 He is shocked that this statement comes from the mouth of Abu Khadija. He said it's nice to hear that Barack Obama and David Cameron. So that is the statement of the ulama in regards to criticising a person and saying that this person is a Muqtadiah or not. It shouldn't be done by everybody. Now inshallah we're going to be speaking about some of the points that Abu Khadija said. Sheikh Uli Sammi Bin Utaymiah said, He said, He said, He said, In the ranks of the Munafiqin, the Rafidah, sorry, in the ranks of the Rafidah, entered into them is Zanadika, heretics and hypocrites, were in their ranks. There were people who ascribe into the Rafidah, whose Zanadika, Munafiqin, and he mentioned some of them, who had the audacity to be able to enter into the army of the Khawarij. They couldn't, they weren't able to. Because the Khawarij were worshipers. Because the Khawarij were worshipers. Excessive worshipers of Allah. As the Messenger of Allah SAW said, He said, That one of you belittled your prayer in comparison to their prayer. And you belittled your fasting in comparison to their fasting. And then he said, Where do the Rafidah stand in comparison to the Khawarij? Who are worshipers? Who are mutawarra'in, who are doubtful. And the Rafidah in them, who are mutawarra'in, even amongst the Rafidah, there are those who are worshippers, and there are those who are aesthetic. But they are not like the rest of the innovators. So the Mu'tazila, the Mu'tazila, are more smarter than the Rafidah. And they are more knowledgeable, and they have more religion. And lying is little in the Mu'tazila than it is in the Rafidah. They are closer to truthfulness, and they are closer to justice, and they are closer to knowledge, and they are not amongst the people of whims and desires, from the peoples of whims and desires, the innovators, there is no one who is more truthful, and there are no one who is more worshipping than the Khawarij. And even then, and even then, they deal with all of these groups, justice. They are very just towards them. And they are fair with them. And they don't oppress them. Because oppression and exceed your limits to a person is haram, as previously been mentioned. Rather, to all the deviated sects, are more nice, and they are more fair, and they are more greater to one of them, to each other. Ahlus Sunnah are better for the Rafidah than they are for one another. Ahlus Sunnah show more great noble characteristics to how they deal with the Rafidah, than the Rafidah deal with each other. The speech of Ibn Taymi is over. Ibn Taymi also even said, Rahimahullah, he said, Ibn Taymi said, a lot of the innovators from the Muslims, they went, from the Rafidah, and from the Jahmiah. They went where? And they went to the land of the disbelievers. They went to the land of the disbelievers. A large amount of people took Islam on their hands. And they benefited. And they became Muslims, and they became Muslims and innovators. And what a good, and it is better than being a disbeliever for them to be disbelievers. It is better that they are Muslims and innovators, than for them to be disbelievers. the 13th volume page 96 but it's shocking that this statement comes from the mouth of Abu Khadija it's shocking as Abu Khadija may Allah Ta'ala guide him and a year or so ago approximately in Ramadan he I don't use this social media I haven't opened a Facebook I haven't opened a Twitter I haven't got Instagram I don't have these I don't use it at all personally I don't use it but it's something that I very beloved person to me has shown me that Abu Khadija he up he put up a year ago approximately was Ramadan last year that he put up this tweet and he said the following he said it's nice to hear that Barack Obama and David Cameron wish Muslims a pleasant Ramadan they praise Islam and called people to a better understanding nice to hear Barack Obama and David Cameron wish Muslims a pleasant Ramadan they praised Islam and called people to a better understanding meaning better understanding of Islam and now the now my question inshallah is as the poet said a haramun a la balabili hid dohu halal li qayri min kulli jinsi this poetry or this line of poetry is how comes that the nightingales are not allowed to live in the lofty trees which is its home it is its home while all the other birds are allowed to live on it but the nightingale isn't allowed how is it that everyone else can't praise the Muslims but you're allowed to praise the disbelievers in the kuffar the heads of the kuffar Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiah spoke about the likes of the action Ibn Taymiah said for mana kasha al-mu'minina ala Dhrubi anyone who discusses with the Muslims in their shortcomings well I don't know if you're kuffar and he doesn't ever discuss the disbelievers their shortcomings and their mistakes well muna fiqeen and he doesn't discuss