Ashaaree Sect _______________________________ Shaykh AbdulMuhsin bin Hamd al-Abbaad al-Badr said: In response to the question about the

Ashairah: Are they from the Ahl-ul-Sunnah w al-Jammah or not? I say: The Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jammah are the Noble Companions -Radi Allaahu anhum , and those who followed their path, just as the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said in explaining the Firqat an-Najeeyah (the Saved Sect): They are those who are upon what I am upon and my Companions. Their belief in the Names of Allaah the All-Mighty and the Magnificent and His C haracteristics (Sifaat) is that they affirm for Allaah Azza wa Jal-what is affirm ed in the Book and the Sunnah from the Names and Characteristics in the way whic h they befit Allaah -Subhanahu Taala- without explaining how they are, or resembl ing them with anything else, or with Tamtheel (to liken Allaah or His Characteri stics to that of the creation), or Tahreef (alteration and distortion of wording or meaning), or Taweel (metaphorical interpretation) of them or cancelling them. Just as Allaah -Azza wa Jal- said: "there is nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearing the All-Seeing" [Shura : 11] In this Ayaah there is the affirmation that Allaah Taala has the two Sifaat (Char acteristics) of Hearing and Seeing, which is in His statement: << and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.>>, and not likening Allaah to resembling anyone with H im as is in His statement: <<There is nothing like unto Him>> The Ashairah are those who ascribe to the Madhab (School of Thought) of Abul-Hasa n al-Ashaari - Rahimullaah- who was born in the year 270 A.H. and died in the yea r 330 A.H. That Madhab on which he was before he came back to the Madhab of Ahlul-Sunnah wal Jammah. That Madhab which was on Taweel (metaphorical interpretatio n) of most of the Sifaat (Characteristics of Allaah), which is opposite to the M adhab of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah. Therefore, the Ashairah are from the deviated Islaamic sects, they are deviated f rom what Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah are upon. It is not perceivable to the intelle ct that the truth was hidden from the Companions, and the Successors but then af ter that the truth had occurred in following a belief which was born after their time. Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr in his book Fath al-Bari (13/407) quoted many statements from t he Salaf about the authentic Aqeedah which is established upon the Book and the Sunnah and the understanding of the Salaf of the Ummah, he summed it up by sayin g: Many quotes have preceded from the people of the third period of time and they ar e the Fuqaha (scholars) of the different lands, like Thawri, al-Awzaiee, Malik, al-Layth and those who lived at their time, and likewise those who took from the m, from the other Imams. So how can a person not trust what the people of the fi rst three generations agreed upon, and they are the best generations, with the t estification of the owner of the Sharia? Ibn Hajr also quotes from al-Hasan al-Basari that he said: If what al-Jaad is saying is true, then the Prophet-sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallamwould have conveyed it.

Al-Jaad is Ibn Dirham the founder of the Madhab al-Jahmeeyah. [A sect, which reje cts the Characteristics of Allaah] I will say the like of what al-Hasan al-Basari - Rahimullaah- said: If what the al-Ashairah and other than them from the philosophers say is true, the n the Messenger - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- would have conveyed it. [Taken from: Takeed al-Musalamaat as-Salafeeyah p. 5] ***** Shaykh Ahmad Yahya an-Najami said: The truth of which there is no contention about, is that the Ashairah and Matroode eyah are from the groups of the Ahl-ul-Bida. It is not allowed for anyone to say that they are from the Ahl-ul-Sunnah and whoever claims that these two groups ar e from the Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah then he has squeezed himself between a grave and serious mistake, and a humiliating danger, and he will be questioned on the Day of Judgement about his statement before he is freed to go on his path. ***** Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah said in Majmoo al-Fatawa in (3/347) after speaking about this issue: With that it becomes clear that the people with the most right to be the Firqat N ajeeyah (the saved sect) are the Ahl-ul-Hadeeth and Sunnah those who do not have someone they biasedly follow except the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and they are the most knowledgeable of the people regarding his stat ements, his situations, and they are the greatest in distinguishing between the authentic and weak of those statements and situations. Their Imams are scholars regarding those statements and situations and they are the people of knowledge o f its meanings, and they follow them, with truth, action, love, with loyalty to the one who is loyal to it and have enmity to the one who has hatred to it. . . . [until he said] and whatever the people differed over in regards to the issues of Sifaat (Characteristics of Allaah), al-Qadr (pre-destiny), al-Waeed (threat o f punishment), Names of Allaah, enjoining the good, forbidding evil and other is sues, then here they would return those issues to Allaah and His Messenger. They would refer to the Tafseer (explanation) of those general wordings of which the people of sects and differences differed over and whatever was in agreement wit h the Book and the Sunnah they would affirm that, and whatever was in opposition to the Book and the Sunnah they would regard that as false. They would not foll ow speculation or what their souls inclined and desired, because following specu lation is ignorance, and following ones desires without guidance from Allaah is o ppression, and together that is evil: ignorance and oppression. #How can those who apply the intellect in issues of al-Eemaan, which are well-es tablished in the Book and the Sunnah be from the Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah, when they accept what they want from the Book and the Sunnah and reject what they wan t?! This is why the Ashairah and Matroodeeyah only affirm seven Sifaat of Allaah from His Sifaat, and they metaphorically interpret all the other Sifaat of Allaah, w hich in turn leads to cancelling out the Sifaat of Allaah. How can that person be from the Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah when he metaphorically interprets the saying of Allaah Taala: <<ar-Rahman ascended the Throne>> by sayin g [Isteewa means] Allaah conquered His Throne, so it is as if this person is say ing that someone else had taken Allaahs Throne and then after that Allaah had to

