as a lecture in Hawtah Sadeer, 1416H).
· What is the call of Da’watus-Salafiyah?It is the pure religion which calls to Tawheed (singling out Allaah) and sincerity of worship. The call of all the prophets and messengers. –Allaamah Ubayd al-Jaabiree
· Allaah Has Named us Muslims, So Why Ascribe Ourselves to the Salaf?This doubt was very beatifully answered by Imaam al-Albaani in his discussion with someone on this subject, recorded on the cassette entitled, “I amSalafi“, and here is a presentation of the vital parts of it:
Shaikh al-Albaani: “When it is said to you, ‘What is your madhhab’, what is your reply?”
Questioner: “A Muslim”.
Shaikh al-Albaani: “This is not sufficient!”.
Questioner: “Allaah has named us Muslims” and he recited the saying of Allaah Most High, “He is the one who has called you Muslims beforehand.” (al-Hajj 22:78)
Shaikh al-Albaani: “This would be a correct answer if we were in the very first times (of Islaam) before the sects had appeared and spread. But if we were to ask, now, any Muslim from any of these sects with which we differ on account of aqeedah, his answer would not be any different to this word. All of them – the Shi’ite Rafidi, the Khaariji, the Nusayri Alawi – would say, “I am a Muslim”. Hence, this is not sufficient in these days.”
Questioner: “In that case I say, I am a Muslim upon the Book and the Sunnah.”
Shaikh al-Albaani: “This is not sufficient either”.
Questioner: “Why?”
Shaikh al-Albaani: “Do you find any of those whom we have just mentioned by way of example saying, ‘I am a Muslim who is not upon the Book and the Sunnah’?” Who is the one who says, ‘I am not upon the Book and the Sunnah’?”
At this point the Shaikh then began to explain in detail the importance of being upon the Book and the Sunnah in light of the understanding of the Salafus-Saalih…
Questioner: “In that case I am a Muslim upon the Book and the Sunnah with the understanding of the Salaf us-Saalih”.
Shaikh al-Albaani: “When a person asks you about your madhhab, is this what you will say to him?”
Questioner: “Yes”.
Shaikh al-Albaani: “What is your view that we shorten this phrase in the language, since the best words are those that are few but indicated the desired intent, so we say, ‘Salafi’?” End of quotation.
Hence, the point is that naming with “Muslim” or “Sunni” is not enough, since everyone will claim that. And Imaam al-Albaani emphasised the importance of the truth being distinguished from the falsehood – from the point of view of the basis of manhaj and aqidah, and that is taking from the Salaf us-Saalih, as opposed to the various sects and groups whose understandings are based upon those of their mentors and leaders and not that of the Salaf, fundamentally.
· So Who Are Ahl ul-Hadith?Author: Shaikh Rabee’ bin Haadee al-Madkhalee
Source: Makaanat Ahl ul-Hadith (trans. by Bilal Davies, forthcoming SP release)
They are those who proceed upon the way of the Companions and those who followed
them in righteousness, in clinging to the Book and the Sunnah, biting onto that
with their molar teeth, and letting them (i.e., the Qur’aan and the Sunnah) take
precedence over any statement or code and conduct – whether in belief, or acts
of worship such as dealings and transactions, mannerisms, politics or social
life.
