Advice to those who accuse the imams of the da'wah of being Murji'ah
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Question:
The questioner says: There are some young people who accuse Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Ba'ab al-Shaykh ibn al-Thamin of being among the Murji'ah of this age, and that they are among those who have led the ummah astray. What is your advice to these people?
Answer:
In any case, it is strange. Whoever does not agree with their whims, they judge him as a Murji'i or by other schools of thought. They judged Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen as Murji'ah because they did not rebel against the one in authority and did not declare the Muslims disbelievers, whereas they wanted them to do so. But when they were unable to deal with them, they judged them as Murji'ah. This is speech based on whim, and may Allah protect us from it. Accusing these two imams of what is not in them—we have only known from them goodness, uprightness, moderation, and urging adherence to the Book, the Sunnah, and the methodology of the Salaf. This is what we learned from them and knew of them, may Allah have mercy on them. Yes.
The questioner says: There are some young people who accuse Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Ba'ab al-Shaykh ibn al-Thamin of being among the Murji'ah of this age, and that they are among those who have led the ummah astray. What is your advice to these people?
Answer:
In any case, it is strange. Whoever does not agree with their whims, they judge him as a Murji'i or by other schools of thought. They judged Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen as Murji'ah because they did not rebel against the one in authority and did not declare the Muslims disbelievers, whereas they wanted them to do so. But when they were unable to deal with them, they judged them as Murji'ah. This is speech based on whim, and may Allah protect us from it. Accusing these two imams of what is not in them—we have only known from them goodness, uprightness, moderation, and urging adherence to the Book, the Sunnah, and the methodology of the Salaf. This is what we learned from them and knew of them, may Allah have mercy on them. Yes.
Source
الفوزان - أسباب الفجوة بين كبار العلماء والصحوة (فتاوى) — archive.org (15:59)
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