An important word by Shaykh Ali al-Halabi on the fact that the Salaf are the safety valve for understanding the two revelations.
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Toward...Al-Halabi : May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh. It seems to me that your words, our Shaykh, have placed the dots on the letters in many issues, by the praise of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
Toward...Al-Halabi : This is first. And the question of the noble brother who asked it, it seems I understood something of it, which may be a specific understanding, but I present it before you so you can see what is correct in it.
The Shaykh : May Allah will it, it is all correct.
Toward...Al-Halabi : We hope for that from Allah. The thing we focus on, to which we belong, and for which we fight is the understanding of the Salaf.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
Toward...Al-Halabi : And the understanding of the Salaf of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for this understanding is the safety valve for these two noble revelations. If we were to let the rope go loose for understandings and minds, then each one of us, let alone others, would go according to his own opinion and his own head. This rule, in fact, has been forgotten by many people in the midst of their political preoccupation. Why? As long as they themselves, in the midst of their political preoccupation, differed in determining the disease from their political perspective, and consequently they differ in estimating the cure. If there is disagreement at the beginning and disagreement at the end, what will be the result! Whereas if the best treatment and the purest medicine is the foundation upon which the callers proceed in educating the nation, in establishing its generations, and in deepening concepts in the hearts of its youth, and you, as you mentioned, and you are our Shaykhs, are eager, desiring, looking forward, and hoping to know the rulings of the Shari'ah, applying Islam, and dreaming of that day when the banner of "La ilaha illa Allah" is raised fluttering in the sky of the world, in the heights of the lands, and in their far and near places. I say, as long as this perspective differs in its beginning and its end, and its people differ in it, this alone is a practical, applied, realistic proof that we should return to what we are saying and calling for, from them, in response to our call and the call of our Shaykhs and scholars before us. And this, by Allah, is the greatest solution to the problems of the nation. And even if the solution may be long in the minds of many of the youth, it is He who said about its like:[Al-An'am 6:153] And Allah the Exalted knows best.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. A word of truth with no dust on it. Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
Toward...Al-Halabi : This is first. And the question of the noble brother who asked it, it seems I understood something of it, which may be a specific understanding, but I present it before you so you can see what is correct in it.
The Shaykh : May Allah will it, it is all correct.
Toward...Al-Halabi : We hope for that from Allah. The thing we focus on, to which we belong, and for which we fight is the understanding of the Salaf.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
Toward...Al-Halabi : And the understanding of the Salaf of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for this understanding is the safety valve for these two noble revelations. If we were to let the rope go loose for understandings and minds, then each one of us, let alone others, would go according to his own opinion and his own head. This rule, in fact, has been forgotten by many people in the midst of their political preoccupation. Why? As long as they themselves, in the midst of their political preoccupation, differed in determining the disease from their political perspective, and consequently they differ in estimating the cure. If there is disagreement at the beginning and disagreement at the end, what will be the result! Whereas if the best treatment and the purest medicine is the foundation upon which the callers proceed in educating the nation, in establishing its generations, and in deepening concepts in the hearts of its youth, and you, as you mentioned, and you are our Shaykhs, are eager, desiring, looking forward, and hoping to know the rulings of the Shari'ah, applying Islam, and dreaming of that day when the banner of "La ilaha illa Allah" is raised fluttering in the sky of the world, in the heights of the lands, and in their far and near places. I say, as long as this perspective differs in its beginning and its end, and its people differ in it, this alone is a practical, applied, realistic proof that we should return to what we are saying and calling for, from them, in response to our call and the call of our Shaykhs and scholars before us. And this, by Allah, is the greatest solution to the problems of the nation. And even if the solution may be long in the minds of many of the youth, it is He who said about its like:
And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way
وأن هذا صراطي مستقيما فاتبعوه ولا تتبعوا السبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيلهThe Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. A word of truth with no dust on it. Yes.
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