the hypocrites their actions ala kufrihim wa nifaqihim in their disbelief and in their hypocrisy he doesn't ever speak about it but rather he might even go over by doing what warubba mayam dahuhum he may even praise the disbelievers and hypocrites where you are them and he glorifies them that it indicates ala anna humin a'ba minnaasi jahalan wa dolma this indicates that this individual is from the greatest most he is from the most ignorant of people and the most oppressive of people ilam yantahi bihi jahalu wa dolmu ilal kufri wa nifaqh if he's ignorance doesn't lead him to disbelief and hypocrisy subhanallah so for you to praise them and for us to speak nice to a muslim so wallah tabarak wa ta'ala who's a muslim for us to speak to them so wallah tabarak wa ta'ala guides them to the haqq it's not allowed in the eyes of Abu khadija and whether the disbeliever can be praised or not I'm not speaking about that and I'm not saying that it's permissible or it's not permissible I'm just trying to elaborate on the point of the double standards al-qaylu bimiki alain wal waznu bimi zalain there's double standards there's a scale that they scale other people with and there's a scale separately made for them then our brother Abu khadija went on to say look at that miskeem fool who debated that takfiri and all I want to reply back to is the word he used which is um fool ibn utayma rahimahullahi said to make a refutation based on insult insulting and calling names doesn't require it doesn't require knowledge it doesn't require any form of you being an expertise in a particular field insulting is something that everyone can do well insanuhu the person low anahu yunadur if he's debating al-mushrikina if he's debating with the pagans and the polythists wa ahlu l-kitabi and the people of that scripture it is upon him to bring the evidences it is upon him to bring the proofs in which he wants to clarify the haqq with and he also has to do what so name calling and insulting is not something that requires knowledge it doesn't require you to be an expertise in a field it doesn't even require for you to take time out and to learn it whatsoever but insult rather is for those who are dhani those who are low he mentioned something very amazing which is raa saqtat al-awkalimat al-awraa that some of the people have the nature similar to the pig which is if he goes by good food he doesn't give it any look he just goes by it and he doesn't give it any look so if he goes by your good actions he will just go by it but he rushes towards feces if a man relieves himself or a woman relieves herself it will run to the feces the filth and he said and many people are like this yes ma'ameenka they see they hear from you or even see from you with their own eyes what do they see minal mahasini al-zaaf al-zaaf al-masawi they see from you or hear from you a lot of good qualities but they do not they don't keep this and they don't memorize them they don't talk to the people reminding them of you this good character of yours it doesn't feel like it it's what he needs to say if i saw a saqtah a the least mistake or a speech of yours or an action what does they do they react immediately they react immediately and wholeheartedly and this is what they feast over and remind me of the statement of the poet where he said i go by the one who is weak who insults me but he's low i go by him and i say i reply by saying maybe he doesn't intend me and i don't give it any form or any attention whatsoever then our brother abu khadir jahadahu allah he went on to say and then they put up no then they put onto youtube claiming that he represents salafiyah he represents himself he does not represent salafiyah that's what he said and i wanted to remind the brother it seems from his words wallahu a'lam allah knows that i'm not a salafi or i'm not a person who is upon the man had to uhl sunnahi wal jama'a claims that he represents salafiyah he represents himself he does not represent salafiyah so if that's what he means then imam muahmadi ibn hambal he statement is what i'm going to remind you a statement of his which is authentically transmitted from him by his great student al khallal in kitab sunnah he said imam muahmadi is taking the people out of the sunnah is serious it's a severe matter it is not a very light issue to take a person out of the sunnah and he said it is not befitting for the students of knowledge the beginners and other than them i mean to busy themselves in saying fulan is a muftadiah fulan is a transgressor because that is a dangerous matter because with those people there's no knowledge and there's no degree of comprehension regarding this particular matter the general math don't know it and the student of knowledge who's just started to embark on this path he doesn't have knowledge of this topic and he said this will also bring amongst the lines of the