A poem in praise of Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen
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Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah.
To proceed: Your Eminence: I ask your permission to recite a poem:
O my community! This night is followed by a dawn, and its lights spread across the earth.
Good is expected, and victory is awaited, and the truth, despite the efforts of evil, is victorious.
And with the company in which the Creator blessed, its path is pure, free from any impurity or turbidity.
As long as Ibn Salih, the Shaykh of our awakening, is among us, support and victory are hoped for through him.
I do not agree with this praise; because I do not want the truth to be tied to individuals. Every person comes and goes. If we tie the truth to individuals, it means that when a person dies, people may despair after him.So I say: If you can now replace the last verse with:
As long as our methodology is the path of the first Salaf, support and victory are hoped for through it.
This is good. I advise you not to tie the truth to men: First: because they may go astray,This is Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: [Whoever wants to follow a guide, let him follow one who has died; for no trial is safe from the living] If you tie the truth to men, a person may become arrogant, and may Allah protect us from that, and follow incorrect paths. So, first, a man is not safe from error and trial. We ask Allah to keep us and you firm.
Second: Second: that he will die. No one among us remains forever. [Al-Anbiya: 34] Third: that he may become arrogant if he sees people honoring him, respecting him, and gathering around him. He may think he is infallible and claim infallibility for himself, believing that everything he does is truth and every path he follows is prescribed. Undoubtedly, this leads to his destruction. For this reason, a man praised another man in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to him: (Woe to you! You have cut off the neck of your companion) And I thank the brother for the feelings he shows toward me, and I ask Allah to make me worthy of his good opinion or more, but I do not like praise.
To proceed: Your Eminence: I ask your permission to recite a poem:
O my community! This night is followed by a dawn, and its lights spread across the earth.
Good is expected, and victory is awaited, and the truth, despite the efforts of evil, is victorious.
And with the company in which the Creator blessed, its path is pure, free from any impurity or turbidity.
As long as Ibn Salih, the Shaykh of our awakening, is among us, support and victory are hoped for through him.
I do not agree with this praise; because I do not want the truth to be tied to individuals. Every person comes and goes. If we tie the truth to individuals, it means that when a person dies, people may despair after him.So I say: If you can now replace the last verse with:
As long as our methodology is the path of the first Salaf, support and victory are hoped for through it.
This is good. I advise you not to tie the truth to men: First: because they may go astray,This is Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: [Whoever wants to follow a guide, let him follow one who has died; for no trial is safe from the living] If you tie the truth to men, a person may become arrogant, and may Allah protect us from that, and follow incorrect paths. So, first, a man is not safe from error and trial. We ask Allah to keep us and you firm.
Second: Second: that he will die. No one among us remains forever.