Doctor Saud al-’Ajaaji who was amongst those who accompanied Shaykh Saalih al-Uthaymeen – may Allah have mercy on him – on his last medical trip that he made to Boston, USA before his death, said:
Whilst we were leaving the hotel where we were staying in, a young American boy who was with his mother stood in front of the Shaykh – his Saudi traditional dress must have caught his attention – so he began to touch him on his head and to play with him. So his mother asked his son to greet the Shaykh. In turn the Shaykh returned an even better greeting by directing his speech to his mother ·
May Allah guide you to Islam while keeping his gaze lowered all the time. After a while, the mother told her son to bid Shaykh a farewell by saying, ·
Have a nice day
Some of those who were accompanying the Shaykh became annoyed about the way the woman was dressed. One of them even made a comment. When the Shaykh heard this he did not like it and he said, ·
O brothers! This is not from the mannerism of Islam. ·
Both, mother and the son were smiling at us and were very cordial in their speech,
so it is our duty to reciprocate their favor. ·
Instead of making du’aa [supplication] against them we should make du’aa in their favor that Allah [suhbaa nahu wa ta’ala] guide them to this exalted religion.
Source: (Adapted for language flow purposes, Ashfaq) Excerpt taken from an-Noor Magazine, No. 191 & quoted by our Br. Abu Imad Rasheed ibn Gant.
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And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger [salallahu alaihi wa sallam] after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers' way.
We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination.
(Sura an-Nisaa, 4:115) Every issue of aqeedah [creed], ibaadah [worship] or manhaj [methodology] which the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah has not provided a text for and upon which the Companions never agreed is falsehood, vain and innovation.
Adhere to the narrations of the Salaf [the Prophet, the Sahaaba, the Taabi'een, and the Tabi' taabi'een], even if the people were to abandon you.
And beware of the opinions of the people, no matter how much they beautify it with speech.
– (Saying of Imaam al-Awzaa'ee, died 157 Hijri)It is not sufficient to take the Qur’an and Sunnah and to interpret their texts according to one’s own understandings, independent of the explanations of the Companions of the Prophet, and the clarifications of the subsequent generations of righteous scholars, no matter how knowledgeable one may become.
To ignore their understandings is the first step on a path leading to deviation, misguidance and destruction as indicated by the above-mentioned Qur’anic verse.
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