after clarifying the misguidance of the raafidee shee'ah, shaykhul-islaam said the following:
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When you wish to be pleased with a madh.hab for yourself By which you will obtain nearness and safety from the Fire Then make devotiion with the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah That has come from the Messenger of Allaah from the Narrations of the best And leave alone the religion of ar-Rafd and al-Bida' (innovations) Which leads its caller to the Fire and to destitution But traverse behind the Companions of the Messenger For they are stars of guidance by whose light the traveller guides himself And depart from the path of ar-Rafd For it is founded upon disbelief, upon an undermined cliff There are only two paths, either guidance and happiness Or wretchedness alongside the misguidance of the Kuffaar So which of our two parties are more worthy of His safety And more guided in the path when the Creator will judge Is it the one who reviles the Companions, and opposes The Book and does not care for the affirmation of narrations Or the one who guides himself with the Revelation Who traverses upon the manhaj of the Sahaabah Along with the love of the purified near ones
aboo husaam shaheed ibn george williams wichita, ks usa
This message was edited by shahid393 on 3-6-04 @ 3:18 AM
jazakallahu khayran for that beneficial post. The meaning of some of this is also contained in some well-known words of poetry attributed to Imam Ahmad as well as to 'Abdah Ibn Ziyaadah Al-Asbahaanee See "Jammi' Bayaanil-'Ilm Wa Fadlihi" Volume 1 Page 782, Ibnul Jawzi, print I,1414H. Brother Abu Ubayd Al-Khattakiy also reminded us of these lines in a recent post and they are as follows:
دين النبي محمد أخبار نعم المطية للفتى الآثار
لا ترغبنَّ عن الحديث وأهله فالرأي ليل والحديث نهار
ولربما جهل الفتى أثر الهدى والشمس بازغة لها أنوار
These invaluable lines of poetry mean something to the effect of what follows:
The Deen of the Prophet Mohammad is narrations How wonderful it is for a youth to carry narrations as his scroll
Do not turn away from the hadeeth or its people For opinion is night and the hadeeth is daylight
And it is possible that the youth is ignorant of the path of guidance While the sun shines high full of radiance"
(That poetry never did sound right in English!) [corrections/suggestions welcome]
Wassalamalykum wa rahmatullah Abu Ishaaq Nadeem ibn Mohammad Ahsan-shah
((من كطم غيظاً و هو قادر أن ينفذه دعاه الله على رؤوس الخلائق حتى يخيره من الحور العين يزوجه منها ما يشاء)) [صحيح الجامع رقم 6522]