يجب ترك البدع : It is obligated to abandon Bid'ah

Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez ibn Baaz (rahimahullaah) said:

وكل بدعة وكل ضلالة وكل منهج يخالف شرع الله يجب تركه ويجب أن يسيرالناس جميعا ً على المنهج الذي سار عليه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في حياته ، ثم سار عليه صحابته والخلفاء الراشدون من بعده ثم تابعهم الأئمة المهتدون والسلف الصالحون، تابعوهم على المنهج القويم، والصراط المستقيم.
هذا هو المنهج الذي يجب الأخذ به والتمسك به، والسير عليه . والدعوة إليه وكل ما يخالف ذلك مما أحدثه الناس يجب أن يترك وأن يرفض مع البيان والإيضاح حتى لا يهلك هالك إلا عن بينة

Every Bid'ah and every misguidance and every manhaj that opposes the Shar'ia of Allaah then it is waajib to abandon them. It is waajib to call all the all of the people to be upon the manhaj on which the Messenger (sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam) was upon during his lifetime, and after that on which his companions and the Rightly Guided Caliphs after him and those who followed them, the Imaams of guidance, and the righteous Salaf were upon. The manhaj al qaweem on which those who followed them were upon, the Siraat al-Mustaqeem.

This is the manhaj that it is waajib to hold on to and cling on to, and traverse upon. And every one of those who opposes this of which the people has innovated then it is waajib to abandon and reject them, clarifying them with a clear clarification up until no ones is destroyed except with evidence.

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(majmoo al fatawa shaykh ibn baaz, volume 3, page 132)

علامات أهل البدع The Signs of the Ahlul Bid'ah

قال الإمام ابن عثيمين رحمه الله :

Shaykh Saleh al-Uthaimeen (rahimahullaah) said:

لأهل البدع علامات ، منها :

(1) أنهم يتصفون بغير الإسلام والسنة، بما يحدثونه من البدع ، القولية ، والفعلية ، والعقدية .

(2) أنهم يتعصبون لآرائهم ، فلا يرجعون إلى الحق وإن تبين لهم .

(3) أنهم يكرهون أئمة الإسلام والدين .

الفتاوى : (5/90ـ91

Ahlul Bid'ah (they) have signs:

1) They attribute themselves to other than Islaam and Sunnah, which they have innovated, from Bid'ah : al-Gawliyyah (statements), al-fi'liyyah (actions), al;'aqdiyyah (beliefs).

2) They have bigotry to their opinions, so they do not return back to the haqq if its clarified to them.

3) They have hatred for the Imaams of al-Islaam and Deen.

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Source: Saif al-Maslool li bayaan mafaasid al-ihtifaal yawm al-maulood ar-rasool

Tareeqah (way) of Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'ah طريقة أهل السنة والجماعة

شيخ الإسلام أحْمَدُ بن تَيْمية ـ قَدسَ اللَّه روحه‏
Shaykhul Islaam Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah)

ثم من طريقة أهل السنة والجماعة‏:‏اتباع آثار رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم باطنًا وظاهرًا، واتباع سبيل السابقين الأولين من المهاجرين والأنصار، واتباع وصية رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، حيث قال‏:‏ ‏(‏عليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين من بعدي، تمسكوا بها، وعضوا عليها بالنواجذ، وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور، فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة‏)‏‏.

ويعلمون أن أصدق الكلام كلام الله، وخير الهدى هدى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، ويؤثرون كلام الله على كلام غيره من كلام أصناف الناس، ويقدمون هدى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم على هدى كل أحد، وبهذا سموا‏:‏ أهل الكتاب والسنة‏.‏
وسموا أهل الجماعة؛ لأن الجماعة هى الاجتماع وضدها الفرقة، وإن كان لفظ الجماعة قد صار اسمًا لنفس القوم المجتمعين، والإجماع هو الأصل الثالث الذى يعتمد عليه فى العلم والدين‏.‏
وهم يزنون بهذه الأصول الثلاثة جميع ما عليه الناس من أقوال وأعمال باطنة أو ظاهرة مما له تعلق بالدين، والإجماع الذى ينضبط هو ما كان عليه السلف الصالح؛ إذ بعدهم كثر الاختلاف وانتشرت الأمة‏.

