A Response to the Deceit of Abu Usaamah Khalifah and His Lying Tongue

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REASON FOR THIS POST

Abu Usamah is a caller to misguidance. He has corrupted the principles of the Sunnah and ascribed them to to the Salaf. He praises ahlul-Bid'ah and calls for others to tolerate the innovators - he utilises the well-known arguments of Ikhwaanees and the hizbees and utilises them against the Salafis. He claims that the likes of Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee would knowingly praise clear innovators, and other scholars would not criticise him (see Section D below for an exoneration of Imaam al-Shaafi'ee from this evil insinuation). He reaches a crescendo in his talk whereby he starts praising several deviants including Shadeed Muhammad and Bilal Philips. By this, he tries to convince his youthful audience that this is the Manhaj of ash-Shaafi'ee, and Shaikh al-Albaanee (rahimahumallaah) and the Manhaj of the Salaf.

The Great Scholar Ahmad bin Yahyah an-Najmee (rahimahullaah) stated about Abu Usaamah:

موقفكم منه كموقفكم من أهل البدعة , أعرض عنه و اتركه

"Your position with him is the same as your position with the People of Innovation. Turn away from him and abandon him.

By now the 'aaqil (intelligent) and sincere reader will have realised that Abu Usamah belongs to a band of callers who "have disparaging remarks with respect to the Sunnah and the foundations of the Deen – not distinguishing between the speech of Ahlus-Sunnah and that of Ahlul-Bid'ah wal-Furqah – Or they accept the different madhhabs of bid'ah just as the Scholars excuse each other in the issues of ijtihaad in which there is [genuine] difference. And this is the condition of many of the murji'ah, and some of the Thinkers, the Soofees and the Philosophers" (Majmoo' al-Fatawa, vol. 12). Anyone who analyses the speech of Abu Usamah can clearly see that this individual clearly falls into this trait mentioned by Shaikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah).

Abu Usamah ath-Thahabi is a Caller to the Paths of Misguidance
He Uses General Statements of Praise for the Mubtadi'ah whilst Ignoring Precise Evidences

Abu Usamah said:

"...WHAT I STILL BELIEVE TODAY and all praise is for Allaah, that Abul-Hasan IS SALAFI and that the MAJOR SCHOLARS of this era, Imaam al-Albaanee and Imaam Ibn Baaz and Imaam Ibn 'Uthaimeen and Shaikh Muqbil (may Allah have mercy upon them) they all died while being pleased with him.." (Ref: Salafitalk, 2003)

There are others who Abu Usamah praises and/or mixes with from the misguided hizbees, Suroorees and outright innovators (whilst attacking the Salafis all over the world): Muhammad al-Maghraawee, Bilal Philips, Abdur-Raheem Green, Zakir Naik, Suhaib Hasan, Ali Hasan al-Halabi, Ilyas Kirmani, Adnan Abdul-Qadir, Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq, Shadeed Muhammad, Said Rageh, Abu Taubah, Assim Al Hakeem, Abu Muslimah and so on.

Ahlus-Sunnah praise an individual when he is upon the truth, calling to it and defending it from innovations and misguidance. And if that person, no matter how great he may be, deviates from the truth, and persists upon deviation and misguidance after the truth has been conveyed to him, then ahlus-Sunnah disparage him and warn the Ummah from his misguidance. This is not something strange, any 'aaqil understands this. Even Iblees was once in the company of the noble Angels, and he was from those whom Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, commanded to bow down to Aadam (alaihi salaam), and when he refused and became arrogant, then Allaah, the One free of all imperfection, rebuked him, and warned every nation from this avowed enemy!

And there many of examples, past and present where a scholar may praise a person, and then dispraise him when he sees from him corruption in the Deen - Is that too hard for Abu Usamah to understand? Just to give another clear example from the Salaf: Al-Marwazee (rahimahullaah), from the great Scholars and companions of Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimahullaah) said:

'I departed to go see Al-Karabeesee, at the time when he was of good standing, for he used to defend the Sunnah and demonstrate support for Abu 'Abdillaah (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal).

So I said to him: 'Indeed, the people wish to present this book Al-Mudalliseen to Abu 'Abdillaah (Ahmad bin Hanbal). So it is best that you regret what you wrote or I will inform Abu 'Abdillaah.'

So he said to me: 'Indeed, Abu 'Abdillaah is a righteous man, a man of his status has been granted the ability to attain the truth. And I am very pleased that my book will be presented to him. Abu Thawr, Ibn 'Aqeel and Hubaish have already asked me to destroy this book, but I refused and said to them: Rather, I will intensify my promotion of it!'

So he persisted in that and he refused to go back on what he wrote in it. So I brought the book to Abu 'Abdillaah (Imaam Ahmad), while he was unaware of who authored it. And in the book, there was disparaging of Al-A'mash and support in favour of al-Hasan Ibn Saalih. And there was written in it: 'If you say that Al-Hasan Ibn Saalih took the views of the Khawaarij, then this Ibnuz-Zubair is truly the one who has accepted the views of the Khawaarij!'

So when it was read to Abu 'Abdillaah Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimahullaah), he said: 'This book compiles, for those who oppose (the Sunnah), that which they are not able to use as substantial proof. Warn others about this book!' And he renounced it.'" Sharh 'Ilal-ut-Tirmidhee (2/806-808)

Can you see, O Salafi, O one with 'aql, how this al-Karabeesee used to be a man of good standing with the Scholars, then he deviated, so he was warned against, so much so that it is narrated: Abu Ahmad bin 'Adee said: I heard Muhammad bin 'Abdillaah as-Sairafee ash-Shaafi'ee saying to them, i.e. to his students:

"Take a lesson from these two: Husayn al-Karabeesee and Abu Thawr. The knowledge of Abu Thawr was not even a tenth of Husayn in his knowledge and memorisation - Yet [Imaam] Ahmad spoke against him (i.e. al-Karabeesee) in the issue of the utterance of the Qur'aan (whether it is created or not), so he fell [in rank] - and he praised Abu Thawr [for his adherence to the Sunnah] so he rose [in rank]." Tabaqaat ash-Shaafi'yyeen of Ibn Katheer and Tabaqaat ash-Shaafi'iyyah al-Kubraa of al-Subki.

