THE ASCRIPTION TO OTHER JAMAA’AAT
Ascription to Naqshbandeeyah
‘This Tareeqa (way) ascribes itself to Muhammad Baha-uddeen Shah Naqshband. The ascription for this
Tareeqa[38] is from his name and it has became known with that. He was born in the village of Bukhara
(717 – 791 A.H)’ ‘He was given the title of Naqshband because of a print of the word ‘Allaah’ engraved upon the front of his heart, due to a lot of remembrance of Allaah.
It has been said he was called Naqshband, because the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-placed his noble palm on the heart of shaykh Muhammad Baha-uddeen al-Awaysee Naqshband, so it became engraved on his heart.’ ‘Ahmad al-Farooqi as-Sarhindi (1034 A.H.) revived and spread the Tareeqa in India.’[39]
Ascription to Deobandeeyah
The definition of ‘Dar al-Uloom ad-Deobandeeyah’ according to them:
‘Dar al-Uloom is Muslim in their religion, of the Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah sect, of a Hanafi Madhab,
drinking hole is Soofeeyah, Matroodeeyah Ashaareeyah in philosophy, Chishteeyah in methodology, rather it gathers all the different succession of groups, Wali al-illaheyya in thought, Qasameeyah in principle, Rasheedeeyah as a subdivision, Deobandeeyah in ascription’[‘Tareekh Dar al-Uloom bi-Deoband’ (1/428]
‘’Sayyid Taalib ar-Rahman said:
‘ad-Deobandeeyah is a group from the Hanafis in the Indian Sub-continent and other places. They follow the path of the Deoband University and their ascription is to this University, and that was to distinguish from their brothers ‘the Brailaweeyah’ one of the sects of the Hanafis, who ascribe to a Imam of Bida’, Ahmad Rida Khan al-Brialweeyah, who was born in the city of ‘Brieelee’ a city in the state of Uttra Pardesh in India in the year 1272 A.H. and died in the year 1340 A.H. ‘Deoband’ is a town in the state of Uttra Pardesh it achieved its fame due to the famous Islamic University called ‘Dar al-Uloom’ which was founded in 1283 A.H. and this University without doubt is regarded as a pride and honour for that town.
The fundamental aim of establishing this University was to support the Hanafi Madhab (School of thought) and spreading it, and to subjugate the Prophetic Sunnah and to make the Sunnah follow the Hanafi Fiqh, and there is no exaggeration in the reality of this point, since even the senior scholars of Deoband have
acknowledged this.’
‘’Muhammad Yusuf al-Banoori one of the leaders of the Deoband said explaining the way of the Deoband and their Madhab:
‘The way of the Deoband which their senior scholars are upon is the affirmation of the leadership of the Faqeeh of the Ummah, the Imam Abu Hanifah with respect to his Fiqh and his Ijtihad which has a lofty status in the pure Sharia’ after the noble Prophetic Hadeeth.
And it is necessary to have the sciences of Soofeeyah and sciences of purification of the hearts which is transmitted by its people, and it needs to be blended with the Sharia’ in a correct way.
They acknowledge the magnificence of Ibn Taymeeyah’s status but at the same time they acknowledge the greatest Shaykh Muhiddeen ibn Arabi with his book ‘Kamallat’. So we have Taqleed of the Imam Abu Hanifah, and follow the Prophetic Ahadeeth along with the sciences of the Soofeeyah, and what is made up of this blend of three is the magnificent Madhab which is none other than the Madhab of the
sect Deobandeeyah.’
ASCRIPTION TO JAMA’AT TABLEEGH
The Founder of Jama’at Tableegh
‘’Abdullaah bin Mubarak al-Qahtani said: ‘Muhammad Ilyaas al-Kandalawi is regarded as the founder of the Tableeghi sect and he was the one who made the fundamental principles for the sect. Muhammad Ilyaas took it in turn and acquired it from Sa’eed
an-Nursi who was called Badeea’ az-Zaman an-Nursi (1293 A.H. – 1379 A.H.) in Turkey. So the foundation of the ideology was from Turkey, and it grew and was brought up and implemented and
propelled from India.’
Ascription to Soofeeyah
‘’Salih bin Fawzan al-Fawzan was asked: ‘What is the ruling of ascribing to the Soofi Madhab, and do we make Takfeer (excommunication) of the Soofeeyah?’ He answered:
‘It is not allowed to ascribe to an innovated Madhab of the Soofeeyah, or other than the Soofeeyah. It is not allowed for the Muslim to follow the Mubtadia’ (the innovators) whether from the Soofeeyah or other than the Soofeeyah, but rather he has to follow the Madhab of the Ahl-ul-Sunnah. It is not possible for the
Muslim to follow the Madhab of Ahl-ul-Sunnah except if he learns and knows the Madhab of Ahl-ul-Sunnah and knows the Madhaahib of the Mubtadia’, and this is not possible except with knowledge.
