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The Obligation of Separating the People

of Truth from the People of Falsehood
and Warning from the People of
Falsehood: A Sitting with Shaykh Rabī’
bin Hādī Al-Madkhalī and Shaykh
Muhammad bin Sālih Al-‘Uthaymīn

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Shaykh Rabī’ Bin Hādī Al-Madkhalī:

“…Many of the Salafī youth have become lost because we have not carried the
banner of Shaykh Al-Islām ibn Taymiyyah for them and said: this is the truth and this is
the falsehood. Therefore, it is obligatory upon us to compensate for that which has
passed and to clarify the truth to our youth.

Many (so-called) Salafī callers now say to the youth, “Upon you is ‘adh-Dhilāl’ (the
“tafsīr” of Sayyid Qutb),” as if it was written in Paradise… (They say) “Upon you is Al-
Ma’ālim fī At-Tarīq (by Sayyid Qutb),” while this (book) calls to the ideology of the
Khawārij and to the takfīr of the whole Ummah. Al-Ma’ālim fī At-Tarīq and adh-Dhilāl
call to the takfīr of the whole Ummah and say that the masājid (of the Muslims) are
temples of Jāhiliyyah! On top of that, the books of this man contain the opinions of
the Jahmiyyah, the Mu’tazilah, the Khawārij, the Rawāfid and everything. So how
can we praise this man (Sayyid Qutb) for them and say that he is an “Imām” and a
“Mujaddid” (reviver)? Then of course the people will go to the books of this
“Mujaddid” and they will abandon the Salafī Manhaj (methodology).

Therefore, it is necessary to clarify, O Ummah of Muslims! It is necessary to

differentiate between the truth and the falsehood! And Allāh - ‫ ﻪﻧﺎﺤﺒﺳ ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗﻭ‬- has called
this Qur’ān a “Furqān” (criterion & distinction between truth & falsehood) because it
separates and differentiates between the truth and the falsehood. And Muhammad
‫ ﷺ‬separated and distinguished between the people. Therefore, it is obligatory
upon his inheritors to separate and distinguish between the people and to separate
and distinguish between the people of truth and the people of falsehood.

This is why our youth have become lost! This one has become Tablighī, this one
Ikhwānī, and at the same time he abandons the Salafī Manhaj and he becomes
one of its opponents. Why? Because we have not clarified to the Salafī youth to bite
with their molar teeth upon that which they are upon and that this is the truth (i.e.
Salafiyyah), and to be warned against that which these (deviant) groups have (of
misguidance).

This is the truth, which we have to say. And we ask Allāh – Blessed & Exalted be He –
to give us all success in openly speaking the truth, in differentiating between it &
falsehood, in differentiating between the people of truth & the people of falsehood,
and between the Sunnis (Salafīs) & the innovators. Otherwise, the youth will stay in a
state of confusion, become lost and follow everyone. We ask Allāh for success.”

Shaykh Muhammad bin Sālih Al-‘Uthaymīn:

“We thank our brother, Shaykh Rabī’, for what his speech contains of it being
obligatory to verify firstly, and then to dispute (with wisdom) with the person whose
words, ideology or opinion were conveyed. If he then persists upon his falsehood,
then his falsehood is clarified and exposed so that the people will not be deceived
by him.

And this is what is obligatory. Firstly verifying, secondly disputing with the person
whose words were conveyed, and then clarifying the truth if he persists upon his
falsehood.

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So these are three levels:

1) Verifying.
2) Disputing.
3) Clarifying and distinguishing the truth from the falsehood.

May Allāh grant everyone success to that which He loves and is pleased with, for
verily He is Most-Generous and Bountiful.”

Arabic Audio and Transcription: http://www.sahab.net/forums/?showtopic=123011

Translated by: Yâsîn Abû Ibrâhîm

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