Can the truth be any clearer than this? On a slightly different note, these same traits of al-Karabeesee can be seen in Abu Usamah - Except that al-Karabeesee was a scholar and possessed knowledge, and we do not mean to belittle al-Karaabeesee in the slightest - alongside his deviation - by using him as an example for Abu Usamah! You can clearly see how a person who was considered to be a Scholar who would defend the Sunnah and the Scholars, then innovates and persists upon that, and he thus falls in the eyes of the People of Knowledge, so they refute him, oppose him - declare him to be deviated and misguided and warn the Ummah from, so much so that his works are considered worthless till the Hour is established. This description befits Abul-Hasan and Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq (and others upon this path)!

• Al-Karabeesee claimed to defend the Sunnah, same as Abu Usamah.
• Al-Karabeesee professed support for the leading scholars like Imaam Ahmad whilst opposing their Manhaj, same as Abu Usamah,
• Al-Karabeesee praised the innovators, criticised the Sahaabah and thought Imaam Ahmad (and the Scholars) would not take him to account, same delusion Abu Usamah has fallen into! He thinks he will not be called to account.
• Al-Karabeesee was deceived by his own "self-worth" believing he had knowledge to offer, same as Abu Usamah,
• Al-Karabeesee was rebuked by the Imaams and told to destroy his book that contains bid'ah, so instead, he started praising Imaam Ahmad thinking that he would accept his book. This is the same trick of Abu Usamah, when he doesn't like the opinion of one scholar (regardless of proofs), he moves on to another until he finds one who agrees with his desires, regardless of proofs!
• Al-Karabeesee disparaged the Imaams of Sunnah and praised the people innovation, so Imaam Ahmad (bin Hanbal) rebuked him and eventually abandoned him and warned from him, as is reported in other narrations - likewise Imaam Ahmad (an-Najmee) with Abu Usamah.

So this is the Manhaj of Abu Usamah (the bid'ah is different, but the mindset is the same) - he sees the deviations of Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq and al-Ma'rabee as matters of mere tolerated ijtihaad, so we should not "import the problems for an example of shaikh fulaan against shaikh fulaan" (to quote Abu Usamah directly) and we should not "love and hate" based upon these differences as he states. Why? Because he sees these differences in 'aqeedah and manhaj issues as affairs that should not harm unity - and in essence, just like al-Ma'rabee and Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq he is upon the principle of Hasan al-Bannah: "Let us unite upon that which we agree and excuse each other in that which we disagree." - except of course when it come to his venomous attacks upon the Salafis "in Iraaq, in Palestine, in Europe, in the UK, in the USA and Canada" because he certainly gives them no excuse and no honour, he reserves that for the innovators! At an academic level criticises the beliefs of the extreme Shi'ah and the extreme Soofees etc (to remain in favour with masses), yet he praises his political masters and ideologues and the innovators his group associates with and continually invites (with sprinklings of a Salafi Shaikh here and there just to keep the facade of Salafiyyah apparent, in order to deceive the youth).

Another example of someone from the early times who was known for knowledge, piety and his tremendous contribution was Ya'qoob bin Shaibah (died 262H) - he was present in the time of Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (d. 241H). The great Imaam adh-Dhahabee (d. 748H, rahimahullaah) stated in Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa about him: "The great haafidh, al-'Allaamah, ath-thiqah (trustworthy)." Then he goes on to say that he had authored a huge Musnad in hadeeth spanning 30 volumes. Ahmad bin Kaamil al-Qaadee said: "Ya'qoob bin Shaibah was from the major companions of Ahmad bin al-Mu'adhdhal and al-Haarith bin Miskeen - was was a leading Faqeeh - but he withheld in the issue of the Qur'aan (by refusing to say, 'it is not created')." Imaam adh-Dhahabee (rahimahullaah):

"I say: He took his position of withholding in the Qur'aan from his Shaikh, the well-known Ahmad previously mentioned (i.e. bin al-Mu'adhdhal) - and likewise those who also withheld were Mus'ab az-Zubairee, Ishaaq bin Abee Israa'eel and a group - so nearly a thousand Imaams opposed them! Rather all the rest of the Imaams of the Salaf as well as the later Imaams upon the issue of them not rejecting that the Qur'aan is created, and their refusal to declare the Jahmiyyah to be unbelievers! We ask Allaah for safety in our Religion."

It is therefore the 'Aqeedah, the Usool, the Manhaj that unites our ranks - we love based upon it, and we hate those innovators who oppose it, as was the way of the Salaf. A man who was a "great Haafidh", an "Allaamah" who compiled 30 volumes in hadeeth - even if he opposes the usool, and persists upon that, then he is refuted and abandoned and warned from. He is not to be sat with, nor honoured or cooperated with.

From the Satanic deceptions of Abu Usamah, his half-truths and "information distortion" is his claim that Salafi Publications would praise a person, raise him and then criticise that very person after some time - and this somehow proves their "corrupted manhaj". The truth is that there are many individuals who were upon Salafiyyah and calling to Salafiyyah whom al-Maktabah as-Salafiyyah praised and regarded as Scholars, but then just like some of the innovators of old (e.. Ya'qoob bin Shaibah and al-Karabeesee), they deviated from the truth - the same scholars who praised them started to refute them - so we refute them. So let us now bring modern day examples:

• Shaikh al-Albaanee praised Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq, then he refuted him when his innovations became apparent.
• Shaikh Ibn Baaz praised Safar al-Hawaalee and Salmaan al-Awdah and then when their bid'ah became clear he refuted them and called for them to be prevented from teaching. Same with Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen who initially praised them, then later, he warned from their revolutionary Marxist ideas.
• Shaikh Muqbil bin Haadee praised 'Aqeel al-Maqtaree and then refuted him when his bid'ah and hizbiyyah became apparent. Shaikh Muqbil also praised Abul-Hasan al-Ma'rabee and towards the end of his life when al-Ma'rabee's treachery came to the surface, he cautioned against him.
• Shaikh Rabee' bin Haadee would praise al-Ma'rabee, then when his bid'ah became apparent he refuted him, and likewise with Faalih al-Harbee and Ali Hasan and al-Maghraawee.
• The Scholars would praise al-Maghraawee and al-Ar'oor until they turned to the path of al-Qutubiyyah.