As for the ignorant person, then it is not possible for him to keep away from the Madhaahib of the Mubtadia’ because he does not know who they are, and perhaps he deems them as being appropriate and thinks that they are good, therefore ignorance is corruption and an illness. The Soofeeyah are not all of the same grades, there are those from them who reach to the level of Shirk, and from them are those who are only Mubtadia’, and from them there is the one who is a Mushrik, who makes Dua’ to the dead rather than to Allaah, and who seeks aid from graves, and who makes Dua’ to his Shaykhs and believes that they can benefit him or harm him, and that they control the universe.
The Soofeeyah are of different types, they are not just one type. Some of them are just Mubtadia’, and some of them are Mushrikoon. Some of them are apostates, and they are the Ahl-ul-Wahdatul-Wajood (those who believe in unity of existence) those who are upon the Madhab of al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Ibn Saba’een and Talmasaani, and they are the ones who are extremists in their Kufr (disbelief) of the people on this earth the people of Wahdatul-Wajood (those who believe in unity of existence). Likewise are the Mushrikoon who supplicate to other than Allaah, were they supplicate to their Shaykhs and their chiefs, they also supplicate to the dead, and they turn for help to graves, and this is Shirk.
The Stance of the Scholars of Ahl-ul-Sunnah against the Ascription to the Soofi paths
The Fatwa of ‘Lajna Daeema lilbahooth al-Ilmeeyah wal-Iftaa’
The question:
There is a (Soofee path) way which is ascribed to Shaykh Abdul Qadir and Abul-Hasan ash-Shaadhlee, is
there a problem if a person joins it and ascribes himself to it and is it Sunnah or Bida’?
The Answer:
‘The Hadeeth collected by Abu Dawood and other than him from the collectors of the Sunnan from Al-Irbadh bin Sariah who said: the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah, it is as though this is a farewell sermon, so advise us.’
He -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
أوصيكم بتقوى الله ، والسمع والطاعة ، وإن ّ تأمر عليكم عبد ؛ فإنه من يعش منكم فسيرى
اختلافا كثيرا ، فعليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين ، ّعضوا عليها بالنواجذ ،
وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور ، فإن كل بدعة ضلالة
‘I advise you to fear Allaah and to hear and obey even if a slave becomes your leader. Verily he among you who lives [long] will see great differences, so you must keep to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the rightly-guided Khulafah – cling to them stubbornly. Beware of newly invented matters, for every invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray.’[Shaykh Albaani declared the Hadeeth to have a Saheeh Isnaad in Silsilah no.2735 & he also
authenticated it in ‘as-Sunnah’ by Ibn Abi ‘Aasim.] The Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- mentioned that there will occur many differences in his Ummah, and they will branch off into paths and methodologies, and there will occur many Bida’ and Superstitions amongst them. The Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- ordered the Muslims to adhere to the Book of Allaah and to
hold onto his Sunnah and to bite onto it with the molar teeth, and warn them against dividing up and
differences, and following Bida’ and superstitions because it is misguidance and straying which causes the one who follows these paths to separate away from the Path of Allaah, so Allaah advised them with what He advised His slaves with the saying of Allaah Subhanahu:
(وَٱعۡتَصِمُوا۟ بِحَبۡلِ ٱللَّهِ جَمِیعࣰا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا۟ۚ وَٱذۡكُرُوا۟
<< And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. >>[Surah Aal-E-Imran 103]
and the saying of Allaah:
(وَأَنَّ هَـٰذَا صِرَ ٰطِی مُسۡتَقِیمࣰا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمۡ عَن سَبِیلِهِۦۚ ذَ ٰلِكُمۡ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ)
<< And verily, this is my Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for you that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious)>>
[Surah Al-An'am 153]
So we advise you with the advice of Allaah and the advice of His Messenger, and we advise you to adhere to the Manhaj of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama’, and we warn you against what the people of these Soofi paths who innovated Soofeeyah and innovated supplications and remembrance which is not legislated and
supplications which contain Shirk with Allaah or that which leads towards Shirk, like seeking refuge with other than Allaah, remembering Allaah with single names (i.e. like saying ‘Allaah hu’ etc.), and remembering Allaah using the word ‘Aah’ which is not from His –Subhanahu– Names, and how they seek closeness to their Shaykhs by making Dua’ through them, and they believe that their Shaykhs are spies of the hearts and they know what will occur in the future. Their remembrance of Allaah as a collective remembrance with one unison voice in gatherings while swaying & dancing around with An-Nasheed (musical songs), along with other things which are not known from the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam.’
All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad, hisFamily, his Companions and all those who follow his guidance
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