They are those who are firm in regards to the fundamentals of the religion and
its subsections, upon that which Allaah sent down and revealed upon his servant
and Messenger Muhammad (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). They are those
establishing the call to that with all effort, sincerity and firm will. They are
those carrying the knowledge of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam),
expelling from it the distortions of those who have exaggerated (in its regard) and the undue claims of the people of falsehood and the interpretations of the ignorant ones. They are those who are observant and lie in wait for every group that has deviated from the way of Islaam, like the Jahmees and the Mu’tazilees and the Khawaarij and the Rawaafidh and the Murji’ah and the Qadriyyah and all of those
who have deviated from the way of Allaah and have followed their desires in every time and place – they not affected by the reproach of the blamers, in the cause of Allaah. They are the group that the Messenger of Allaah has praised and commended in his saying, “There will not cease to be a group from my Ummah manifest and upon the truth not being harmed by those who forsake them neither by those who oppose them until the hour is established.” [1]
They are the Saved Sect firm upon that which the Messenger and his Companions were upon, those who have been distinguished and defined by the Messenger of Allaah when he mentioned that this Ummah shall divide into seventy three sects all going to the Hell-fire except one and it was said, “Who are they, O Messenger of Allaah?” He said, “They are those who are upon that which I and my Comapnions are upon.” And this is not something we say in exageration or a mere claim, but verily we speak a reality that the text of the Qur’aan and the Sunnah bears witness to, which history bears witness to, and to which their (i.e., the Ahlul-Hadeeth’s) statements, their state of affairs, their writings and works also bear witness to. They are those who put before their eyes the statement of Allaah: And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allaah. [2]
And His statement: And let those who oppose the Messengers commandment beware lest some fitnah befall them or a painful torment be inflicted on them. [3]
They are the most staunch in distancing themselves from opposing the command of the Messenger and the most distant from fitnah. They are those who make their constitution: But no, by your Lord! They can have no faith, until they make you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam)) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no
resistance against your decisions, and accept them with full submission [4]
They are those who give to the Qur’aan and the Sunnah their true worth and give it the honour and veneration it deserves, giving priority to them over all the statements of mankind, and give precedence to their guidance over the guidance of all the people, and they judge by them in all affairs with complete pleasure, with chests which are expanded and free of restraint or constriction, and they submit to Allaah and His Messenger (with) a complete submission in their ‘aqeedah and their worship and their dealings. They are those concerning whom the statement of Allaah holds true: The only saying of the faithful believers when they are called to Allaah and His Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) to judge between them, is that they say, “We hear and we obey,” and such are the prosperous ones.[5]
They after all of the Comapanions – and at the head of them the rightly guided Caliphs – are the leaders of the taabi’een and at the head of them: Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyib (d. 90H), ‘Urwah ibn Zubair (d. 94H), ‘Alee ibn al-Hussain Zain al-’Aabideen (d. 93H), Muhammad ibn Hanafiya (d. 80H), ‘Ubaydullaah ibn ‘Abdillaah ibn ‘Utbah ibn Mas’ood (d. 94H or later), Saleem ibn ‘Abdillaah ibn ‘Umar (d. 106H), Qaasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abee Bakr as-Sadeeq (d. 106H), al-Hasan al-Basree (d. 110H), Muhammad ibn Sireen (d. 110H), ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-’Azeez (d. 101H) and Muhammad ibn Shihaab az-Zuhree (d. 125H).
Then the Atbaa’at-Taabi’een and at the head of them: Imaam Maalik (d. 179H), al-Awzaa’ee (d. 157H), Sufiyaan ibn Sa’eed ath-Thawree (d. 161H), Sufyaan ibn Uyayna (d198H), Ismaa’eel ibn Ubya??? (d. 193H), Layth ibn Sa’d (d. 175H) and Aboo Haneefah an-Nu’maan (d. 150H).
Then those who followed them and at the head of them: ‘Abdullaah ibn al-Mubaarak (d. 181H), Wakee’ ibn al-Jarraah (d. 197H), the Imaam Muhammad ibn Idrees ash-Shaafi’ee (d. 204H), ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee (d. 198H), Yahya ibn Sa’eed al-Qataan (d198H) and Afaan ibn Muslim (d. 219H).Then their students who followed them in this methodology, and at the head of them: the Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241H), Yahya ibn Ma’een (d. 233H) and ‘Alee ibn al-Madeenee (d. 234H). Then their students like al-Bukhaaree (d. 256H), Muslim (d. 261H), Abee Haatim (d. 277H), Abee Zara’ (Aboo Zur’ah?) (d. 264H), Aboo Daawood (d. 275H), at-Tirmidhee (d. 279H) and an-Nasaa’ee (d. 303H).Then those who proceeded in their way in the generations that preceded them, like Ibn Jareer (at-Tabaree?) (d. 310H), Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311H), ad-Daaraqutnee d. 385H) in his time, al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee (d. 463H) and Ibn ‘Abdul-Barr an-Niwaaree (d. 463H).
And ‘Abdul-Ghanee al-Maqdasee (d. 620H), Ibn Salaah (d. 643H), Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H), al-Mizzee (d. 743H), adh-Dhahabee (d. 748H), Ibn Katheer (d. 774H) and their contemporaries who lived in their time and those who came after them, and followed their footsteps in holding on to the Book and the Sunnah up until the present day.
These are who I mean by Ahlul-Hadeeth.NOTES
[1] Hadeeth saheeh, collected by Muslim (3/1523), Ahmad (5/278-279), Aboo Dawood
(3/4), Tirmidhee (4/420), Ibn Maajah (1/4-5), Haakim (4/449-450), at-Tabaraanee in Mu’jam al-Kabeer (7643) and Aboo Daawood at-Tayaalisi (p. 94, no. 689). Authenticated by al-Albaanee in As-Saheehah (270-1955).