And this is the method with Ahlus-Sunnah, to give a person his right, and raise him in accordance to his knowledge and adherence, and if he deviates, and persists upon his deviation, then he is boycotted and warned against. This is our stance with Suhaib Hasan, his son (self-proclaimed offspring of monkeys), and Abu Usamah - that there was a time when even these astray individuals were people we would cooperate with, but when they displayed their innovations and made open their praise for the innovators (the enemies of the Religion), and they cast to one side the proofs and evidences, and opposed the principles of the Sharee'ah, and they persisted upon that, the scholars warned against them. So al-'Allaamah Muqbil bin Haadee (rahimahullaah) warned from Suhaib Hasan in 1998; the proofs was established and evidences were clear - yet Abu Usamah continued his praise of him and reserved his venom for the Salafis (all around the world), why? Firstly, because Abu Usamah sees himself as a mujtihad, as a person who has the ability to decide these affairs. Secondly, because in actuality, he shares the same Bid'ee, Bannaawee principles of those he defends and praises and shares platforms with. And if there is one thing that these articles have proven then it is that this man is an ignoramus, treacherous deceiver who portrays himself as a person of knowledge, yet at every turn he is mistake waiting to happen! Look at the litany of destructive mistakes of this man:

• accusations against Imaam al-Bukhaaree in his 'aqeedah,
• cursing a noble Companion (Waleed bin Uqbah),
• cursing the Muslim rulers in general (and Saudi Arabia in specific),
• disparagement upon Shaikh Rabee',
• kind words for the innovator Yusuf al-Qardaawee,
• praise and defence of Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq,
• belittlement of Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq by making him an illustrative example,
• praise of Zakir Naik,
• years of love and affection towards Jam'iyyah Ihyaa Turaath,
• defence of al-Ma'rabee,
• silence in the face of innovators who curse the Scholars,
• sharing the stage with well-innovators and hizbees,
• praise of those attack Shaikh Rabee' and praise Sayyid Qutb,
• open attacks upon the Salafis worldwide (in Iraaq, Palestine, Europe, UK, USA and Canada) and accusing them of corruption in Manhaj.

All of these points are well-known and documented, alhamdulillaah. To defend him after this is to defend the indefensible. The praise of any Shaikh for Abu Usamah does not justify, or explain away this level of wickedness.

Who would trust their religion in his hands? A man who has to continually make tawbah for his disasters only to fall into them over and over again! How can he be trusted in his religion, in his knolwedge - and worse still who would put their Religion in his care? He may convince his followers of something one day in opposition to the 'aqeedah, and they defend it as if their life depended upon it, only to see him having to make yet another bayaan in clarification of his latest calamity!

Is that not exactly what took place with his comments with respect to the honour of the Caliph Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq (radhi Allaahu 'anhu)?! Were his followers not convinced by him? Did he not tell the youth around him publicly that only a person person with "a sound and sincere heart" would accept and understand his speech concerning Abu Bakr (radhi Allaahu 'anhu)?! Did not these youth (on YouTube and in Green Lane) give him excuse after excuse, "you have to look see what the "shaikh" intended",and "he intended this and he intended that"? To the point that the blind-following ignorant innovating Deobandees had to tell you that Abu Usaamah had violated the honour of a Sahaabee! And those blinded by Abu Usamah still did not accept - this is true hizbiyyah - to defend your party-member, regardless of whether he is right or wrong. Yes, O youth, some of you were convinced because of you have allowed this man to deceive you. So let the deception stop here. Abandon this treacherous individual who possesses a clumsy tongue and a dull-wit that corrupts the da'wah and gives Islaam (let alone Salafiyyah) a bad name!

Abu Usamah Tainting The Reputation of Salafi Publications and the Scholars Because They Refute Those Who They Used To Praise

And we say without shame: It is true that the brothers at Salafi Publications, and the Salafis in general the world-over, used to take benefit from Ali Hasan al-Halabee, from Abul-Hasan al-Ma'rabee, from Faalih bin Naafi' al-Harbee, from Fawzee al-Bahrainee and others - ALL of whom were very-much praised and recommended by the major scholars at one stage. For example, Faalih al-Harbee was praised by Shaikh Ibn Baaz, Ali al-Halabee was praised by Shaikh al-Albanee, Fawzee al-Bahrainee was praised by Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen, al-Ma'rabee was praised by Shaikh Rabee', Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq was praised by Shaikh al-Albaanee. So we praised them in line with the scholars, and we abandoned them when there appeared in them deviation! But Abu Usamah has no concern for proofs and evidences - he supports whatever agrees with his hawaa (desires) - and he disparages whatever goes against his desires.

So the Manhaj of the Salafi is to hold fast to the truth - not like Abu Usamah who treats the Salafi Manhaj like a buffet bar for food: take what you want and leave what you do not want - he believes that the Salafi Manhaj accommodates the innovators and innovations, the likes of which were unheard of even in the times of the Salaf. Then he has the audacity to claim that al-Maktabah as-Salafiyyah are upon a "Salafiyyah Jadeedah" (a new-age innovated Salafiyyah). He is merely parroting here the speech of the Qutubees against the Salafi Ulamah, the likes of Abdur-Razzaaq ash-Shayijee, the student of Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq. So the Imaams of the Salaf would "love and hate" and make "allegiance and enmity" based upon the principles of Salafiyyah and they refuted those who opposed the 'Aqeedah and Manhaj of the Salaf. Shaikh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taimiyyah (died 728H) said:

"This is the reality of the statement of those from the Salaf and the people of knowledge that say: ‘Verily, the ones who called towards innovations are not to have their testimony accepted. Nor should they be followed in prayer. Nor should knowledge be taken from them. Nor should they be given women in marriage.’ This is their recompense, until they stop what they are doing. Due to this, it must be noted that there is a difference between one who calls towards innovations and one who doesn’t call to it (but yet is still an innovator). The one who calls to it, publicly displays his evil and thus it is necessary to punish him, as opposed to the one who conceals his innovation. Indeed, this latter one is only as evil as the hypocrites – those whom the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) used to accept their open proclamations (of Faith) and entrust their secret proclamations to Allaah, while possessing knowledge of the condition of most of them." Majmoo’ al-Fatawa (28/520)

The Salaf would not attend even the funerals of the innovators, let alone sit with them on public stages and praise them to their faces. They would not mix with them in life, nor honour them after death. Shaikh Zayd bin Muhammad bin Haadee al-Madkhalee (hafidhahullaah) stated:

When Bishr al-Mareesee died, not a single Sunni attended his janaazah - and this was alongside the fact that that the people of Sunnah were widespread in the land - except one man from Ahlus-Sunnah did attend, and he knew what Bishr al-Mareesee was upon from "Tajahhum", i.e. negation of the Names and Attributes, denial of the punishment of the grave, denial of the intercession on the Day of Resurrection - however he only attended the funeral to make du'aa against him, not to make du'aa for him! So when Bishr was placed in his grave, this Sunni supplicated:

"O Allaah! If this servant of your's denied the Punishment of the Grave, then let him taste the Punishment of the Grave the likes of which no one from existence has ever tasted!

