Dr. Abdur-Razzaaq considers that the various Islamic groups
such as
al-Ikhwaan, at-Tabligh, at-Takfeer, at-Tahreer, at-Tawaqquf, at-
Tabayyun etc.
are from Ahl us-Sunnah. As for declaring them to be from the Ahl
ul-Bid’ah
due to their opposition to the Salafi manhaj, then this [in his
estimation] is a
principle from the principles of misguidance. And here is the
text of his
words: "And amongst these principles - that is the
principles of misguidance - is that every jamaa’ah of da’wah to
Allaah at the present time is an organisation of innovations and
misguidance and
that they are offshoots of the sects of the pasts that were
outside of
Islaam" (p.3)
Then you should know right at the beginning that these words
- in this
particular way - not a single one of the scholars has said them,
nor the
well-known students of knowledge and those upon the way of the
Salaf. No one has
said that Ansaar us-Sunnah is an astray sect. Or that the Ahl
ul-Hadeeth in
India and Pakistan is an extension of the sects of the past. And
similarl, none
of them have said that al-Ikhwaan or at-Tabligh are astray sects
that are
outside the fold of Islaam!! Rather, what they have said is that
they are from
Ahl us-Sunnah but are not upon the way of the Salaf us-Saalih,
and these are
merely calculated and devised ways [on behalf of ash-Shaayijee]
and great
exaggerations.
And there is no doubt that the groups "at-Tabligh, al-
Ikhwaan,
at-Tawaqquf, at-Tabayyun, Hizbut-Tahrir, at-Takfeer wal-Hijrah
and others"
have reached the level of innovating in the religion and as such
placing them
within the umbrella of the Islamic sects in opposition to the
guidance of the
Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) is correct and
justified. And this has
been said by the scholars of Madinah and also other than them.
In fact a group
from the scholars has made this clear and amongst the strongest
of those who
have done this and have clarified and explained this matter in
such a way that
no more explanation is required is Shaikh Bikr Abu Zaid - may
Allaah grant him
success - and ash-Shaayijee affiliates himself with the Shaikh a
lot. So the
Shaikh authored a book: ‘The Ruling on Membership to Sects,
Parties and
Groups’ and here are some of his words:
Then let us consider/assert them as ‘sects’ not as the
Jamaa'atul-Muslimeen – because the Jamaa’at ul-Muslimeen (main
body
of Muslims) is one and does not separate into many groups - upon
the likes of
what the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) and His
Companions (radiallaahu
anhum) were upon - and whatever is other than the Jamaa’at ul-
Muslimeen
then they are from the sects of the Jamaa’at ul-Muslimeen.
(p.14)
And amongst the scholars who have said the same thing is
Shaikh al-Albaanee
in many of his cassettes, and amongst his sayings is:
And I say then, that it is not correct for it to be
said that al-Ikhwaan
ul-Muslimeen are from Ahl us-Sunnah, because they fight
against the Ahl
us-Sunnah [From the tape: Debate with a Suroori]
And similarly, Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan when he said:
And the end part of that is what we are living in now,
the arrival of
strange and suspectful ideas in our land in the name of
‘da’wah’ - through the hands of the various groups which
are called by various names such as al-Ikhwaan al-Muslimeen,
Jamaa’at
ut-Tabligh and the Jamaa’ah of such and such. And the goal of
all of
them is the one and same and that is to drive away the da’wah
of
Tawheed and to take up is place [with something else]. And
in reality, the
purpose/intent of these groups is not different from the
purpose/intent of
those who have preceded them from amongst the enemies of
this blessed
da’wah - all of them desire to put an end to it. However the
difference between them is only with respect to their
plans/modes of action.
And if not, then if these groups had desired - truthfully -
da’wah to
Allaah, then why do they overlook and abandon their own
countries - from
where they are dispatched to us? And yet these same
countries are most in
need of da’wah and rectification. They overlook their own
countries
and then they come out to battle against the land of
Tawheed, desiring to
change its correct course of rectification to one that is
twisted - and they
desire to deceive its youth and to bring about fitnah and
enmity between
them... [Haqeeqat ud-Da’wah ilallaah of Sa’d Abdur-Rahmaan
al-Haseen]
And the Shaikh and Alaamah, Bin Baaz has some strong words in
the magazine
‘al-Majallah’ where he said:
Refuting Shayijee : Concerning the Groups of Innovation