[1] Hadeeth saheeh, collected by Muslim (3/1523), Ahmad (5/278-279), Aboo Dawood
(3/4), Tirmidhee (4/420), Ibn Maajah (1/4-5), Haakim (4/449-450), at-Tabaraanee in Mu’jam al-Kabeer (7643) and Aboo Daawood at-Tayaalisi (p. 94, no. 689).Authenticated by al-Albaanee in As-Saheehah (270-1955).source www.calgaryislam.com EbookAnd for further understanding and proof of it you may download the beautiful lecture given by Imaam Albani rahimallah by clicking below the link
Asalaam oalaikum, It is my understanding that the madhabs and other groups were formed for people who were far away from the Prophet and thus needed an intermediary to learn the sunnah.
I personally think it is best to follow what the Prophet taught us. The more we get closer to knowledge of how our Prophet (PBUH ) conducted his life and business affairs the better muslims we will become.
My deepest regret is that I do not know Quranic arabic like I should even though I can read it. So I guess the first step for any muslim wanting to get close to Allah is to learn Quranic arabic.
Wa’alaikumusalam,
“My deepest regret is that I do not know Quranic arabic like I should even though I can read it. So I guess the first step for any muslim wanting to get close to Allah is to learn Quranic arabic.”
Ignorance of this knowledge, i think that’s a problem for me as well and many muslims nowadays. But insha Allah, i eager to learn it. There’s nothing too late to start.
Thanks a lot Asqfish!
Asalaam alaikum
The first thing we start learning is knowledge about Allah. Because thats the first question asked in grave isnt it or not? The obligatory knowledge on every individual be a muslim or nonmuslim is to know his Lord. Thats why not so many prophets and messengers were sent down to earth as a mercy and guidance in order that mankind shall have no excuse that the Lord of the worlds neglected that can never happen allhumdulilah.
To asqfish
The madhabs founded by the four known Imaams. They themselves never claimed that they have founded a madhab. Because following prophet salalahu alaihee wa salaam is obligatory not the imaams. Each of the imaam if you look into what they have claimed and called people and preached people was the way of prophet salalahu alaihee wa salaam. They exercised their energy, money, health, youth, and old age in learning the ways of prophet salalahu alaihee wa salaam by gathering narrations from different people from different cities. However once the passed by some of the ignorants and stubborn followers, Followers for only name sake, started to claim that their madhab is better or correct or right way and rest of all the madhabs are wrong or falling short.
There is no imaam who on the face of earth who can preach his own life style or his own thoughts in the name of Islam. If anyone is doing so then they are rivaling the prophet salalahu alaihee wa salaam and Allah.
Salafiyah is nothing but Following prophet salalahu alaihee wa salaam, and how the sahaba understood the Commands of Allah and implemented and how they understood the explaination given by prophet salalahu alaihee wa salaam on each and everything. Because the sahaba are the carriers of Sunnah isnt it or not? They are also the carriers of correct understanding of the Religion, which today people of tainted with their personal desires and their logical or intellectual understanding. Following salafiyah is nothing but following the prophet salalahu alaihee wa salaam in the most correct manner upon proof.
For clear understanding of this would you kindly download the book This is our call by Imaam Albanee by visiting the blog http://islam4me.wordpress.com/ebooks/
Hope that should help and Guidance is at the Hands of Allah. Its Allah Who changes the heart and guides them to the truth.
Jazakallahukhairan
Irfan
@ Irfan
Wa’alaikumusalam,
Thanks a lot for sharing your valuable knowledges here. It’s much appreciated and your comments are always most welcome.
Wassalam.
Asalaam o alaikum,
“the importance of being upon the Book and the Sunnah in light of the understanding of the Salafus-Saalih…”
I would rewrite that as the importance of being upon the Book and the Sunnah in light of understanding the Book and the Sunnah.
The Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) is to be followed, I dont understand why a separate group has to be formed to follow the sunnah or the Quran.
Priesthood and elite groups (surah Al Anaam) are severely frowned upon in the Quran. That is as far as I understand from what I have studied so far in the Quran.
If a group wants to get together and practice islam,it is commendable, however most of the groups nowaday (forgive the generality) are exclusive instead of inclusive, thus making it a status symbol to belong to one group or the other.
For garden variety muslims like me, I think it is best to study the Quran and Sunnah and put in full effort to reflect on it and follow it, and stay away from following groups of people who came afterwards and were also struggling to follow Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The goal is to study the Quran in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah in the light of the Quran and Sunnah, not water it down with what was done by the companions or others. We can tap the knowledge of the companions for Hadith but we still have to go back to the Quran and what did Prophet Muhammad actually do.