So when the people supplicated, he likewise continued to supplicate:

"O Allaah! If this servant of your denied the Intercession of the Day of Resurrection, then do not permit any of your servants to intercede for him."

When he returned to his companions from Ahlus-Sunnah, they said to him, "You claim you are a person of Sunnah, yet you accompanied the funeral of Bishr?!" He responded, "Don't be hasty until I inform you [of what I did]."

So he informed them regarding what he had done and said - they believed him and laughed after initially being annoyed and angry with him.

See: Taareekh Baghdaad of al-Khateeb (7/22), Akhbaar adh-Dhiraaf wal-Mutamaajineen of Ibnul-Jawzee (p.70), from the book: at-Ta'leeq al-Mateen 'ala Asl as-Sunnah wa I'tiqaad ad-Deen of the two Imaams ar-Raaziyain by al-'Allaamah Zaid bin Muhammad bin Haadeeal-Madkhalee, (p. 196)

So the origin with ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah, the Salafis, is that they do not attend the gatherings of ahlul-Bid'ah, they do not praise them or honour them, or share platforms with them - and even if an Imaam of the Sunnah agrees to attend, then it is for the purpose of clarifying the truth and exposing their misguidance, as Shaikh al-Albaanee and others have stated, and this is, and this is the way of Shaikh Rabee'. So the Salaf were clear with regard to the ijmaa' concerning disassociation from ahlul-Bid'ah.

The Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also warned against the People of Innovation, from befriending, supporting or taking from them:

"Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allaah, His Angels and the whole of mankind." Reported by Bukhaaree (12/41) and Muslim (9/140)

The consensus of the abandonment of the people of innovation has been reported from a group of the Salaf - and whoever denies or rejects this ijmaa' is either ignorant or himself a person of innovation. Al-Fudayl bin 'Iyaad (d. 187H) said:

"I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah and they used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation." Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee (no.267)

Support of them is aiding in the destruction of Islaam. Ibraaheem bin Maysarah (d.132H) said:

"Whoever honours an innovator has aided in the destruction of Islam." Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee (1/139).

Or maybe Abu Usamah believes that the Salaf of this Ummah practised the art of "six-degrees of separation", because they too would judge a person based upon his associations. Al-Fudayl bin 'Iyaad (d. 187H) said:

"Whoever sits with a person of innovation, then beware of him and whoever sits with a person of innovation has not been given wisdom. I love that there was fort of iron between me and a person of innovation. That I eat with a Jew and a Christian is more beloved to me than that I eat with a person of innovation." Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee (no.1149)

Here al-Fudayl is NOT referring to the person of innovation or the caller, but merely one who sits with them - beware of him for indeed he has not been given wisdom, i.e. the criterion of the Sunnah. Furthermore when Abu Usamah directs people to the innovators and the jama'aat, he directs them to destruction and misguidance - he is misguided and he misguides others. Al-Fudayl bin 'Iyaad said:

"If a man comes to a person to consult him and he directs him to an innovator, then he has made a deception of Islaam. Beware of going to a person of innovation for they divert [people] from the truth." Sharh Usool ul-I'tiqaad of al-Laalikaa'ee (no.261)

Abu Usamah directs to the jama'aat of hizbiyyah and the people of innovation. The Salaf would not pass judgement upon a person until they had seen his companionship. Yahyaa bin Katheer said,

"Sulaimaan bin Daawood ('alaihis-salaam) said: Do no pass a judgement over anyone with anything until you see whom he befriends." Al-Ibaanah (2/464)

Moosaa bin Uqbah the Syrian approached Baghdad and this was mentioned to Imaam Ahmad. So he said,

"Look at whose residence he goes to and with whom he resides and finds shelter." Al-Ibaanah (2/480)

Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee said,

"Whoever hides his innovation from us will not be able to hide his companionship from us." Al-Ibaanah (2/476)

Al-A'mash (rahimahullaah) said,

"They (the Salaf) did not used to ask anything more about a person after having asked about three affairs: Who he walks with, who he enters upon (i.e. visits) and who he associates with amongst the people." Al-Ibaanah (2/478)

Muhammad bin Ubaid al-Ghulaabee (rahimahullaah) said,

"The Ahl ul-Ahwaa (People of Desires) hide everything except their intimate friendship and companionship." Al-Ibaanah (2/482)

Abu Usamah is not able to hide his affections, his friends, his companions, he is likewise not able to hide his venom for the Salafis, so we say as Mu’aadh bin Mu’aadh (rahimahullaah) said to Yahyaa bin Sa’eed (rahimahullaah),

"O Abu Sa’eed! A person may hide his viewpoint from us, but he will not be able to hide that in his son, or his friend or in the one whom he sits with." Al-Ibaanah (2/437)

Ibn ‘Awn (rahimahullaah) said,

"Those who sit with the People of Innovation are more severe upon us than the People of Innovation themselves." Al-Ibaanah (2/273)

So these are scales that we use to judge with, these are the scales of the Salaf. Abu Usamah innovations are numerous, his treachery is tremendous, he has corrupted the principles of Salafiyyah and ascribed it to Salaf - his companionship, cooperation and praise of ahlul-bid'ah is not swept under the rug due to his splattering of praise of some of ahlus-Sunnah.

Next in Section (D), we will deal with Abu Usamah's false and fraudulent claim regarding ash-Shaafi'ee, inshaa'Allaah.

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Taking Narrations from Innovators Who Narrate the Noble Ahaadeeth of the Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam) - The Fraud of Abu Usamah on Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (died 204H, rahimahullaah)

Listen to Abu Usaamah's claims regarding Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee here (from his lecture of so called "advice"):



And also later:



After listening to this deceitful speech of Abu Usaamah, a person who has not studied or someone who is not "switched-on" and does not take the time out to seek clarification or verification may be tricked into thinking that Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimahullaah) would cooperate with and praise the innovators, even if they were Raafidah Shi'ah, Mu'tazilah and Jahmiyyah! Furthermore the scholars would allow ash-Shaafi'ee to get on with his praise of the Mubtadi'ah (innovators) and not criticise him - and in essence condone the praise of the Mubtadi'ah. So why, therefore, should anyone criticise Abu Usamah, or Adnan Abdul-Qaadir for praising people who others see to be misguided? Why criticise Abu Usamah for sitting with them on platforms and remaining silent about their catastrophic innovations!?

