O Muslims: Do not be deceived by lies, false claims, plots, deceptions of People of Bid'ah and Desires!

[Maher.ibn.Ahmad.Attiyeh]

Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah

Amma ba'd

O Muslims: Do not be deceived by lies, false claims, plots, deceptions of People of Bid'ah and Desires!

Allaah says (what means): O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins... (Al-Ahzab, ayat 70-71)

And Allaah says: O you who believe! Fear Allaah, and be with those who are true (in words and deeds). (At-Tawbah, ayah 119)

And Allaah says: Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allaah... (Al-Ahzab, ayah 23)

The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: He who deceives (cheats) is not of me. [Muslim]

Shaikh Zayd bin Muhammad bin Hadee al-Madkhalee (hafidhahullaah) wrote: "Allaah raised and has raised and will raise in every time those who defend the true religion and defend the Sunnah of the greatest and best and most generous of the Prophets (Muhammad, salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), and uncover bid'ah and the plotting of the Innovators and the deception of the deviants, so that no one will be deluded by them and so that those who don't have much fiqh in Deen will not be misled by these deviants." [From the shaikh's introduction to the book The Agreement among the scholars upon Boycotting and Warning against Ahlul Bid'ah, as relayed by Abu Uwais (rahimahullaah)]

Shaikh Rabee' bin Hadee al-Madkhalee (hafidhahullaah) wrote: "Today, there are new tricks, new methods of leading the people astray. In the past, one could not get Ahlul Bid'ah confused with Ahlus-Sunnah. They were distinguished. Yet their evil was lighter than it is today, and it was relative. But in our time, the people of bid'ah have been able with their plotting and planning and strategies to enter into the ranks of Ahlus-Sunnah. Rather, they have been able to get right into the center of them and be amongst them, mixed with them. And this had a great and evil effect, especially upon the youth, those who have been taught some things. In particular, the youth in the universities and even the houses and markets. And this is because Ahlul-Bid'ah were able to present themselves as Ahlus-Sunnah and mix with the people of the Sunnah, and not be distinguished, and therefore they were able to relay and convey their poison.

They came with new methods and methodologies and principles; all these methods and principles were to make the haqq look like the baatil, and to make baatil look like the haqq. It's all Talbees (deception). Deception. It was used to humiliate, put down and eradicate the truth, and to destroy the people of the truth. And to raise the position of the people of ahwaa` (desires). So they came up with principles by way of their strategies, plans." [From the shaikh's introduction to the book The Agreement among the scholars upon Boycotting and Warning against Ahlul Bid'ah, as relayed by Abu Uwais (rahimahullaah)]

Table of Contents

Introduction, including scholarly statements given by Shaikh Muhammad Nasir-ud-Deen al-Albanee (rahimahullaah), Shaikh Rabee' bin Hadee al-Madkhalee, Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan, and Shaikh Zayd bin Muhammad bin Hadee al-Madkhalee (hafidhahumullaah)

Part 1: The Connection of Lying and Deceit to Hypocrisy, Kufr, and Bid'ah, and ultimately the Hellfire, via:

a- The Qur`an
b- The Sunnah
c- The Statements of the Salaf
d- The Statements of Scholars who followed/follow the Salaf

Part 2: Some of the The Deviant Groups today who are upon deceit and some of their deceptional claims, and refutation of those claims:

a- Khawaarij (Ikhwanul Muslimeen, Hizb Tahreer, Qutbiyah, Surooris)
b- Rafidah
c- Soofees
d- others, such as the Ash'arees

Conclusion, including advices by Imam al-Awza'ee (rahimahullaah) and Shaikh Saalih as-Suhaimee (hafidhahullaah)