muslims enmity and hate towards one another what is obligatory is that they busy themselves with seeking knowledge and that they withhold from their tongues that which there's no benefit in it but there's a harm in it this goes directly to our brother abu khadija if you're a student of knowledge who's just started to embark on this path of seeking knowledge inshallah which we hope for you or you're from the general mass then don't busy yourself with saying fulan is a muftadiah fulan is a fasq and these are matters which are not only left for the people of knowledge and the people who understand sheikh sallallahu alayhi wa sallam statement is very clear also is sheikh abdul muhsin al-abbad rahimahullah the great scholar Allah carries for him blessings inshallah yuta'ala and Allah gives him a healthy life in his shahrah of sunnah bi dawud rahimahullah he was asked about the issue of the person to hasten on labelling people as muftadiah and the sheikh rahimahullah yuta'ala i think it's the audio 519 or 560 one of the two one of the two i'm confusing it with him speaks over there regarding it abdul muhsin al-abbad rahimahullah sheikh abdul muhsin al-abbad rahimahullah sheikh abdul muhsin al-abbad rahimahullah he said this is the period and the time of kindness time of tenderness leanness in the da'wah patience and wisdom is needed it is not a time of harshness the people the majority of them are upon ignorance they are heedless and they're running after the dunya so what is necessary is patience what is needed is kindness and tenderness it is required and the person who is allowed to criticize people and is as sheikh salah al-fawzan mentioned a person of knowledge and inshallah i'm going to read you other ulamah who've mentioned this he mentions that it is a condition for the one who wants to criticize and the one who wants to praise that he has knowledge he is pious he's a person who has characteristics of warah if something is doubtful he will stay away from it what's his truthful he's far from being fanatic he knows the causes or the reasons of criticism and praising and no one who is not like that who doesn't have those characteristics criticism isn't taken from him and let teski i'm praising is not taken from him deenah said he said the one who doesn't have knowledge of the reasons of the scholars of this infield they will not accept from him they wouldn't accept from him and they will not accept from him praising not restricted or not even unrestricted they won't accept it from him what so ever anyone who's not an aleem of the causes that bring he doesn't know it it is not accepted from him his criticism and he's praising whether it's restricted or unrestricted he says if the criticism occurs from other than a person who knows it comes from somebody who doesn't know who doesn't have knowledge of it he doesn't know the reasons of it he doesn't know when it can be put on a person and when it and the conditions let me talk about it it is not taken into consideration he also said the praising is accepted and it's also required that the criticism is not accepted except from a person who is reliable and a person who is alert and one is the last one i'm gonna conclude with when he's in his big book when he was speaking about the biography of the he said it is the rights of the muhadith and it's obligatory on the muhadith that he takes the safer of the two paths in that which he's going to convey and that he also asks the people of understanding the people who are so they can aid him and there is no way there is no way for him to be one that knows that which he can praise a person for and that which he can criticize a person for there is no way for him to become one who knows this except by what he is consistent on seeking knowledge and he revises a lot he spends time awake and he's alert he's one who understands very well in his religion well in saaf he's a person who's fair and just gives the credit where it deserves put the book down you're not from those people don't fool the people by pretending what you're not put the books down stop pretending like you're a person of knowledge even if you pour the ink over your head face just to pretend that you're a person who studies and who seeks knowledge it doesn't show the reality if you sense from yourself that you have understanding you're a person who has the characteristics of wara you'll always take the safest path if not then don't do it and you're fanatic you're always attached to to a lirai in a view you're attached to a madhab that you're of by Allah don't be don't tire yourself if you realize that you're one who mixes things up you're mixing things up you can distinguish things from one another fairihanamika give us ease from yourself please don't do it to us and put us through a lot of headache so that is the statement of the ulama in regards to um criticizing