Have Mercy Upon Salafiyyah - Shaykh Badr Ibn Alee

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'Have Mercy Upon Salafiyyah' is a book written by Shaykh Badr Ibn Alee Ibn Taamee Al-Utaybee. He is the head of Markaz Ad-Da’wah, Taaif, Saudi Arabia, and he is from the senior students of Shaykh Ibn Baaz. When he experienced the extreme behaviour of Salafis and the path which will lead astray from the teachings of the salaf, he intended to write a book on their guidance. I will not be copying here the whole book but the important portion of that book.

Shaykh Badr Ibn Alee Ibn Taamee Al-Utaybee says:

۩ As for today, the affair of the Salafis is that everybody has become a person who disparages and praises, everybody criticises everybody else. This difficult field has been traversed upon by every docile person, every foolish young person speaks regarding these matters, every lowly ignoramus, in fact even a person who has just reverted to Islam. He does not know anything about the basics of the Sharee’ah (Islamic law), the principles of the religion nor the rulings of tahaarah (purification) and salaah. He enters into Islam on the basis of ‘it is an obligation to show loyalty to so and so’, and ‘be an enemy to so and so’.

A person becomes known due to what he frequently does. [Due to their actions,] ears refuse to listen to their statements, eyes hate to see what they put forth, and righteous pious souls hate their sittings, in fact even their twitter accounts and websites. This is not Salafiyyah.

۩ Salafyyah is not only Jarh wa Ta’deel, fnding pitfalls, investigating mistakes and appointing ignorant youth to these responsibilities.

۩ Do not corrupt it by the contagious disease of labelling and classifying people, and competing with each other in that.

In the past twenty years they have bought out for us: Haddaadiyyah, Maghraawiyyah, Urooriyyah, Ma’rabiyyah, ‘Abbaadiyyah, Hujooriyyah, Faalihiyyah, Madkhaliyyah etc... [sects in salafis]

Until when, O worshippers of Allah?

۩ Whoever errs then say, “So and so erred,” or say, “So and so erred and whoever is with him [has also erred],” – but there is no need for this innovated classification of people.

۩ Classifying people based upon suspicion and doubt, as well as ignorance regarding what necessitates a person to be ascribed to particular groups.

Not everybody who speaks with politics, wears the ‘Iqaal [black head band worn by Gulf Arabs over their head scarf to keep it in place. Often – and not always – it is not worn by scholar] and cuff links becomes an Ikhwaani!

Not everybody who goes towards zuhd (renouncing worldly pleasures to get closer to Allah) and dawah becomes a Tableeghi.

Not everybody who makes Takfeer (i.e. labels another Muslim a disbeliever) of the Tawaagheet and the herectics becomes a Khaariji.

Also not everybody who praises a person of innovation due to his affair being hidden from him is ascribed to his hizb (party or sect) – like they say and think.”

۩ Be silent - begin with yourself. Remove ignorance from yourself and take from where the scholars have taken from [i.e. Quran and sunnah]. You should learn a lesson from how scholars fell into errors and mistakes, [if this is the case with them] then what do you think will happen to the people of ignorance and those who are misguided?! Discipline them, encourage them to  love people, to show mercy to creation, and to be focused on the guidance of people.

۩ The people of Sunnah in the countries of Caucasus are fghting each other due to what is being dictated to them, “warn against so and so”, “do not listen to so and so”, and yet by Allah they do not know the basic principles of the Sharee’ah nor the principles of the path. 

In some European countries, by Allaah they fought each other with weapons due to “you are with Shaykh Fulaan” and “I am with Shaykh Fulaan”.

A Salafi Muslim takes another Salafi Muslim to a disbelieving government in order for him to be arrested and test him in his religion- because he has opposed him in his exalting of his Shaykh, and praising his Manhaj.

۩ By Allaah, most of your opponents today do not criticise Kitaab at-Tawheed, Thalaathat al-Usool or Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah, your opponents are too worthless to criticise such strong mountains. However, your own actions and statements have caused people to fee away, as well as the fact that you have left the way of the well-grounded scholars.

۩ Be aware of suspicion, suspicion is the worst type of speech, upon you is what is apparent, and verify [information brought to you]. Weigh everything upon the scales of knowledge and justice, and act accordingly with determination and mercy. 

Do not make Salafyyah the house of a particular Shaykh, whoever enters into the house is Salafi.

Salafiyyah is the methodology of the Companions, Taabi’een and Imaams of the religion. Nobody is expelled from Salafiyyah except with evidences and certainty, not due to desires, personal interests and the Shaytaan.

۩ Defend Islaam and the Sunnah in its entirety. Do not speak about an evil which is hidden [and yet you disregard] a greater more apparent evil. Do not speak about a minor Bid’ah [yet you disregard]a Bid’ah which is overwhelming. Do not speak about a person who is unknown, [yet you disregard] a person whose danger is much greater.

۩ We have had enough of divisions and discord, boycotting and cutting of. Allah has made you – Worshippers of Allaah – brothers, be avenues of mercy towards each other. Give glad tidings and do not cause people to fee away; make things easy and not difficult; work with each other and do not differ.

Have mercy upon Salafyyah !!!

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Taken From the book 'Have Mercy Upon Salafiyyah' by Shaykh Badr Ibn Alee Ibn Taamee Al-Utaybee [Download].