Abu Usamah, and those upon his path, are more severe and more dangerous upon the Salafi da'wah than the innovators: Ibn 'Awn (rahimahullaah) said: "Those who sit with the People of Innovation are more severe upon us than the People of Innovation themselves." Al-Ibaanah (2/273). Meaning, those who sit with them, aid them, call others to benefit from them, praise them, or translate praises for them, recommend them, accommodate them - and support them against the Salafis. By Allaah, they are enemies of our da'wah, and the da'wah of the Salaf, even if they claim that they are upon the haqq and Salafiyyah! Their claim is a lie and rejected.

So here are the important questions at hand:

1. Did Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (died 204H, rahimahullaah) praise an innovator?
2. Did the Salaf and the illustrious Imaams of the past narrate hadeeth from the innovators?
3. Is the acceptability of an innovator in a chain of narration of a hadeeth necessitate that we can take knowledge from the People of Bid'ah, praise them and direct people to them?
4. Is it possible that an Imaam of the Salaf and a Scholar of hadeeth would differ upon the trustworthiness of a narrator, whether he be from ahlus-Sunnah or ahlul-Bid'ah?

Please, dear reader, do not forget Abu Usamah's oft-repeated claim that the brothers at the Maktabah as-Salafiyyah are ignorant, and they haven't studied, they cannot recite the Book of Allaah, and they have a corrupted Manhaj - again all to blind the audience into thinking that he himself is the purveyor of insight and wisdom. The narcissist attacks those around him because "he has an elevated sense of self-worth leading an individual to value himself as inherently better than others but at the same time having a fragile self-esteem which cannot handle criticism" - so the trick is: "let me attack the knowledge-base of my critics and thus elevate my own standing in the eyes of the youth. Then I can fill their minds with whatever Manhaj I want."

Knowing The Principles Is A Protection From Misguidance

So before dealing with the position of ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimhullaah) towards Ibraheem bin Abee Yahyah, and thus expose yet another treacherous deviation from the Manhaj of Abu Usaamah that is rooted in both his ignorance of the usool and his diesire of opposition to the Salafi Manhaj, you should know that there are conditions that the Scholars of Hadeeth have laid down for the taking of the ahadeeth and narrations that were preserved by the people of bid'ah. So the immediate question that arises is:

Why would the Scholars accept the narrations of the innovators whilst collecting the authentic ahadeeth of the Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam)?

Imaam adh-Dhahabee stated in al-Meezaan al-I'tidaal in his biography of Abaan bin Taghlab:

"Bid'ah is of two kinds: (1) The lesser bid'ah, like the extremism of at-Tashayyu' (giving precedence to 'Alee over 'Uthmaan without cursing any of the others - may Allaah be pleased with them all) or the Tashayyu' without going to extremes and without falsehood or misinterpretation, and this was the condition of many amongst the Taabi'een - alongside this [deviation] they were religious, pious and truthful. So if the narrations of these individuals were rejected, then a body of the Prophetic narrations would have been lost. And the [inherent] corruption of this is clear. (2) Then there is the greater bid'ah such as the complete Rafd (those shi'ah who curse the companions and declare them to be unbelievers and liars) and they are extreme in that - they attack Abu Bakr and Umar (radhi Allaahu 'anhumaa), and they call to that - then this group is not depended upon, and they have no honour!" He goes on to say: "Rather lying is their hallmark - deception and hypocrisy is their garment - so how is one to accept the narrations of one who's condition is such? Never and by no means!"

So the Salaf would look into the condition of the innovator, his bid'ah, whether he is caller to it or not, his trustworthiness, his truthfulness, the precision of his memory or his writing, and whether his narration revolves around his innovation. And if his narration revolved around his bid'ah, the Scholars of hadeeth would show great caution. Abu Haatim Ibn Hibbaan (died 354H, rahimahullaah) stated in Kitaab al-Majrooheen minal-Muhadditheen:

I heard Abdullaah bin Alee al-Jabbulee in Jabbul saying: I heard Muhammad bin Ahmad bin al-Junaid ad-Diqaaq saying: I heard Abdullaah bin Yazeed al-Muqree saying: That a man from ahlul-Bid'ah who recanted from his bid'ah said: "Investigate these hadeeth, from whom take them, for indeed if we took to an opinion we would invent a hadeeth to support it."

So the Muhadditheen, the Imaams of Hadeeth, the Imaams of the Salaf would judge the suitability of an innovator in narrating (and may consider him truthful) yet they would still criticise his innovation and warn from him. All this for the preservation of the Prophetic ahaadeeth, just as Abaan bin Taghlab (rahimahullaah) has mentioned above. One the great scholars of our time, Shaikh Zaid bin Muhammad al-Madkhalee (rahimahullaah) stated in al-Ajwibatul-Athariyyah (pp. 73-76):

"Some of the People of Knowledge made an exception [for ahlul-Bid'ah] in the arena of narrating - making it permissible to narrate from the innovator who was not a caller to his innovation, and would not narrate something that would give strength to his innovation. And connected to this is taking knowledge from an innovator who does not call to his innovation, and does not narrate anything that gives strength to his innovation - and that if the student of knowledge is in critical or dire need, and that the student of knowledge cannot find anyone from the righteous, pious Scholars, then he may take his knowledge [due to necessity and the absence of Scholars].

As for your question regarding ahlul-Bid'ah of these times, then from them are the people of blameworthy hizbiyyah, such as the Khawaarij for instance, then the stance towards them is [just] like the stance that was taken against the ahlul-Bid'ah of old or not? Then the answer is that the ruling upon the People of Desires is one and the same in every era and every place. And the position of ahlus-Sunnah towards them, likewise is one and the same even if some types of innovations are less in corruption than others - one does not become lax in anything from these affairs; all innovations are at war with the Sunnah - and connected [to these innovations] are very dangerous necessities that we have already discussed."

