Warning Against the
Fitnah
of Takfeer
By the
Muhadith, Allama, Ash-Shaykh
Muhammad Nasir
ud-Deen al-Albaani
Translated By
Abbas Abu Yahya
Contents
Foreword
The Principle of Understanding the Book & the Sunnah
A Kufr less than Kufr
The Relationship between Takfeer &
Rebellion
Making Takfeer of Sinners is not Allowed
Purification and Education
Appendix - I
Glossary of terms
Foreword
All Praise belongs
to Allaah, Lord of all the worlds, May His prayers and blessings be upon the
final Prophet Muhammad, his Family, his Companions and all those who follow his
way.
From amongst the
greatest blessings of Allaah Ta'aala upon this Ummah is that He has
placed wisdom in the hearts of the people of knowledge. Just as one of the Salaf said:
"Whoever has many Aathaar (narrations),
then he speaks with wisdom."
And from amongst the
people of knowledge of our time was the great Muhadith, Faqih, Allaama
ash-Shaykh Muhammad Nasir ud-Deen al-Albaani – May Allaah have mercy
on him.
This book is an
amended transcript of one of the many, many sittings with the illustrious Shaykh,
where he was asked about the issue of Takfeer. The sitting took place in
Jordan. The transcript was amended by
the Shaykh to make it suitable for print.
We ask our Lord Azza wa Jal to make this work a beacon of light, illuminating
the path for those who have lost the way. We also ask Him to reward our noble Shaykh
al-Albaani and place him in the hereafter among the ranks of the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and they are the best of companions.
The translator
Warning Against the
Fitnah of
Takfeer
By the
Muhadith, Allaama, Ash-Shaykh
Muhammad Nasir
ud-Deen al-Albaani
Indeed all Praise belongs to Allaah,
we praise Him, we seek His aid, and we seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in
Him from the evil of our selves, and the evil of our actions. Whom ever Allaah
guides, there is none to misguide him, and who ever Allaah leaves astray then
there is none that can guide him.
I testify that there is none worthy of worship
except Allaah Azza wa Jal, Alone without any partner, and I testify that
Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
Indeed the issue of Takfeer generally, is
not only for the rulers, but it is also for the ruled. It is an old and extensive
fitnah that was germinated by a sect from the Islaamic sects of old who were
known as the khawaarij.
It is with great sadness that – some of the callers
to the Deen or those who are too enthusiastic - have fallen outside the
realm of the Book and the Sunnah! But in the name of the Book and the Sunnah!
The reason for this goes back to two points:
The first reason is them being shallow in
knowledge.
The second reason is - and this point is very
important - that they never understood the regulations of the Sharia'. The Sharia' is the foundation of the
Authentic Islaamic Dawah. All those who are outside the Authentic Islaamic
Dawah are regarded as being from the deviated sects away from the Jamaa’aah
which the Messenger of Allaah - SallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam - praised in more than one hadeeth.
Regarding this Jamaa’aah which even our Lord
Azza wa Jal mentioned, and explained that whomsoever went outside this Jamaa’aah
has indeed broken away from Allaah and His Messenger. That is the saying of Allaah:
<<And whosoever contradicts and opposes the
Messenger after the right path has been clearly shown to him and follows other
than the path of the believers. We shall
keep him in the path he has chosen and burn him in Hell – what an evil
destination. >>[1]
So indeed Allaah Ta’ala, in a matter, that has a very
clear command according to the people of knowledge – did not summarize His statement
by saying:
<<
And whosoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger after the right path has
been clearly shown to him . . . We shall keep him in the
path . . . >>
The clearest evidence here is that Allaah associated
contradicting and opposing the Messenger with following a way other than the believers'
path.
So, He said:
<<And whosoever contradicts and opposes the
Messenger after the right path has been clearly shown to him and follows other
than the path of the believers. We shall
keep him in the path he has chosen and burn him in Hell – what an evil
destination. >>
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