A word on the phenomenon of contradicting the verbal and practical Sunnah in this age.
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The Shaykh : Praise is to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and the badness of our deeds. Whom Allah guides, none can mislead, and whom He leaves to mislead, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. [Ali 'Imran 3:102] [An-Nisa 4:1] [Al-Ahzab 33:70-71] . As for what follows, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, every innovation is a religious innovation, every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. The phenomenon of contradicting the verbal and practical Sunnah is very clear in the worship of many Muslims in the present age, and there is no wonder in that, for we are in the time of estrangement that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) spoke of in more than one hadith. I do not wish to elaborate on the hadiths regarding estrangement; rather, I wish to say that there is no wonder in that, for we are in the time of estrangement. The wonder is that many contradictions of the Sunnah and conformities to religious innovation issue from many of our brothers who claim to follow the Sunnah. Here lies the great wonder. It is no wonder that the masses of people contradict the Sunnah, for they are far removed from it. But the true wonder is that one who claims to follow the Sunnah, defends it, and strives hard in its defense falls into contradicting it. An example of this is what we heard just now of the discord and anomaly in the recitation of the ameen behind the imam. This is a general calamity, and I am amazed by it. How has the Islamic world continued in this contradiction, including the people of the Sunnah and the community, as they claim? I mean by this the contradiction of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith that the Ummah accepted, which is the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani) This hadith is contradicted in its application by the masses of worshippers. I do not exclude from them the people of the Sunnah who fight religious innovation, except for a very, very few individuals who are scattered and lost in the darkness of the Ummah, whose voice is not heard. Are you, at least in this moment, not paying attention to the meaning of this hadith? Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani) The meaning of the hadith is not as you do, racing ahead of the imam.
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حقّ تقاته و لا تموتنّ إلّا و أنتم مسلمونO mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة و خلق منها زوجها و بث منهما رجالا كثيرا و نساء و اتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به و الأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبا(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله و قولوا قولا سديدا يصلح لكم أعمالكم و يغفر لكم ذنوبكم و من يطع الله و رسوله فقد فاز فوزا عظيماWhen the Imam says Amin, say Amin, for if anyone’s utterance of Amin synchronnises with that of the angles, he will be forgiven his past sins.
إذا أمّن الإمام فأمّنوا فإنه من وافق تأمينه تأمين الملائكة غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبهWhen the Imam says Amin, say Amin
إذا أمّن الإمام فأمّنوا
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