Alhamdulillaah, here in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Gulf, North Africa, the Caribbean - in these places, we have Salafis, Ulamah who visit, and students of knowledge always present, so as Shaikh Rabee' has stated on many occasions, ahlus-Sunnah are not in need of the innovators.

So, the point being, some of the Salaf would narrate hadeeth from the Mubtadi'ah in preservation of the Deen.

The Scholars would accept the Narrations of Ahlul-Bid'ah for the Preservation of the Hadeeth - But they would Disparage and Refute them for their Innovations!

Nu'aym bin Hammad (died 239H) stated:

It was said to Ibn al-Mubaarak (died 181H): "Why do you narrate from Sa'eed and Hishaam ad-Dastawaa'ee whilst you abandoned the hadeeth of 'Amr bin 'Ubaid, yet they all share the same view [in innovation]? He replied: "Amr bin 'Ubaid used to invite others to his views, he made apparent his da'wah whilst the other two would remain silent." (Mizaan al-I'tidaal 3/275)

This 'Amr bin 'Ubaid was one of the callers to the ideas of the Mu'tazilah. Ibn 'Iliyyah said:

"The first person to speak with the bid'ah of al-I'tizaal was Waasil al-Ghazaal, and 'Amr bin 'Ubaid joined him in that and became amazed with him - so he married his sister to him. He said to her: I have married you to a man who is worthy of being the Caliph." (Meezaan al-I'tidaal 3/275)

Nu'aim bin Hammaad (d. 239H):

"I heard Mu'aadh bin Mu'aadh raising his voice in the Masjid of Basrah - he was saying to Yahyah al-Qattaan: Do you not fear Allaah! You narrate from 'Amr bin 'Ubaid and I have heard him saying: If this [Soorah], "Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab and perish he.." (Soorah al-Masad) was in the Preserved Tablet, then it is still not for Allaah a proof upon the servants." (Meezaan al-I'tidaal 3/276)

This shows the precision, honesty, integrity and the Salafiyyah of the those great Scholars, they would not merely speak about the trustworthiness of a narrator, they would mention his bid'ah and warn against it. Likewise they would advise each other and forbid each other from falling into catastrophes - it is for this reason that Mu'aadh bin Mu'aadh raised his voice in the Masjid of Basrah and he said to Yahyah al-Qattaan: "Do you not fear Allaah! You narrate from 'Amr bin 'Ubaid!". So the scholars would correct each other - and not allows errors to remain. This noble characteristic of forbidding evil disappears when the Scholars die, or when the youth pay no heed to them. Abdullaah bin Mas'ood (radhi Allaahu 'anhu) said:

"So when the Ulamah disappear, the people become as one level, so they will no longer command the good, nor forbid the evil, and at that point they will be destroyed." (Sunan ad-Daarimee, 194)

Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Hadramee said:

I asked Ibn Ma'een (rahimahullaah) about 'Amr bin 'Ubaid, so he said: "His hadeeth narrations are not to be penned down!" I asked him: Because he used to lie? He responded: "He was a caller to his [innovated] religion." So I asked him: So why do you regard Qataadah to be trustworthy, and likewise Ibn Abee Aroobah and Salaam bin Miskeen? He answered: "They were truthful in their narrations, and they would not call others to their bid'ah." (Meezaan al-I'tidaal 3/277)

So this was the position of Ibn Qutaibah, Ibn al-Mubaarak, and Yahyah bin Ma'een and most of the Muhadditheen regarding narrating hadeeth of ahlul-Bid'ah. However alongside this it was known that others such as al-Bukhaaree would at times narrate even from callers to bid'ah who's truthfulness was established - yet alongside that they would mention the fact that they were innovators. An example of this is al-Bukhaaree narrating from 'Imraan bin Hitaan, who was a caller to the madhhab of the Khawaarij. Also 'Ibaad bin Ya'qoob ar-Rawaajinee al-Koofee - who was a well-known Raafidee, but he was considered truthful (sudooq). Abu Haatim considered him to be trustworthy, and if Ibn Khuzaimah would report from him, he would say: "Narrated to us someone who is trustworthy in narrating but blameworthy in his opinions (i.e. a person of bid'ah)." And al-Bukhaaree narrated only one connected hadeeth from him in the Chapter of Tawheed. (See Hadiyy as-Saaree p. 412, Diraasah fil-Jarh wat-Ta'deel, p. 115) So, look at how the Salaf would make clear the innovations of the narrators, warn against them and forbid their evil.

These Imaams would show the utmost honesty and transparency towards the narrators and the Imaams, they would present their chains of narration and the hadeeth to the most skilled in the field of al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel. Imaam al-Awzaa'ee (died 157H), who was from great Imaams of the Salaf said:

"We would hear a hadeeth and then present it to our scholars just as one presents a counterfeit dirham to a teller - so what they accepted, we accepted and what they rejected, we rejected." (al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel 2/21)

Even though this great Scholar is an Imaam of the Sunnah - and love of him is a sign of a person's Sunnah, and hatred of him is a sign of a person's bid'ah and heresy - Adh-Dhahabee said after first citing the statement of Imaam Ahmad wherein he said about al-Awzaa'ee: "He is weak in hadeeth." So adh-Dhahabee:

"He intends that the ahaadeeth of al-Awzaa'ee are weak, due to the fact that he relied on disconnected chains and mursal narrations of the people of Shaam - and this is the cause of the weakness - and not because the Imaam is himself weak [in his station]."
(Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa, 7/112)

Al-Bayhaqee said: "Ahmad intended that al-Awzaa'ee is not relied on in narrations; and not that he himself was weak in narrating." So al-Awzaa'ee was an Imaam in his own right however in certain issues he relied on ahaadeeth that were disconnected.
(Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb 6/242)

So this is clear - that even if an Imaam of ahlus-Sunnah was mistaken, they would correct him, but maintain his honour. As for ahlul-Bid'ah, then even if he was truthful, they would expose his innovations and warn the people from that, and not accord upon them any honour. So where now do we place Abu Usamah, Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq, Yusuf al-Qardaawee, Zakir Naik, Al-Ma'rabee, Bilal Philips, Shadeed Muhammad and Abu Muslimah? Are they to be honoured and respected? Defended and praised? Do these deserve the position of Ahmad bin Hanbal towards al-Awzaa'ee or the position of Mu'aadh bin Mu'aah towards 'Amr bin 'Ubaid?

