The Necessity of Putting the Fundamentals in Order
Creator: Shaykh Salman al-`Awdah
Date: 2008-02-06
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Identifier: http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=14
Language: en
Subject: iman
Title: The Necessity of Putting the Fundamentals in Order
Created on: Thu Oct 04 15:39:27 -0400 2007
Updated on: Wed Feb 06 16:58:33 -0500 2008
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Abstract: ... s nothing wrong for the daa`iya to study or teach these sunan which people deny, like shortening the clothing halfway the leg, or the posture of rest during the salaat, or moving the index finger in tashahhud. But these are issues which are dealt with in the texts of the shar` which a qualified person should have an opinion or ijtihaad over, under the condition that it won’t distract him from other issues. As well as that, the young ones should be trained to apply it on themselves, and on the ones who accept and take it from them at the right times, the right places. They should leave it out, for Allah’s sake, when they see that there is a legislative intent in leaving it out. Not because of fearing people’s tongues and talk. Justice is not to write in a minor subject more than fourteen research papers, while we neglect the major occurrences and happenings in the ummah through which the people walk unguided, and stumble with their personal opinions, or with their incomplete ijithaad which lacks the tools of correct ijtihaad. There are those who fall into the opposite error, by giving concern to the major matters, and lessen from the importance of the minor ones. One of them says for instance, "I am Salafi, and when I look at `Umar’s personality, I see an `Umar who spread justice among the people, an `Umar who used to say, ‘If a mule tripped in Iraq, I would feel that Allah will ask me about it, "Why didn’t you fix the road for it O `Umar?" ‘But I don’t look at `Umar’s personality as the one who shortens his clothing and lengthens his beard as some of these boys look at him!" Subhaan Allaah! Why do we divide `Umar’s personality into two. `Umar the just, the mujaahid, the bearer of the mule responsibility in Iraq; and `Umar the holder of the sunnah in his appearance, clothing and action? Far be it from `Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, because surely he never believed in this dualism, or this separation. Here is the proof, when Uqba bin `Amir, may Allah be pleased with him, came to give him the good news about the victory over al-Shaam, after which he had ridden a whole week from Friday to Friday until he arrived to Madina, he (`Umar) made takbeer and the Muslims were happy with this courageous victory. Then `Umar looked at the khuff [leather shoes] of `Uqba and said to him "How long have you been wearing them?" He replied, "I’ve been wiping over them the whole week!" Then `Umar said, "That is the sunnah." [Bayhaqi] And it is authentic as Ibn Taymiyya and others said [al-Fatawa]. Therefore `Umar’s concern, may Allah be pleased with him, with the matter of conquests and subjugating the world to the Islamic rule did not prevent him from investiga... [Full Article...]