As for the tareeqah (way) of Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'ah: it is to follow the athaar (narrations) of the Allaah's messenger (sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam) in secret and in open, and to follow the sabeel (path) of the first of those from the Muhaajiroon and Ansaar, and to follow the wasiyyah (testament) of the messenger (sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam):Upon you is to follow my sunnah and sunnah of the righly guided caliphs after me, cling on to it, and bit on to it with your molar teeth, and beware of newly invented matters, for every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is a misguidance.

And it is to know that the most truthful speech is the speech of Allaah, and to know that the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallaam), giving preference to the speech of Allaah above the speech of the people, and to precede the guidance of Muhammad (sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam) above the guidance of all other people, and those who hold on to this are called: Ahlul Kitaab wa Sunnah (The people of the Book and Sunnah).

And they are also called Ahlul Jama'ah; as the Jama'ah is to unify and the opposite is to split in to groups, and the word 'Jama'ah' became a name to those who unify (upon haqq), and ijmaa' (consensus) is from the three fundamentals which the knowledge of the deen is built upon.

And they weigh from these three fundamentals, the statements and the hidden and open actions of the people which are connected to the deen. And the ijmaa' that they cling on to is what the salaf saalih were upon; as for those who came after them have so many ikhtilaaf (differences) which spread upon the ummah.

The Names of 'Firqaat an-Najiyyah' (Saved Sect) and their meanings!

The Noble Shaykh, Al-'Allaamah Doctor Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan said:

As this sect is the only sect safe from going astray, it is required to know its various names and characteristics, so you can follow it . It has great names which distinguish it from the other sects, and most important of these names and characteristics are:

Firqaat an-Najiyya (Saved Sect), Taaifah al-Mansoorah (Victorious Group), Ahlu Sunnah wal-Jama'ah (People of Sunnah and Jama'ah), and the meaning of them are as follows:

* As for Firqaat an-Najiyya (Saved Sect), they are the ones saved from the hell-fire, since the Prophet -sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam- said, ( كلها في النار إلا واحدة ) "All are in the hell-fire except one". This means, they are not in the hell-fire.
* They adhere to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Prophet - sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam - and it was the first ones of the former migrants and supporters who said the Prophet - peace be upon him -: (who was like what I am today and my companions). And they upon that which the first of the Muhaajiroon and Ansaar are upon, who said that the Prophet - sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam -:( هم من كان على مثل ما أنا عليه اليوم وأصحابي ) "They are upon what I and my companions are upon today."
* * And their people are Ahlu Sunnah wal-Jama'ah (People of Sunnah and Jama'ah): They are a distinguished by two great distinguishing factors:

1. They hold on to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah - sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam -to the point that they became its people. But as for the other sects they hold on to their own whims and desires, and they are not attributed to the Sunnah, but they are attributed to bid'ah and misguidance as it is with Qadariyyah and Murji'ah, or they are attributed to their founders as it is with Jahmiyyah, or they are attributed to their ugly actions as it is with Raafidah and Khawarij.

2. The second factor is: And they are the people of the Jama'ah, they gather themselves upon Haqq (truth) and not upon Tafarruq (separation, sectarianism). But as for the other sects they do not gather themselves upon Haqq, but they follow their whims and desires.

* * They are the Taaifah al-Mansoorah (Victorious Group) up until the Day of Qiyamah, because they give victory to the Deen of Allaah and Allaah gives them victory, as Allaah ta'ala said: (إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ ) ( If you help (in the cause of) Allaah, He will help you, and make your foothold firm). (Muhammad 47:7) and as the Prophet - sallalaahu 'alaihi wasallam - ( لا يضرهم من خذلهم ولا من خالفهم حتى يأتي أمر الله تبارك وتعالى وهم على ذلك ) "those who abandon them will not harm them, until the command of Allaah tabaaraka wata'aala comes about".
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