So these Imaams in their desire and necessity to preserve the ahaadeeth of Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam), they would closely examine and scrutinise the narrators, to make sure of their reliability, precision and trustworthiness in narrating. At the same time, they would expose the bid'ah of the innovators, warn against them and command the people to abandon them. Their desire was the preservation of the Deen and the ahadeeth of the Prophet (salallaahu alaihi wassallam). They feared not the blame of the blamers, if they knew someone to be an innovator they would not hide his innovation. If someone's innovation was hidden from one scholar, it would not be hidden from another.

So we wonder, what is it that Abu Usamah saw from deficiencies and shortcomings in Shaikh Rabee' (hafidhahullaah) that led him to belittle him and state that he saw things in Shaikh Rabee' that prevent him from taking from him in particular affairs?! - till this day we have not seen his proofs, and even his so-called retraction he said: "no one asked me what I saw" - so what did you see Abu Usamah in this Imaam of deficiency that prevented you from him? This also brings us nicely to the wanton deceit and treachery of Abu Usamah and his fraud upon Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimahullaah). He stated that ash-Shaafi'ee praised and spoke well of Ibraaheem Ibn Abee Yahyah, so since he spoke good of this shaikh, then why criticise Adnan Abdul-Qaadir (and by extension Abu Usamah) for speaking good of his shaikh and teacher Abdur-Rahmaan Abdul-Khaaliq and Abdullaah as-Sabt.

There is no doubt that this a mighty and deceptive falsehood that must be addressed It is a corrupt principle of Abu Usamah wherein he claims that the Salaf would praise ahlul-Bid'ah in absolute terms, and they would not be criticised by their peers - after all who would dare criticise Imaam ash-Shaaf'ee, right? And if you are not going to criticise Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee for [supposedly] praising a Raafidee Shi'ee, Jahmee, Mu'tazilee, then why criticise Abu Usamah for praising someone whose corruption is lesser than that?

We present here some of the sayings of Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee and other scholars concerning this Ibraaheem Ibn Abee Yahyah (who Abu Usamah claims was praised by ash-Shaafi'ee) - and remember O Sunni, what we have already quoted regarding the great Imaams of hadeeth, that they would narrate the Prophetic hadeeth after such scrutiny (that is unheard of in any other sphere of knowledge) from a person of innovation, and expose his bid'ah and warn from him in his Religion. So this Ibraheem ibn Abee Yahyah, the one that Abu Usamah tries to use as a proof to show that one can praise ahlul-Bid'ah, and not criticise each other regarding his innovation:

• Ibn Ma'een said about him: "Kadhdhaab Raafidee! (A lying Shi'ite)."
• Ar-Rabee' said: Ash-Shaafi'ee said about him: "Ibraheem Ibn Abee Yahyah was a Qadaree." So it was said to ar-Rabee': "So why did ash-Shaafi'ee narrate from him?" So ar-Rabee' said that ash-Shaafi'ee used to say: "It was more beloved to Ibraheem that he should fall from a height than to lie. So he was thiqah (trustworthy) in hadeeth."

(Tahdheeb al-Kamaal 2/188, al-Kaamil 1/218, as-Siyar 8/450)

So ash-Shaafi'ee did not deny the innovations of Ibraaheem bin Abee Yahyah, rather he held that he was a Qadaree (one who denied the Pre-Decree), but that he was truthful when it came to the hadeeth of the Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam) - which is more than what can be said for Abu Usamah al-Kadhdhaab, who doesn't care how much he has to lie to satisfy his narcissistic tendencies. So ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimahullaah) made clear the innovation of Ibn Abee Yahyah, alhamdulillaah. So why did Abu Usamah not make clear these additional words from ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimahullaah)? Answer: because Abu Usamah was looking for something to support his innovated principle. But it gets worse, look what else ash-Shaafi'ee and others said about this Ibraheem Ibn Abee Yahyah:

• Ash-Shaafi'ee said: "Ibn Abee Yahyah was an idiot, a fool, unable [even] to perform sexual intercourse."
• Maalik was asked: "Was Ibn Abee Yahyah thiqah (trustworthy in narrating hadeeth)?", he replied: "No, and nor was he trustworthy in his Religion."
• Ahmad bin Hanbal said: "He was a Qadaree, Mu'tazilee and Jahmee - all the calamities were in him."
• Al-Bukhaaree said about him: "A Jahmee, Ibn al-Mubaarak and the people abandoned him - he used have the opinions of the Qadarees."
• Yahyah bin Ma'een said: "A liar in all that he narrates."
• Abu Dawood and Ibn Ma'een said about him: "Raafidee Kadhdhaab!"
• Abu Hammaam as-Sukoonee said: "I heard Ibn Abee Yahyah cursing the some of the Salaf."

(Tadhkiratul-Huffaadh 1/246, Tahdheeb al-Kamaal 2/188, al-Kaamil 1/218, as-Siyar 8/450)

So from this one can see that though Shaafi'ee affirmed his bid'ah and foolishness - he nevertheless (in several citations from ash-Shaafi'ee) held him to be truthful. And we have already discussed above that the Imaams of hadeeth would accept the narrations of the mubtadi'ah (with conditions) whilst recognising and warning from their innovations.

This is a matter that Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah points out too, that the Imaams of the Sunnah would take narrations from those upon bid'ah but who were truthful nevertheless in order to prevent the greater of two evils, which is to prevent crucial and vital knowledge from being lost through lack of continued transmission (refer to Majmu' al-Fatawaa 28/210-213). So ash-Shaafi'ee was no different in that regard. Imaam adh-Dhahabee mentions in Tadhkiratul-Huffaadh (1/246) that "a group [of scholars] held him (Ibraaheem bin Abi Yahyaa) to be weak, even if with ash-Shaafi'ee he was trustworthy." However ash-Shaafi'ee himself said about him: "He was a Qadaree." i.e. that Ibraheem Ibn Abee Yahyah is truthful but he is an innovating Qadaree - so where has the Amaanah 'Ilmiyyah (being honest in conveying knowledge) disappeared to now, O Abaa Usamah? Or is that trust in conveying only reserved for when you're translating the praises of the innovators and sharing platforms with them? This is pure and utter treachery. Abu Usamah needs to humble himself, make tawbah, feel regret and remorse, and truly fear Allaah (the Most High, the One who is severe in retribution), rectify his affair, make a pure and sincere tawbah and bayaan for his innovations and crimes against the Salafi Da'wah and its people before Allaah take his soul and he is buried in the cold ground. And we seek refuge in Allaah from the wickedness of Abee Usamah - We seek from Allaah security and safety in our Deen, we ask the Most Merciful not to put us to trial with this man.

