A question about the book *Al-Mudakhhal* by Ibn al-Hajj and the characteristic of the Maliki school in combating religious innovations.
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The questioner : The book *Al-Mudakhhal* by Ibn al-Hajj mentions the permissibility of calling for aid from the dead and the permissibility of seeking nearness to Allah through the dead.
The Shaykh : I will give you a good translation of it. He is a Salafi in his later period.
Abu Malik: This needs clarification, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And so it is. As they say in Sham, "Do not advise a greedy person." He is a Salafi regarding religious innovations; he denies religious innovations very strongly, and he is correct in that. But he is a follower of the later generations in creed. If he had reversed this, he would have been on a straighter path and his speech would have been more upright. This is a man who, out of his misguidance, says in the etiquettes of visiting the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "When you go to visit him, stand with all etiquette and respect, and do not mention your need when you make supplication, for he knows your need better than you do!" But regarding religious innovations such as prayers, mosques, and the like, and even visiting graves and the like, he is, as they say, a son of his mother. But in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), he is a zero on the left. Glory be to Allah!
The questioner : What is his name?
The Shaykh : Ibn al-Hajj is famous; I do not remember his full name.
Abu Malik: He is of the Maliki school, the author of *Al-Mudakhhal*, two large volumes.
The questioner : Four.
Abu Malik: No, it is two volumes...
The Shaykh : He means two volumes, each volume consisting of two parts.
The questioner : Shaykh, I do not know if this is a specific characteristic of the Maliki scholars, more so than others, in the issue of refuting religious innovations on the basis that they were not the practice of the Salaf. This point is clearer in the books of the Malikis than in those of others.
The Shaykh : It is so. The reason is that Imam Malik had a prominent characteristic in this regard. Imam Malik, among the four Imams, had a special concern with combating religious innovations. So they inherited this correct jurisprudential aspect from him. Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : I will give you a good translation of it. He is a Salafi in his later period.
Abu Malik: This needs clarification, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And so it is. As they say in Sham, "Do not advise a greedy person." He is a Salafi regarding religious innovations; he denies religious innovations very strongly, and he is correct in that. But he is a follower of the later generations in creed. If he had reversed this, he would have been on a straighter path and his speech would have been more upright. This is a man who, out of his misguidance, says in the etiquettes of visiting the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "When you go to visit him, stand with all etiquette and respect, and do not mention your need when you make supplication, for he knows your need better than you do!" But regarding religious innovations such as prayers, mosques, and the like, and even visiting graves and the like, he is, as they say, a son of his mother. But in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), he is a zero on the left. Glory be to Allah!
The questioner : What is his name?
The Shaykh : Ibn al-Hajj is famous; I do not remember his full name.
Abu Malik: He is of the Maliki school, the author of *Al-Mudakhhal*, two large volumes.
The questioner : Four.
Abu Malik: No, it is two volumes...
The Shaykh : He means two volumes, each volume consisting of two parts.
The questioner : Shaykh, I do not know if this is a specific characteristic of the Maliki scholars, more so than others, in the issue of refuting religious innovations on the basis that they were not the practice of the Salaf. This point is clearer in the books of the Malikis than in those of others.
The Shaykh : It is so. The reason is that Imam Malik had a prominent characteristic in this regard. Imam Malik, among the four Imams, had a special concern with combating religious innovations. So they inherited this correct jurisprudential aspect from him. Yes, indeed.
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