(A Response to the Accusation of the People of Innovation Against the People of the Sunnah for Violating the Sanctity of the Scholars, and an Explanation of the Reality of the Scholars' Statements Regarding Following the Revelation) O my people, by the Great Allah
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The Shaykh : Ibn al-Qayyim said in response to them:
"O my people, by the Great Allah, you have lied *** and brought forth falsehood and slander"
"and attributed to the scholars a matter *** from which they are innocent and safe"
Ibn al-Qayyim refutes these people, saying: You did not respect the scholars, nor did you return to their statements.
"By Allah, they did not advise you to leave *** the saying of the Messenger for their saying with the tongue"
This is correct. Have you seen any of the imams say, "Follow me and do not follow the Book and the Sunnah"? No, no one says this.
"No, nor is this in their books; on the contrary, *** they advised you without concealment"
What did the imams advise? They all advised in the sense that if their statements contradict the statements of Allah and His Messenger, then cast them aside. They all agree on this meaning. May Allah reward them with good.
"Since knowledge has encompassed them that they *** are not infallible by proof"
So if they are not infallible, we return to the Infallible: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
"No, and none of them encompassed everything *** that the one sent with the Qur'an said"
Is it true that every one of the scholars has encompassed every hadith the Messenger said, or every deed he did and approved? No.
"Therefore, they advised you not to make *** their sayings like the text in the scale"
"But weigh them by the texts, if they agree *** with jurisprudence, then those are the correct weights"
"O my people, by the Great Allah, you have lied *** and brought forth falsehood and slander"
"and attributed to the scholars a matter *** from which they are innocent and safe"
Ibn al-Qayyim refutes these people, saying: You did not respect the scholars, nor did you return to their statements.
"By Allah, they did not advise you to leave *** the saying of the Messenger for their saying with the tongue"
This is correct. Have you seen any of the imams say, "Follow me and do not follow the Book and the Sunnah"? No, no one says this.
"No, nor is this in their books; on the contrary, *** they advised you without concealment"
What did the imams advise? They all advised in the sense that if their statements contradict the statements of Allah and His Messenger, then cast them aside. They all agree on this meaning. May Allah reward them with good.
"Since knowledge has encompassed them that they *** are not infallible by proof"
So if they are not infallible, we return to the Infallible: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
"No, and none of them encompassed everything *** that the one sent with the Qur'an said"
Is it true that every one of the scholars has encompassed every hadith the Messenger said, or every deed he did and approved? No.
"Therefore, they advised you not to make *** their sayings like the text in the scale"
"But weigh them by the texts, if they agree *** with jurisprudence, then those are the correct weights"