Abu Usaamah deceived his audience and did gross injustice to Imaam al-Shaaf'iee by repeatedly stating in his lecture that "ash-Shaaf'iee used to praise him..." and hiding the actual reality of the situation.

So what is it that Abu Usamah wishes to derive from his ascription to ash-Shaafi'ee?

Well, firstly that if he (Abu Usamah) praises an innovator, then don't criticise him, because some of the Salaf praised innovators. The answer to this has already been answered above in the reply to those who use the speech of Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin in praise of al-Ma'rabee - that is it is possible that a scholar does not know the deviations of a person so he withholds from criticising or even continues praising him. But the one who knows is a proof over the one who does not, and the detailed Jarh takes precedence over the general praise, as is well known.

The second direction that Abu Usamah is coming from has also been mentioned above, and that is that he sees deviations in the 'aqeedah as one sees differing in matters of [tolerated] ijtihaad, and the speech of Shaikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah has already preceded, that describes Abu Usamah precisely.

The third angle of Abu Usaamah is that he truly believes that anyone can learn from innovators and sit in their circles, and that is why you see him constantly alongside them and praising them, and encouraging others with learning from them - and this position of his is in complete opposition to the ijmaa' (complete concesus) of the Salaf and their Scholars.

Misunderstanding Al-Mawaazanah - Completely and Utterly!

Regarding Ya'qoob bin Shaibah (died 262H) who was present in the time of Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal (d. 241H). The great Imaam adh-Dhahabee (d. 748H, rahimahullaah) stated in Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa about him: "The great haafidh, al-'Allaamah, ath-thiqah (trustworthy)." Ahmad bin Kaamil al-Qaadee said: "Ya'qoob bin Shaibah was from the major companions of Ahmad bin al-Mu'adhdhal and al-Haarith bin Miskeen - was was a leading Faqeeh - but he withheld in the issue of the Qur'aan (by refusing to say, 'it is not created')." Imaam adh-Dhahabee (rahimahullaah):

"I say: He took his position of withholding in the Qur'aan from his Shaikh, the well-known Ahmad previously mentioned (i.e. bin al-Mu'adhdhal) - and likewise those who also withheld were Mus'ab az-Zubairee, Ishaaq bin Abee Israa'eel and a group - so nearly a thousand Imaams opposed them! Rather all the rest of the Imaams of the Salaf as well as the later Imaams upon the issue of them not rejecting that the Qur'aan is created, and their refusal to declare the Jahmiyyah to be unbelievers! We ask Allaah for safety in our Religion."

So how is one to understand these words of adh-Dhahabee (rahimahullaah) whereby he would mention the fact that an individual was an Aalim, Haafidh and Trustworthy (thiqah) and yet mention his innovations and misguidance?

Respected intelligent reader, rather than accepting the ignorance-filled ranting of this innovating liar Abu Usamah, let us quote the Imaam, Muhaddith and Mujaddid of this era, Shaikhul-Islaam Muhammad Naasirud-Deen al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah) regarding these types of biographical accounts of the innovators:

“What is occurring now amidst the debates between many individuals regarding what has been called, or concerning this new bid’ah of “al-Muwaazanah” (counterbalancing between the good and bad points) with respect to criticising men.

I say: Criticism either occurs in the biography of an individual which is a “historical” biography in which case it is necessary to mention what is both good and bad with respect to the individual. However, when the intent behind the biographical detail of an individual is to warn the Muslims, and especially the general folk who do not have any knowledge pertaining to men and their defects - in fact it might even be the case that (this individual who is being warned against) might have a good reputation with the common folk. However, he is concealing an evil aqidah or evil habits, yet the common folk do not know any of this about this man - then in this particular situation, this innovation, which has been given the title of, “al-Muwaazanah” these days is not employed. This is because the intent here is to give advice (to the Muslims) and the intent is not to give comprehensive and exhaustive biographical details.."

Clearly Imaam adh-Dhahabee is giving a biographical account of the likes of Ya'qoob bin Shaibah and Ibraheem bin Abee Yahyah, as is known by anyone who has studied even the basics of the Sciences of Hadeeth and al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel! Will you contend with that Abu Usamah? Once again, you see this man's ignorance in the Deen and his deviant designs upon the youth.

Shaikh al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah) continues to say in the same recording:

However, what is important concerning this question is that at the end of this answer, I should say: Certainly, those who have innovated the bid’ah of “al-Muwaazanah”, no doubt they oppose the Book and they oppose the Sunnah, both the Sunnah of speech and that of action, and they oppose the manhaj of the Salaf us-Saalih.

Then Shaikh al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah) went on to say later in that same conversation:

"In short, I say: Certainly, the carrier of the flag of al-Jarh wat-Ta’deel today, in the current times - and in truth – is our brother, Doctor Rabee’. And as for those who refute him, then they do not do so on the basis of knowledge ever."
(Cassette: “Man Haamil Raayah al-Jarh wat-Ta’deel Fil-Asr al-Haadir”, SalafiPublications.com)

So rather than taking the principles of hadeeth and Jarh wa Ta'deel from the Imaams of the Sunnah, Abu Usamah refers affairs back to his own desires. Who is the Scholar that Shaikh Al-Albaanee has praised in this field O Aba Usamah? It is the same Shaikh Rabee' whom you belittle, and have abandoned, and you have taken as you friends and allies the innovators - and all of this has resulted in the corruption of your Manhaj.

The question to Abu Usaamah that we raised at the beginning: do the errors of others justify your blind following? If the evidence comes to you, is it still permissible to blindly follow? Is it allowed to call others to your blind-following as you have done here? Is it permissible for you to open your ignorant mouth and rant on about things that you have no knowledge of? These words of Abu Uwais Abdullaah Ahmad Alee (rahimahullaah) sum up the problem with Abu Usaamah:



From this, the reader will have truly understood the shallowness of Abu Usaamah's knowledge (whilst accusing others of others of ignorance), his willingness to distort history, facts, situations and contexts regarding the people of knowledge in order to support and utilize Ikhwaani principles that his da'wah is clearly founded upon.

Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Waahid