A critical examination by Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī of methodological deviations, false principles, and their consequences upon Salafī daʿwah and unity.
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Abū al-Ḥasan al-Maʿribī stated:
“With regard to Abū Khadījah (ʿAbd al-Wāḥid) and those who support him in criticising ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq (Baker) and those with him, claiming that they are excessively lax with those who oppose the daʿwah, then it is incumbent upon ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq (Baker) and those with him to be clear in the affairs of the daʿwah. Even if their previous conduct was based upon the advice of scholars, then may Allah ﷻ reward them for their intentions; nevertheless, they must now be explicit and clear in this matter.”
Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
It appears that ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq (Baker) and those with him are upon the methodology of Abū al-Ḥasan and his false principles. Thus, several questions necessarily arise:
• Who were the scholars that advised ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq and those with him to adopt leniency towards the opposition? Who exactly were these advising scholars?
• Were they from Abū al-Ḥasan, ʿAlī Ḥasan, and their likes, or were they from those whom Abū al-Ḥasan follows and venerates, namely the Ikhwān al-Muslimūn?
What is apparent is that after this alleged “rectification”, ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq and those with him have increased in nothing except tribulation upon tribulation.
How could it be otherwise, when the clear signs of internal division among them never cease? They have continued to fan the flames of tribulation up until our present day. The more this group sinks into turmoil and corrupt principles, the more their followers are distanced from the Salafī methodology and its adherents. Consequently, they increase in division and hostility towards the people of truth.
Abū al-Ḥasan al-Maʿribī further stated:
“Abū Khadījah and those with him must change point number seventeen of ‘Our Call’, as it contradicts mercy and the well-known principles of Ahl al-Sunnah. It is binding upon them (Salafī Publications) and upon the other side (Masjid Ibn Taymiyyah, Brixton) that they do not write anything in daʿwah except that which the people of knowledge have already written concerning it. If they must write anything of this nature, then we advise that it be placed at the end of the publication al-Iṣālah.”
Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī
A. What is this seventeenth point that he obliges Abū Khadījah and those with him to change? It may well be the truth, fully consistent with mercy and with the recognised principles of Ahl al-Sunnah. Furthermore, what is it that is written at the end of al-Iṣālah magazine? It would not be far-fetched to conclude that it is falsehood.
B. This obligation clearly contradicts the false principle, “It is not upon me to accept the refutations”, which Abū al-Ḥasan and his group established, as did those who followed his methodology, such as ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī. This dangerous principle permits the rejection of all truth, whereas in reality it is obligatory upon them to accept and adhere to valid refutations. It also entails rejecting the rulings issued by the scholars of the Salafī methodology against the people of desires and innovations, such as the Ikhwān al-Muslimūn and Jamāʿat al-Tablīgh.
This concludes the statement of Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī.
[TN] The point under discussion is Point Seventeen, which states:
“Refuting every individual who opposes the Sunnah, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, regardless of the level of his error or slip, and regardless of whether his opposition to the truth was deliberate or due to a mistake; whatever methodology he ascribes to, by employing whatever is possible from evidence, clarification, and striving against him, exposing him and revealing his true condition according to the foundations of Islam, so that this noble religion retains its purity and integrity, and so that people may drink from it while being certain of its sweetness.”
This is cited from The ʿAqīdah and Methodology of the Great Imāms of the Past, Mountains of Knowledge, chapter “Our Daʿwah”, p. 260, Salafī Publications.
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Reference
al-Madkhalī, Rabīʿ ibn Hādī (b. 1351 AH / 1932 CE), statements and commentary on contemporary methodological deviations, cited in refutations of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Maʿribī and his principles.
Salafī Publications, The ʿAqīdah and Methodology of the Great Imāms of the Past, Mountains of Knowledge, Birmingham: Salafī Publications, n.d., chapter “Our Daʿwah”, p. 260.
al-Maʿribī, Abū al-Ḥasan, cited statements regarding daʿwah methodology and criticism of Salafī Publications and Masjid Ibn Taymiyyah, Brixton.
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