It is not hidden from the salafees of the West that for some time now there has been a very relaxed approach in the affairs of dawah, especially, in calling to the pure, unadulterated and unblemished dawah. Of course, when one considers in depth the reason for the weakening and disunity of the salaf...

Shaykh ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullāh) said: “So for example, the Imāms of innovation from the people who have statements which oppose the Book and the Sunnah or actions of worship which oppose the Book and the Sunnah, then their condition has to be clarified and it is obligatory to warn the U...

’Umar bin ’Abdul ’Azīz (rahimahullāh) stated: “If you see a people having secret meetings about their religion without involving the general people then know that they are based on misguidance.” (See Kun Salafiyyan pg.85 of Shaikh Suhaimee.) Note, the dawah is not about shutting out individuals from...

The evidence of this principle is: A} The saying of Allāh: “And do not insult those they invoke other than Allāh, lest they insult Allāh in enmity without knowledge.” (Soorah al-Anām 6: 108) Allāh has prohibited insulting the gods of the Mushrikīn due to insults being levelled at Allāh and on the pr...

Shaykh ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullāh) stated in Majmū’ al-Fataāwā, vol.3, pg.156: “As for pretending to be upon the Madhhab of the Salaf then this is bātil, as this is not possible except that ignorance will increase and knowledge will decrease.” We don’t wish to overly comment upon the Imaam...

Ubayy ibn Ka’b (radi Allāhu ’anhu) stated: “You must follow the path of Allāh and the Sunnah. There is no slave who is on the path of Allāh and the Sunnah, remembering Allāh, his eyes overflowing out of fear of his Lord, but that Allāh will never punish him. A minimal course in the path of Allāh and...

(3) False Interpretations Ibn ul-Qayyim (rahimahullāh) states: “To sum up: The splitting of the People of the Book and of this Ummah into 73 sects is only understood via their interpretations.” (Ilaamul Muwaqi’een 4/317) Ibn Abi’l-’Izz al-Hanafī (rahimahullāh) states: “Did the Khawārij revolt, or th...

(2) The Basis of the Salafee Call and Its Restriction Imaam adh-Dhahabee (rahimahullāh) said in the introduction to his book al-’Uluww li’l-’Aliyy al-Ghaffār’: “O ’ Abdullāh, If you love justice then stop at the texts of the Qur’ān and Sunan and then look at what the Companions and the Tābi’ūn state...

(1) The Issue Concerning Watering Down the Dawah and an Important Distinction. That is, The Tremendous Principle of the Difference Between ‘Mudarah’ (being amicable) and ‘Mudahanah’ (to compromise). ’Ā’ishah (radi Allāhu ’anha) reported “that a man sought permission to enter upon the Prophet (sallal...