Advice for the Muslim

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Advice for the Muslim Brief passages from the reputed books of ahl as-sunnat scholars are quoted for refuting corrupt Wahhabi and la-madhhabiyya beliefs. CONTENTS PART ONE: THE BELIEFS OF THE WAHHÂBÎS AND THEIR REFUTATION BY THE SCHOLARS OF AHL ASSUNNA 1 Mutasawwifs’ books do not contain polytheism (Maktûbât by al-Imâm ar-Rabbânî)[1] ..................................9 2 Îmân does not include ’ibâdât (Qasîdat al-Amâlî and Alhadîqa).........................................................................13 3 To ask help of prophets and pious Muslims ......................19 4 Do Muslims worship awliyâ’? (Al-usûl al-arba’a).............20 5 Do Muslims worship tombs? (As-sawâ’iq al-ilâhiyya) .....22 6 To receive blessings from someone other than the Prophet ....................................................................................25 7 The origin of tasawwuf (Maktûbât by Muhammad Ma’sûm)...................................................................................26 8 The dead; the souls of awliyâ’ ..............................................39 9 To praise and to ask help of the Prophet (Mir’ât al- Madîna) ...................................................................................40 10 The dead’s intercession .........................................................54 11 Has Ahmad al-Badawî been deified? .................................55 12 The Prophet and the Sahâbât al-kirâm...............................56 13 On Qasîdat al-Burda (Maktûbât by Muhammad Ma’sûm)...................................................................................57 14 Shall tombs be demolished (Zawâjir by Ibn Hajar al- Hîtamî) ....................................................................................60 15 To enter the Prophet’s masjid, but not visit his shrine? (Mir’ât al-Madîna) ...................................................62 16 The salawât said for the Prophet .........................................77 17 Awliyâ’ do help (Al-hadîth al-arba’în by ’Allâma Ahmad S. ibn Kamal)............................................................77 18 Karâmât of awliyâ’ (Maktûbât by al-Imâm ar- Rabbânî and Al-mawâhib by al-Imâm al-Kastalânî)........82 19 A walî does not make a show of karâmât (Maktûbât by Muhammad Ma’sûm)...................................95 – 7 – [1] Subject discussed (and reference). 20 The âyat “Allah and the Believers are sufficient for you.” (Berîqa) .....................................................................102 21 To follow the imâms of the madhhabs; taqlîd .................104 22 To expect something from somebody (Al-hadîqa).........122 23 The Ahl as-Sunna and Qasîdat al-Burda..........................131 24 The dead and the absentee (Al-minhat al-wahbiyya) ....131 25 The Wahhâbîs’ ijtihâds are false........................................185 26 Visiting shrines (Râbita-i sharîfa)......................................187 27 The Prophet hears the salawât...........................................194 28 The superiority of the as-Sahâbat al-kirâm and the Tâbi’ûn...................................................................................194 29 Help from living people and the dead (Marâq alfalâh and Zawâjir) ...............................................................195 30 To vow, to slaughter an animal for the dead (Ashad al-jihâd in Al-minhat al-wahbiyya) ...................................198 31 Fatwâ on the heresy of Wahhâbism (Arabic original appended to Al-minhat al-wahbiyya) ...............................210 32 The Wahhâbite book Cewâb-i Nu’mân (Maktûbat by Muhammad Ma’sûm); the lawfullness of reading the Mawlid and Dala’il al-khairât......................................215 33 Tasawwuf and tarîqas are not invented, but commanded in Islam (Irshâd at-tâlibîn) ..........................237 34 To disbelievers of tasawwuf and karâmât (Al-hadîqa)............................................................................257 35 In the next world, one will be with whom one loves (Al-hadîqa) ..........................................................................267 PART TWO: THE BEGINNING AND SPREAD OF WAHHÂBISM[1] 36 The origins of Wahhâbism..................................................276 37 The first Wahhâbite mission...............................................286 38 The massacre and looting of the Muslims of Tâ’if..........289 39 The Wahhâbite persecutions in Mecca.............................293 40 The Wahhâbîs in Medina....................................................300 41 The Ottomans clear the blessed cities of the Wahhâbite bandits ...............................................................305 42 Invaluable works done in Mecca and Medina after the clearance...............................................................327