What is the factor that shifts the response to the mu'adhdhin from being obligatory to being recommended? (And an explanation of the Salafi methodology: calling to the Book and the Sunnah according to the understanding of the righteous Salaf)
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The questioner : All right, a follow-up to the previous answer?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : What is the factor that shifted the hadith commanding the recitation behind the mu'adhdhin from being obligatory to being recommended?
The Shaykh : This is a good question, and I will make good use of it. It is the Salafis who made us say this. And this reality is a very important point in our arguments that it is not sufficient for a Muslim in this age to merely claim that he adopts the Book and the Sunnah alone. This is not sufficient for two reasons:
The Shaykh : The first reason, as we always say on such an occasion, and I hope you pay attention to this point, for it is very, very, very important. The first reason is that it is known to every young Muslim today, who always and forever yearns to see the ruling of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) applied on this earth, that Muslims today have divided into many, many sects, in addition to the divisions inherited from past centuries. Among all these sects and all those groups that history speaks of, there is no group that says anything other than what we say: "The Book and the Sunnah." Is there a group, no matter how deeply rooted in misguidance, that says, "We are Muslims, but we are not upon the Book and the Sunnah"? There is absolutely no such sect. Every sect, even the Qadiyyah, who have declared disbelief in some of the well-known legal rulings of the religion, they say, "We are upon the Book and the Sunnah." I do not want to elaborate on this angle or this point in particular.
The Shaykh : So, for this reason, it is not sufficient for us to say, "We return to the Book and the Sunnah," because there is no difference between us and all the other sects, whether Sufis, innovators, Jabriyyah, Qadariyyah, or ... and so on.
The Shaykh : The second thing, and here, as they say, is the crux of the matter: we must add to the Book and the Sunnah the following of the path of the believers, which is explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an and explained and clarified in many hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). You read the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic):[An-Nisa 4:115] Every Muslim has some knowledge of the Shari'ah and knows that the speech of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is elevated and free from any word that has no meaning. There must be a meaning, and a precise meaning. How much more so if it is a complete sentence, which is His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He): [An-Nisa 4:115] This sentence must have a very important benefit. That is, if the noble verse were read incorrectly in the following way: [An-Nisa 4:115] Would that be a deviation from the meaning or not? Undoubtedly, it would be a deviation from the meaning. So, what is the intended meaning of His saying (Mighty and Majestic) in this sentence: [An-Nisa 4:115] ? Here is the crux of the matter.
The Shaykh : We belong to the Book and the Sunnah, and we must understand the Book and the Sunnah as the righteous Salaf understood them, because the righteous Salaf received the Shari'ah fresh and green from the mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : What is the factor that shifted the hadith commanding the recitation behind the mu'adhdhin from being obligatory to being recommended?
The Shaykh : This is a good question, and I will make good use of it. It is the Salafis who made us say this. And this reality is a very important point in our arguments that it is not sufficient for a Muslim in this age to merely claim that he adopts the Book and the Sunnah alone. This is not sufficient for two reasons:
The Shaykh : The first reason, as we always say on such an occasion, and I hope you pay attention to this point, for it is very, very, very important. The first reason is that it is known to every young Muslim today, who always and forever yearns to see the ruling of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) applied on this earth, that Muslims today have divided into many, many sects, in addition to the divisions inherited from past centuries. Among all these sects and all those groups that history speaks of, there is no group that says anything other than what we say: "The Book and the Sunnah." Is there a group, no matter how deeply rooted in misguidance, that says, "We are Muslims, but we are not upon the Book and the Sunnah"? There is absolutely no such sect. Every sect, even the Qadiyyah, who have declared disbelief in some of the well-known legal rulings of the religion, they say, "We are upon the Book and the Sunnah." I do not want to elaborate on this angle or this point in particular.
The Shaykh : So, for this reason, it is not sufficient for us to say, "We return to the Book and the Sunnah," because there is no difference between us and all the other sects, whether Sufis, innovators, Jabriyyah, Qadariyyah, or ... and so on.
The Shaykh : The second thing, and here, as they say, is the crux of the matter: we must add to the Book and the Sunnah the following of the path of the believers, which is explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an and explained and clarified in many hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). You read the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic):
And whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
ومن يشاقق الرسول من بعد ما تبين له الهدى ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنم وساءت مصيراand follows other than the way of the believers
ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنينAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
ومن يشاقق الرسول من بعد ما تبين له الهدى ... نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنم وساءت مصيراand follows other than the way of the believers
ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنينَThe Shaykh : We belong to the Book and the Sunnah, and we must understand the Book and the Sunnah as the righteous Salaf understood them, because the righteous Salaf received the Shari'ah fresh and green from the mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
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