Explanation of the invalidity of distinguishing between beliefs and rulings in what is derived from ahad or mutawatir hadiths.
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The Shaykh : ... and we all know, and they know too, but they deny it, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said regarding others: [An-Naml 27:14]. Indeed, they all know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send individuals from his Companions (peace and blessings be upon him) to call the people far from Medina, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was, to Islam. He used to send individuals to call them to Islam, and Islam is nothing but what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, comprehensively, as there is no disagreement on this between what was a belief and what was a ruling. Among the famous examples in the authentic Sunnah, which they know and then deviate from, is the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Yemen, sometimes with Mu'adh, sometimes with Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, and sometimes with Ali. What did these Companions do when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) sent them to Yemen? There is no doubt that they called them to faith in Allah and His Messenger, which is the foundation of all belief, and then to the Islam that he (peace and blessings be upon him) brought. It is reported in "Sahih al-Bukhari" and "Sahih Muslim" from the hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said to him: to the end of the authentic hadith.
In it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Mu'adh, who is an individual, and his report is an ahad hadith in the terminology of the later scholars, to make the first thing he calls them to the belief in Allah alone, with no partner;. So if you confront this hadith, whose authenticity is agreed upon by all Muslims, between those who follow the Salaf and those who oppose them, who believe with us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu'adh to Yemen and ordered him to call them to the testimony that there is no god but Allah; how do they believe in the authenticity of this hadith, and then say: that ahad hadiths are not to be acted upon in matters of belief?!
From this, it becomes clear to you that deviating from what his Companions (peace and blessings be upon him) were upon, in their spreading across the horizons and calling people to Islam without the philosophy of distinguishing between mutawatir hadith and ahad hadith, this issue alone is sufficient to clarify to every rational Muslim the danger of deviating from following the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous Salaf.
And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof
وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَا أَنْفُسُهُمْLet the first thing you call them to be the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and if they obey you, then order them to pray
ليكُنْ أوَّلَ ما تدعوهم إليه شهادةُ أن لا إله إلا الله ، وأن محمدًا رسول الله ؛ فإذا هم أطاعوك فمُرْهم بالصلاةIn it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Mu'adh, who is an individual, and his report is an ahad hadith in the terminology of the later scholars, to make the first thing he calls them to the belief in Allah alone, with no partner;
Let the first thing you call them to be the testimony that there is no god but Allah
فليكن أوَّلُ ما تدعوهم إليه شهادةَ أن لا إله إلا اللهFrom this, it becomes clear to you that deviating from what his Companions (peace and blessings be upon him) were upon, in their spreading across the horizons and calling people to Islam without the philosophy of distinguishing between mutawatir hadith and ahad hadith, this issue alone is sufficient to clarify to every rational Muslim the danger of deviating from following the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous Salaf.
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