Question:
Salam, I’m very much depressed and frustrated by the salafis. I humbly want to know what are my Shaykh, my Sarkar Sayyidi Shaykh Hisham Kabbani’s views on these salafis that demolishing our beloved auliya’s tombs. Like Syedina Ahmed Rifai R.A, Syedina Owais Al Qarni R.A. etc Please Shaykh I beg you to pray on behalf of this ummah and ask Allah to take revenge on these salafis.
May Allah bless you all. Ameen
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham’s stance on Salafis has been unique in the Ummah: opposing them and never stopping.
Here is what he said about them recently in a suhbat:
Weapons Will Not Finish ISIS
Faith is what we lack, and faith can give you power and change everything to better. How they (ISIS) came? Suddenly where 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers appeared in one night, how did they appear? Too many conspiracies they say, or they say, “We don’t know.” Who was behind it? To stop them is to do only one thing: hilaq adh-dhikr. Go to masaajid or in your homes, remember Allah daily and Allah (swt) will take them in one second! They are in the Syria and the Iraqi desert, and Allah can send one sandstorm and finish them! We finish them by Holy Qur’an and Hadith: that is what Muslims have to believe in, not to finish them by using weapon, which are dangerous for everyone. We are Ahlu ‘s-Sunnah wa ‘l-Jama`ah and we believe in the power of Awliyaullah that Allah granted to Sayyidina Muhammad (s) and he gave to his Awliya:
أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاء اللّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
Alaa inna awliyaaullaahi laa khawfun `alayhim wa laa hum yahzanoon.
{Behold! Verily on the Friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve.} (Surah Yunus, 10:62)
Where are the Awliya Now and Why Don’t They Stand Up?
Laa khawfun `alayhim, don’t worry about them as Allah gave them everything they want, but let them ask! I am asking Awliyaullah, where are they now, why are they not standing up? There is hikmah also, wisdom. Before Allah used to send `adhaab, punishment, by earthquake, by flood, but the Prophet (s) asked Allah (swt), “Don’t let my Ummah die from an earthquake,” and Allah said, “Yes”, and “not to die from flood,” and Allah said, “Yes”, and he asked, “Let them not die from fighting each other,” and Allah said, “No, that one I don’t grant, wa yudheeqa ba`dakum baasa ba`din, We will make both sides to taste the worst it can be.”
وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُم بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ
Wa yudheeqa ba`dakum baasa ba`din.
{Or to confound you with mutual discord and let you taste the fear of one another.}(Surat al-An`am, 6:65)
Allah is sending His punishment. May Allah take back His punishment from the Ahlu ‘l-Islam, because they are the ones punished today, is there anyone else? They are punished because of what they are doing. Awliya are waiting to help, but no one…maybe now people are changing their minds to believing in Awliyaullah. Before they were hidden, so look for Awliya and you will find some.
Taher Siddiqui
