01/06/2023
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2 Critical Verses to Take Heed of that's related to this Athar from Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله):
1)
وَمَنْ يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا
❝And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the way of the believers¹. We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination.❞ [Sūrah An-Nisaa: 115]
Points of Benefit for this Āyah:
• ¹The believers here are referring to the Ṣaḥābah (raḍiAllāhu Anhum), they are the 1st generation of the salaf as-sālih.
• The threat of Allāh: if an individual takes a path different to that of the companions, it leads to the Hellfire, hence the way of the Ṣaḥābah leads to Paradise.
2)
{فَإِنْ آمَنُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا آمَنْتُمْ بِهِ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوْا ۖ وَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِي شِقَاقٍ ۖ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۚ }
❝So if they believe in the like of that which you² believe, then they are rightly guided, but if they turn away, then they are only in opposition. So Allah will suffice you against them...❞ [Sūrah Baqarah: 137]
Points of Benefit for this Āyah:
• [آمَنْتُمْ]
² – the attached pronoun (Ḍamīr Muttaṣil) here is plural, the ‘you’ here is referring to the Ṣaḥābah, thus correct Guidance is having one’s faith established upon the creed (Aqīdah) & Methodology (Manhaj) of the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ only & purely.
• Allah states that you are an opposer if you turn away from this, therefore you are disuniting, splitting & dividing away from the Truth, Ahlus-Sunnah wa-l-Jamā’ah.
📝 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: Madhhab can mean Way/Path/Belief/Creed/Doctrine - it is not restricted to meaning a School of Thought in Fiqh.