May Allah forgive me if I have hurt any feelings, the intent is to clarify that there is no place in Islam for elitism, religious or otherwise.
Jazaaik allah hu Khairan
Dear All,
In my humble opinion, as long as Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad SAW as our guidance life and we try our best to carefully comprehend it and to implement it in our life with seeks help from Allah SWT. Insha Allah, there’s no point for us to be worried about on how we carry it out, mostly here, insha Allah we do have the same noble purpose, reaching the Higher end through the straight path. Allah SWT All Hearing and All Knowing. Be positive thinking upon others is the best way to go. May Allah SWT forgive me if i am wrong. Walahu a’lam…Allah SWT knows best.
Jazaaik allah hu Khairan
Wassalam.
Asalaam alaikum
Dear brothers and sisters.
@Asqfish.
Well brother no one is accusing of hurting anyone. I understand that very well its what you advisied with good intention and hope as a muslim to a fellow muslim. Jazakallahukhairan May Allah have mercy on you.
Oh my dear brother you said “I would rewrite that as the importance of being upon the Book and the Sunnah in light of understanding the Book and the Sunnah”
And if i say that you will follow sunnah, all the commands and instructions of the prophet salaalahu alaihee wa salaam with no slight hesitation in heart or on or by limbs. Then if i say to you this
The Messenger of Allah (swallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: “Indeed the Children of Israa’eel split up into seventy-one sects and my Ummah will split up into seventy-three, all of them are in Fire except one.” It was said, “What is the one?’ He said, “That which I and my Companions are upon.” Reported by at-Tirmidhee, no. 2792, al-Haakim, 1/128-129,
Pay attention to the words “That which i and my companions are upon”
Keep those words in mind and we will recollect those down the line inshallah.
Let us pick up a newspaper and read the news, what do we get to read so and so muslim group did this and that. They exploded bombs, killed children. You step out and look at some muslims they are so busy in ibadah in worship of Allah as though there is nothing else concerning to them such as sufis. Now tell me how many different groups and callers have risen up and each one calling and claiming that they are upon Quran and Sunnah. Each one read the Quran and Sunnah and understand they way you want to understand. Because of which confusion and chaos has occurred rather continue to occur. Why all this. Whats the answer for this?
Now what would a youth do? How do the Truth be seperated from falsehood? How would anyone know that after reading an Ayah or reading a Hadeeth the understanding that we have got is the same understanding that the prophet salailahu alaihee wa salaam gave? Whats the Criterion?
Now recollect those above mentioned guidance of prophet salailahu alahee wa salaam “That which i and my companions are upon” Isnt not this the answer for this confusion? Isnt not this lead from misguidance to guidance and help us practice our deen in the best possible manner by preserving the beauty of Quran and Sunnah in the most authentic manner. The companions are not the just the carrier of Hadeeths No they are even the carriers of True meaning of Sunnah all of the Sunnah. Because Allah choose them to witness the truth and preserve it for later generations.
Akhee i once again request you to read that small book This is our Call by Imaam Albanee and inshallah it will be beneficial.
Jazakallahukhairan
irfan
SubhanAllah! I like your positive attitude…..! It is that of a momin, inshallah I will remember that for myself too!
@ Irfan
Asqfish said : “I personally think it is best to follow what the Prophet taught us. The more we get closer to knowledge of how our Prophet (PBUH ) conducted his life and business affairs the better muslims we will become.”
Isn’t she salafi by nature ? She just do it as it is defined by Salaf. Since Salaf is not a group nor a sect in islam, i think she made it clear.
Or you think there’s anything else we need to do to be qualified as Salafi ?
Thanks.
Salam.
My tenet is that we are all muslims we do not need to be called by any other names, the only options are the level of muslim we may be i.e. momin or muhsin and that only Allah knows.
Allah knows best.
Asalaam alaikum
To Rayon
All muslims are salafees by default unless they choose themselves to be labelled or call themselves to a particular madhab or jamaah, or sect. They continue to remain upon the path of salaf as long as they are adhering to the methodology of prophet salaalahu alahi wa salaam. Their deviation begins the moment they start mixing and innovating things in Islam.
Secondly may Allah have mercy on you, May I be whipped for declaring to be a nonsalafee unless that person shows his or her true manhaj. Until then we are going to protect the honor of a fellow muslim. I m no one in the anals of knowledge to declare a person to be salafee or khalafee. Its the scholars who do that not a person like me at all. May Allah protect me from harming or chasing away people from Islam.
