Discussion of the sects and what is meant by them in the hadith.
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The Shaykh : What is your opinion, Shaykh Nasser, about Abu Malik's speech after the sermon? Is he, I mean, possessing Islamic character? I said to him: Do you mean his response to al-Yamani? He said: Yes. I said to him: What is your opinion of al-Yamani? Was he possessing Islamic character?
The questioner : Very good.
The Shaykh : He said: Yes. I said to him: You and he are afflicted.
The questioner : ... strong and quick.
The Shaykh : I am surprised by these people; they have boldness in the wrong place.
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The questioner :Sunan Ibn Majah 3993Sahih (Darussalam) .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because in my level of knowledge, there is no specification of what these sects are, and there is no benefit in it, rather, as I understand it, the intent is the matter of guarding against evil and the methodology in evil.
The Shaykh : That departing from ... .
The questioner : Yes, exactly, and we know the truth and the right, and things are distinguished by their opposites. So this is a response to some of the parties and groups that specify matters of the Shari'ah, I mean, with a terrible level of detail ... until some of them, for example, say this one is an American agent, this one is a British agent, this one I don't know, and these bulletins and these terrible analyses in which they have wasted their lives, and which, in consideration, are all descriptions of ailments. So, is this a branch that has a relation to the matter or not? I mean, is this useful?
The Shaykh : This specification?
The questioner : I mean, this speech that I said, I mean, is it actually valid or not? I mean, if there had been good in the specification, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have specified the names of these sects, for example, and specific details. And this is, of course, not necessary. So, does not this serve as a response to these calls that there is no need for specification in these ailments and indulging in them in a way that occupies one from the Book of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) and from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and from the medicine and the cure?
The Shaykh : Yes—may Allah bless you—you are bringing examples of what should not be specified in your view, that this one is an agent for such a state, and this one for another, and so on. This is indeed as you say, but this is speech about individuals.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Not about the sects. So, for example, do you mean that the speech should mention, for example, from these sects the Mu'tazilah and the Jabriyyah and so on, or do you not intend this?
The questioner : Our Shaykh, before this, you mentioned that this is about individuals. Now, as is known, some of the parties that were born in Jordan, that this is their methodology, it is all bulletins, and they classify this ... this one is British, and this one is American, this one is an agent, this one.
Another questioner : Analysis.
The questioner : Yes, this is the specialty of specialists in this matter.
The Shaykh : I have answered you about this. May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Amen.
The Shaykh : Why are you repeating the speech?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : While you have not answered me about what I asked you.
The questioner : It is—our Shaykh—may Allah preserve me.
The Shaykh : I told you: what you mentioned as an example, your speech is correct, but this contains speech about individuals; and therefore their speech was not correct. Then, if they were speaking about a group, they would say, for example, "this group is British." This has no relation to the misguided sects; this has a relation to the sinners who contradict the Shari'ah and the rulings of the Shari'ah. For example:[Al-Ma'idah 5:51], these people take, for example, Britain as their allies, or these people America and so on. This speech, if it is about groups and not about individuals as you said, has no relation to the hadith. But my question to you was what I told you: you did not answer me about it; and that is whether you mean, for example, by your previous speech that it is also not beneficial to speak about the Mu'tazilah, the Khawarij, and the Murji'ah?
The questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : And.
The questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : Okay, why did you not say to me: No?
The questioner : Now I understood the question. I was not ... .
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Very good.
The Shaykh : He said: Yes. I said to him: You and he are afflicted.
The questioner : ... strong and quick.
The Shaykh : I am surprised by these people; they have boldness in the wrong place.
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The questioner :
all of which will be in Hell apart from one
كلُّها في النار إلا واحدةThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Because in my level of knowledge, there is no specification of what these sects are, and there is no benefit in it, rather, as I understand it, the intent is the matter of guarding against evil and the methodology in evil.
The Shaykh : That departing from ... .
The questioner : Yes, exactly, and we know the truth and the right, and things are distinguished by their opposites. So this is a response to some of the parties and groups that specify matters of the Shari'ah, I mean, with a terrible level of detail ... until some of them, for example, say this one is an American agent, this one is a British agent, this one I don't know, and these bulletins and these terrible analyses in which they have wasted their lives, and which, in consideration, are all descriptions of ailments. So, is this a branch that has a relation to the matter or not? I mean, is this useful?
The Shaykh : This specification?
The questioner : I mean, this speech that I said, I mean, is it actually valid or not? I mean, if there had been good in the specification, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have specified the names of these sects, for example, and specific details. And this is, of course, not necessary. So, does not this serve as a response to these calls that there is no need for specification in these ailments and indulging in them in a way that occupies one from the Book of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) and from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and from the medicine and the cure?
The Shaykh : Yes—may Allah bless you—you are bringing examples of what should not be specified in your view, that this one is an agent for such a state, and this one for another, and so on. This is indeed as you say, but this is speech about individuals.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Not about the sects. So, for example, do you mean that the speech should mention, for example, from these sects the Mu'tazilah and the Jabriyyah and so on, or do you not intend this?
The questioner : Our Shaykh, before this, you mentioned that this is about individuals. Now, as is known, some of the parties that were born in Jordan, that this is their methodology, it is all bulletins, and they classify this ... this one is British, and this one is American, this one is an agent, this one.
Another questioner : Analysis.
The questioner : Yes, this is the specialty of specialists in this matter.
The Shaykh : I have answered you about this. May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Amen.
The Shaykh : Why are you repeating the speech?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : While you have not answered me about what I asked you.
The questioner : It is—our Shaykh—may Allah preserve me.
The Shaykh : I told you: what you mentioned as an example, your speech is correct, but this contains speech about individuals; and therefore their speech was not correct. Then, if they were speaking about a group, they would say, for example, "this group is British." This has no relation to the misguided sects; this has a relation to the sinners who contradict the Shari'ah and the rulings of the Shari'ah. For example:
And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them
وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْThe questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : And.
The questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : Okay, why did you not say to me: No?
The questioner : Now I understood the question. I was not ... .
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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