a person and saying that this person is a muktadi or not shouldn't be done by everybody and our brother abu khalija doesn't hold these characteristics that are mentioned idman or talab he's a person who's consistent or seeking knowledge these are not characteristics that are apparent from him my advice for him personally in regards to seeking knowledge and also in regards for him to perfect the quran and to learn the statement of Allah and not only that to even at least give time to the khutbah to haja in which you open the and the Friday sermon with at least say it properly inshallah i will leave that to the end inshallah abu khalija went on to saying about me talking to a khariji like this khariji is some sort of man of sunnah and a willy of Allah may Allah give you jannah may Allah give you firdos the prophet said he said oh sheikh fulan oh sheikh fulan debating with him you are my brother oh brother please speak speak speak and then they put it up on uh on youtube selfie debates a takfiri so this issue brothers criticizing me for speaking nice to the brother and i before mentioned brothers that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he sent nabi allah musa and he also sent his brother haroon and both of them were sent to fir'aun a man who claimed that an arab the brother i was talking to is not wasted fir'aun and i'm not better than nabi allah musa and haroon so allah tabarak wa ta'ala wa did he order musa and haroon he spoke to me in a very kind soft way and he might come to his senses but this issue brothers of how i spoke to the brother it has a chapter within the religion and it's called al mudara it's called mudarat it's called al mudara and the mudara is jahezah to bil kitab wa sunnah and it's permissible if you look at the kitab if you look at the sunnah and if you look at the actions of the pious predecessors this is permissible and it can even sometimes be highly recommended because of a benefit that is seen by the sharia it might even be of benefit it should be done now ibn batal rahima allah he said the mudarat is from the characteristics of the believers and he's going to explain to us what mudarat means insha'Allah what is it and this is one of the greatest ways to bring the the ulf love from the other person if he said al imam ibn batal rahim allah and there's evidence for this on the authority of ur wa tabno al-zubayr she mentioned that ibn hussain asked permission onto the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallamah what did he do he told them to let him in he said allow him to come in and then the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he criticized him he said the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he criticized this man but when the man came in when the man entered the prophet softened his words for the man so i told aisha sallallahu alaihi wa sallam you said what you said you said about him that what you said the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he said the people who have the worst place in the eyes of allah it is the person who the people they leave him because of his vulgar speech and the things that come out of his mouth al imam ibn hajar on the commentary of that hadith he wrote the statement of imam ul-kurtubi that imam ul-kurtubi said in the hadith is that it is permissible to use this method of mudarat which is to speak soft to a person to pail the evil which means that the religion of allah is dismantled and harm is caused to the religion of allah what does mudarat mean ibn batta rahim allahu ta'ala he mentions to us mudarat means he is to be soft to the ignorant when you're teaching him and also in the transgressor and the criminal individual when you're prohibiting him from an action you speak to him in a very nice way and you leave off being harsh to him so it's to leave off being harsh to him and you speak to him in a very soft way and therefore our messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he done mudarat alaihi salatu wa sallam in that hadith i just mentioned and in also ibn abdullahi ibn ubay ibn al-salul who is the raqsul munafiqin the heads of the hypocrites and ibn abdullahi ibn ubay ibn al-salul did what he did in the city of madina the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam dealt with him in a way of mudarat so that the family and the people that he's from it doesn't cause a problem so the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam looked at the bigger picture and so it's permissible to soften the word for for the person in our sharia and it has a chapter and as well as they talk about it brothers and sisters who are listening i brought to you the statement of imam ibn utamia when he praised the ra in the khawarij and when he also even praised the zaidiyah and he also praised the mu'tazila by saying so that isn't something that i was the first to do