To Asqfish
I hope you would have gone through that book inshallah and for further understanding i have uploaded another book and inshallah my forthcoming post would have Foundations of Sunnah by Imaam Ahmed, a must read book to understand manhaj and its issues inshallah. Please you can obtain directly the book from following the link below and i hope to hear from you once you have finished these books inshallah.
http://islam4me.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/the-sacred-salafee-methodology/
May Allah have mercy on you as per your statement “we do not need to be called by any other names”
In that regards i would request you to read this discussion below, in it you will find the explaination and importance of it or is that we are innovating something new in the Religion?
· Allaah Has Named us Muslims, So Why Ascribe Ourselves to the Salaf?This doubt was very beatifully answered by Imaam al-Albaani in his discussion with someone on this subject, recorded on the cassette entitled, “I amSalafi“, and here is a presentation of the vital parts of it:
Shaikh al-Albaani: “When it is said to you, ‘What is your madhhab’, what is your reply?”
Questioner: “A Muslim”.
Shaikh al-Albaani: “This is not sufficient!”.
Questioner: “Allaah has named us Muslims” and he recited the saying of Allaah Most High, “He is the one who has called you Muslims beforehand.” (al-Hajj 22:78)
Shaikh al-Albaani: “This would be a correct answer if we were in the very first times (of Islaam) before the sects had appeared and spread. But if we were to ask, now, any Muslim from any of these sects with which we differ on account of aqeedah, his answer would not be any different to this word. All of them – the Shi’ite Rafidi, the Khaariji, the Nusayri Alawi – would say, “I am a Muslim”. Hence, this is not sufficient in these days.”
Questioner: “In that case I say, I am a Muslim upon the Book and the Sunnah.”
Shaikh al-Albaani: “This is not sufficient either”.
Questioner: “Why?”
Shaikh al-Albaani: “Do you find any of those whom we have just mentioned by way of example saying, ‘I am a Muslim who is not upon the Book and the Sunnah’?” Who is the one who says, ‘I am not upon the Book and the Sunnah’?”
At this point the Shaikh then began to explain in detail the importance of being upon the Book and the Sunnah in light of the understanding of the Salafus-Saalih…
Questioner: “In that case I am a Muslim upon the Book and the Sunnah with the understanding of the Salaf us-Saalih”.
Shaikh al-Albaani: “When a person asks you about your madhhab, is this what you will say to him?”
Questioner: “Yes”.
Shaikh al-Albaani: “What is your view that we shorten this phrase in the language, since the best words are those that are few but indicated the desired intent, so we say, ‘Salafi’?”
This is absolutely important to declare in order to clarify the unadulterated Islam to the people who dont know. Have not the fitnah of various kinds of fallen upon muslim ummah? Now whats the very thought flashes in the minds of people when the word Muslim is uttered?
Alright jazakallahukhairan for bearing with me. May Allah bless you all and me ameen.
Irfan
@ Irfan
You said : “I m no one in the anals of knowledge to declare a person to be salafee or khalafee. Its the scholars who do that not a person like me at all.”
This statement of yours bother me, isn’t it only Allah SWT alone who have the right to judge humans on their akhlaq/attitude ?
Wassalam.
@Raynon
The Judgement belongs to Allah. There is no shred of doubt about that. The best in the Sight of Allah is the one who has taqwaa of Allah the most.
Regarding judging between the people then this judgement is not like purifying anyone. Here the word judgement is used in the context of declaring anyone is a salafee or nonsalafee. We are not judging the character of a person. Have I ? No. This only refers to a particular individual regarding his Aqeedah, beliefs, and Manhaj, his methodology of seeking Islamic Knowledge and the methodology of understanding Islamic Knownledge.
Judging between the people is the Right of Allah and thats why has not Allah legislated all of the shariah? Yes indeed. Finally lets not confuse between judgement of Allah and judging a person based upon his or her actions. We are refering here judging a person based upon his actions. If a man commits good actions and does not harm anyone by default we judge him to be a good man with good character and pray for him and we try to be in his company because he is a good man on the other hand if a man who commits crimes and sin, sheds innocent blood, cheats people, rapes chaste woman, spreads rumors and falsehood. Do we leave him as he is and tell that we cant say he is bad because we are no one to judge him? No Allah has legislated rules which differentiate between good and evil we follow those legislation and judge people through those rules so hence Judgement in this regard is to actions what we see. What is hidden is Intention? We are no one to judge people based upon intention.
The final judgement which we all witness is the day of judgement. Allah will judge between people and reward the doers of good with good and punish the doers of evil with hell.
I hope its clear. Inshallah
Irfan
@ Irfan
Jazaik Allah hu khairan.