conquer it?! #How can that person be from the Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah when he metaphorically interprets the hadeeth that Allaah descends the last third of the night which i s established in the Prophet-sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam-saying: Allaah Azza wa Jal- descends every night to the heavens of the Dunyaa, at the seco nd half of the night, or at the third of the night and says: who is making Dua to Me so that I can respond to him; who is asking of Me so that I can give him it; who is seeking forgiveness from Me so that I can forgive him until Fajr comes i n. [Collected by Ahmad, and it is originally in Bukhari and Muslim] So the person who metaphorically interprets this, says it means: Allaahs command d escends, [and not Allaah Himself] even though Allaahs Azza wa Jal- command descends at every time and moment. #How can that person be from Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah who metaphorically interpr ets Allaahs Two Hands to mean Allaahs blessings, even though AllaahSubhana wa Taalaconnected/linked/explained that thing which is specific for the hand, which is spending, Allaah the Most Magnificent-said: "The Jews say: Allaahs Hand is tied up (i.e. He does not give and spend of His Bou nty). Be their hands tied up and be they accursed for what they uttered. Nay, bot h His Hands are widely outstretched. He spends (of His Bounty) as He wills." [So orah Maidah: 64] knowing that the blessings which the Noble (Jaleel) Lord confer s upon His worshippers are so many they cannot be enumerated?! Allaah the Magnif icent said: Allaah the Magnificent said: "And if you would count the graces of Allaah, never could you be able to count t hem." [Soorah Nahl: 18] #How can that person be from Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal Jammah when he metaphorically int erprets the Hadeeth: Allaah does not look at the one who drags his garment below his ankles out of pride. [Agreed upon by Bukhari and Muslim] and other Hadeeth with this meaning; he meta phorically interprets Allaah looking in this Hadeeth that the meaning of looking is metaphorical for mercy, meaning that Allaah will not have mercy upon them?! There are other deviated metaphorically interpretations, which transfer the text s present from Allaah Azza wa Jal in His Book or upon the tongue of His Messenger , which comprise of lofty meanings, which are befitting Allaah Azza wa Jal-and th ey metaphorically interpret them with a false interpretation. If we think about it, what has obligated them to metaphorically interpret the Si faat like this, then we find that they claim that the condition and state of the intellect is that this is how Allaah should be characterized with those [distor ted] characteristics; because they made and took the foundations of the people o f Kalam (rationalistic theology & philosophy) as the foundation, and they used t his foundation above that of the texts of the Sharia, which came in the Book of A llaah, and in the Sunnah of the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- which a ffirm for Allaah Azza wa Jal-Names and Characteristics which befit His Majesty. So the Ashairah and Matroodeeyah made those foundations rationalistic theology (K alam), which was taken from the philosophers, and the people of logic ( Mantiq ) those who were drowned in knowledge of rationalistic theology, and they spent t

heir time in it, and wasted their lives in it, and their end result was confusio n. _______________________________ Takeed al-Musalamaat as-Salafeeyah p.7