Questioner:
“There are those who say that accepting the statements of the scholars
regarding the people is considered blind following, so what is the validity of this statement?”
regarding the people is considered blind following, so what is the validity of this statement?”
Shaykh Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Muqbil Ibn Hādī al-Wād’ī:
“All praise is due to Allāh and the prayers and peace be upon our Messenger
Muḥammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and upon his family and Companions and those who adhere. I testify that
nothing has the right to be worshipped except Allāh alone, and He has no partners, and I
testify that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is His Servant and Messenger.
Muḥammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and upon his family and Companions and those who adhere. I testify that
nothing has the right to be worshipped except Allāh alone, and He has no partners, and I
testify that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is His Servant and Messenger.
To proceed:
This is old speech from some of the people of innovation. al-San’ānī has mentioned in his
book Irshād al-Nuqqād ilaa Taysīr al-Ijtihaad the saying of some of the people of innovation,
‘You forbid from blind following, and yet, you blind follow Yaḥyā Ibn Ma’īn; so if Yaḥyā says
about a man, ‘He is trustworthy,’ you will say, ‘He is trustworthy.’ And if al-Bukhārī says,
‘This ḥadīth is authentic,’ you will say, ‘It is authentic.’ So therefore, you are blind followers.’
So al-San’ānī answered this is his tremendous book Irshād al-Nuqqād ilaa Taysīr al-Ijtihaad.
He said, ‘Indeed, this is not blind following; rather, it is merely the acceptance of the
narration of trustworthy.’
book Irshād al-Nuqqād ilaa Taysīr al-Ijtihaad the saying of some of the people of innovation,
‘You forbid from blind following, and yet, you blind follow Yaḥyā Ibn Ma’īn; so if Yaḥyā says
about a man, ‘He is trustworthy,’ you will say, ‘He is trustworthy.’ And if al-Bukhārī says,
‘This ḥadīth is authentic,’ you will say, ‘It is authentic.’ So therefore, you are blind followers.’
So al-San’ānī answered this is his tremendous book Irshād al-Nuqqād ilaa Taysīr al-Ijtihaad.
He said, ‘Indeed, this is not blind following; rather, it is merely the acceptance of the
narration of trustworthy.’
Allāh says in His Noble Book:
‘O you who believe! If a wicked person comes to you with news verify it,
lest you should harm a people out of ignorance, and afterwards you become
regretful for what you have done.’ [al-Ḥujurāt 49:6]
So what is understood from this verse is that if a trustworthy person comes to us, we accept
his information.
Yes, if a weak person speaks against an Imām from the Imāms, then we reject his speech.
Imām al-Dhahabī, may Allāh have mercy upon him, after mentioning the criticism of
al-‘Uqaylī regarding ‘Alī ibn al-Madīnī, ‘Abd al-Razzāq and a group of the Scholars, al-
Dhahabī refuted him saying, ‘Do you have any sense, O ‘Uqaylī? You approach the great
Scholars of Islām and speak against them while they are better than you,’ or with this
meaning.
lest you should harm a people out of ignorance, and afterwards you become
regretful for what you have done.’ [al-Ḥujurāt 49:6]
So what is understood from this verse is that if a trustworthy person comes to us, we accept
his information.
Yes, if a weak person speaks against an Imām from the Imāms, then we reject his speech.
Imām al-Dhahabī, may Allāh have mercy upon him, after mentioning the criticism of
al-‘Uqaylī regarding ‘Alī ibn al-Madīnī, ‘Abd al-Razzāq and a group of the Scholars, al-
Dhahabī refuted him saying, ‘Do you have any sense, O ‘Uqaylī? You approach the great
Scholars of Islām and speak against them while they are better than you,’ or with this
meaning.
So if a weak person speaks about an Imām from the great Imāms, his speech is not accepted.
An example of that is the speech of al-Qardāwī concerning al-Shaykh Ibn Bāz of which ‘Abd
al-Majīd al-Raymī read in Jāmi’ al-Da’wah, which once spread Sunan, until it fell into the
hands of ‘Abd al-Majīd ar-Raymī, and he infected it. ‘Abd al-Majīd read the statement of al-
Qardāwī and supported it, and some from the ignorant Yemenis who listened to him left out
and were cursing al-Shaykh Ibn Bāz. I was informed of this by the trustworthy brother ‘Abd
al-Rahmān ibn ‘Ayyāsh, so if one of no standing like ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Raymī or Yūsuf al-
Qardāwī comes and defames an Imām from the Imāms of the Muslims, we do not accept it
whatsoever.
An example of that is the speech of al-Qardāwī concerning al-Shaykh Ibn Bāz of which ‘Abd
al-Majīd al-Raymī read in Jāmi’ al-Da’wah, which once spread Sunan, until it fell into the
hands of ‘Abd al-Majīd ar-Raymī, and he infected it. ‘Abd al-Majīd read the statement of al-
Qardāwī and supported it, and some from the ignorant Yemenis who listened to him left out
and were cursing al-Shaykh Ibn Bāz. I was informed of this by the trustworthy brother ‘Abd
al-Rahmān ibn ‘Ayyāsh, so if one of no standing like ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Raymī or Yūsuf al-
Qardāwī comes and defames an Imām from the Imāms of the Muslims, we do not accept it
whatsoever.
Yes, and also the words of al-Hāfidh al-Dhahabī: ‘Abū al-Fatḥ al-Azdī, Muhammad ibn al-
Ḥusayn comes and declares some of the Imāms to be weak, so Imām al-Dhahabī says, ‘This
one is an Imām and Abū al-Fatḥ al-Azdī is weak.’ So what? What is important is that al-Jarḥ
wa al-Ta’dīl is not considered an affair of blind following…”
Ḥusayn comes and declares some of the Imāms to be weak, so Imām al-Dhahabī says, ‘This
one is an Imām and Abū al-Fatḥ al-Azdī is weak.’ So what? What is important is that al-Jarḥ
wa al-Ta’dīl is not considered an affair of blind following…”
Translated by Abū al-Ḥasan Mālik Ādam al-Akhḍar.
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