Salafiyyah Is a Dawah Distinct from Ahl al-Bidah
One of the defining traits of Ahl-al Sunnah is that they will call against the people of innovation, regardless of who they are.
Let the reader compare the approach to dawah of the late Imam of Yemen, Muqbil Ibn Hadi al-Wadi’i (rahimahullah), in comparison with the likes of Abu Usamah and those whom he praises, who line up alongside people of innovation and hizbiyyah, praising them and being silent about their innovation. The words of the scholars speak volumes:
From the greatest reasons for the spread of the call of the people of the Sunnah in Yemen is that they distanced themselves from every innovator, and they [did] not care, even if this person [whom they abandoned] had once studied in Dammaj, such as Abdullah al-Hashidi, Abd al-Majid al-Raymi, Muhammad al-Baydani, Muhammad al-Mahdi and Aqil al-Maqtari…
It is incumbent to be distinct and clear [in one’s call] and it is incumbent to stay far away from the innovators and to warn against them.
Source: Shaykh Muqbil’s refutation of Suhayb Hasan.
Translated by: Abu Abdillah Hasan Sumali
An excerpt from the important article: A Response to the Claims of Abu Usamah al-Dhahabi by sunnahpublishing.net
This article was originally published on TROID.org. May Allah reward them.
