The Necessity of Putting the Fundamentals in Order
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Subject: dawah
Title: The Necessity of Putting the Fundamentals in Order
Created on: Wed Jan 09 15:30:14 -0500 2008
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Abstract: ... mble 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 ... [Full Article...]
