The Two Unavoidable Questions

First: On the Tawheed of Allaah (تبارك وتعالى):

Allaah (عزوجل) said:

(( وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَائِيَ الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ )) 

 "And it will be said (to them): "Call upon your (so-called) partners (of Allâh), and they will call upon them, but they will give no answer to them, and they will see the torment. (They will then wish) if only they had been guided! (Al-Qasas 28:64)"

Second: On the Ittiba of the Messenger of Allaah (سبحانه وتعالى):

Allaah (تبارك وتعالى) said:

(( وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أَجَبْتُمُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ))

 

And (remember) the Day (Allâh) will call to them, and say: "What answer gave you to the Messengers?" (Al-Qasas 28:65)

 

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Source: Benefits derived from the duroos of our noble brother Ahmad bin Shalfaan.

The Two Principles- Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah

The Two Principles

-Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah)

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As for the Haddadiyyah, they do not accept us!

It is taken from Ibn Raahaway in his Musnad 3/670, he said: Shaybaan said to Ibnul- Mubaarak: “O Aboo Abdur-Rahmaan what do you say with regards to those who make zina, those who drink Khamr, and what is similar to that, is he a believer?” Ibnul-Mubaarak said: “I do not expel him from eemaan.” The man said to him: “With old age you have now become a Murji’ee?!” So Ibnul-Mubaarak said to him: “The Murji’ah do not accept me! I say that eemaan increases and decreases and the Murji’ah do not say that, rather the Murji’ah say
that their good deeds are accepted and I do not know if my good deeds are accepted! How urgently you need to take a slate and go and sit with scholars!” ...to download the article click here

Categories of the Scholars

-Shaykh Saleh Al-Uthaimeen (may Allaah have mercy on him)

The scholars are divided into three categories: Scholar of the Millah (Religion), Scholar of the Dawlah (State) and Scholar of the Ummah (Muslim world).

As for the Scholar of the Millah, then he is the one who (truly) propagates the religion of Islaam and gives fatwa (religious verdict) with ‘ilm (knowledge). He does not care if the evidences of the Shari’ah agree with the whims of the people or not.

And as for the Scholar of the Dawlah, then he is the one who looks to that which the Dawlah wants and he gives fatwa according to it. Even if this contains the distortion of the Kitaab (Book) of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (prayers and peace be upon him).

And as for the Scholar of the Ummah, then he is the one who looks to that which pleases the people. If he sees something he will give fatwa according to that which pleases the people. Thus he distorts the texts of the Kitaab and the Sunnah for the sake of agreeing with the whims of the people.

May Allaah make us from the Scholars of the Millah.

Source: 307/4-308/Explanation of Riyadh Saliheen