Ruling on Prostrating to Other than Allah & Refuting the Modern-Day Murjiah | Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan

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In this video, Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan – alongside his brothers from Ahl al-Sunnah: Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen, Shaykh Ibn Baz, and the Lajnah Da’imah – refutes the extreme modern-day Murjiah that have appeared in our time from the Ash’ariyyah and others who falsely claim to be Salafis. These misguided individuals claim that if someone prostrates to the sun, moon, stars, or even claims to be God Almighty, such clear acts and statements of kufr are not enough to label him a mushrik or kafir. Instead, they say you must “ask him” over tea and cookies why he claimed to be God! These innovators have stripped outward actions and statements from iman entirely. For them, no matter what the person does or says, he is not labeled a kafir or mushrik unless they can confirm a belief in his heart – this is the madhhab of the extremist Murjiah al-Karamiyyah. The al-Karamiyyah claimed that iman is nothing more than uttering the two shahadatayn, even if the one who says them knows nothing about Allah or tawheed. Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, quoting Imam al-Shafi‘i, said: «ومن حكم على الناس بخلاف ما ظهر منهم، استدلالاً على أن ما أظهروه خلاف ما أبطنوه، بدلالةٍ منهم أو غير دلالة، لم يسلَّم عندي من خلاف التنزيل والسنة». “Anyone who judges people by something other than what is outwardly shown from them—claiming that what they show is different from what they hide, whether based on a sign from them or with no sign at all has gone against the Qur’an and the Sunnah.” I‘lam al-Muwaqqi‘in (3/102) ------- STATEMENTS OF THE SALAF: 1. Imam Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī (رحمه الله) said: لأنا لفتنةِ المُرجئةِ أخوفُ على هذه الأمّةِ مِن فتنة الأزارِقة. أي: الخوارج -. “Their trial of the Murji’ah is more frightening to me for this Ummah than the trial of the Azāriqah.” (The Azāriqah were an extreme sect of the Khawārij!) Al-Sunnah" by Abdullah, son of Imam Ahmad. (p. 604) 2. Imām al-Zuhrī (رحمه الله) said: ما ابتدعت في الإسلام بدعة أضرَّ على أهلها من هذا الإرجاء . “No innovation has appeared in Islam more harmful to the religion than this” — referring to the people of Irjā’. Al-Iman" by Abu Ubayd (p. 77) 3. Imām al-Awzāʿī (رحمه الله) said: قتادة (١١٨ه)، ويحيى بن أبي كثير (١٣٢ه) تَّفْهُ : قال الأوزاعي نخلّله: كان يحيى بن أبي كثير وقتادة يقولان: ليس من الأهواء شيء أخوف عندهم على هذه الأمة من الإرجاء. “Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr and Qatādah used to say: ‘There is nothing more feared by them for the Ummah than Irjā’.’” "Al-Iman" by Ahmad (p. 65) 4. Imām Ahmad bin Hanbal (رحمه الله) said: تَقَرَّبُوا إلى الله تَعَالَى بِبغْضِ أَهْلِ الإرْجَاءِ، فَإِنَّه مِنْ أَوْثَقِ الأعْمَالِ إِلَيْنَا “Draw closer to Allah by hating the Murji’ah, for indeed it is among the most reliable deeds to us.” Tabaqāt al-Hanābilah li-ibn Abī Ya’lā tahqīq al-Uthaymīn (2/226) 5. Imām Ḥarb al-Kirmānī (رحمه الله) said: (المرجئة): وهم الذين يزعمون: أن الإيمان قولٌ بلا عملٍ، وأن الإيمانَ هو القولُ، والأعمالَ شرائع . .. هذا كلّه قولُ المُرجئَة، وهو أخبثُ الأقاويلِ وأضلّه، وأبعده مِن الهُدى. “The statement of the Murji’ah is among the most vile, the most misguided, and furthest from guidance.” Kitab Al-Sunnah Harb Alkirmani (p. 92) ------ 📌 Link to the official fatwa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebZeqnh7bM ------ #ShaykhSalihAlFawzan #IbnUthaymeen #IbnBaz #LajnahDaimah #Murjiah #Ashariyyah #Salafi #AhlulSunnah #Tawheed #Shirk #Kufr #Iman #Karamiyyah #IslamicAqeedah #Refutation #Muslim #Islam #IslamicKnowledge #JudgingByOutwardActions