The Methodology of Ahlus-Sunnah in Uniting the Ummah

Indeed, explanation of uniting the word of the Muslims and unifying their rank as well as warning them against splitting and differing has come in detail with the utmost clarity and the clearest elucidation within the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). So there is no resistance for Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, the people of the truth and uprightness, from that which has come within the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah. They follow it wherever it goes, in negation and affirmation (i.e., negating that which it negates and affirming that which it affirms). As Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee, may Allaah have mercy upon him, stated: “We follow the Sunnah wherever it goes.”These are Ahlus-Sunnah in truth and its true supporters. They follow the Sunnah wherever it goes. So that which has come within the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) they establish it and enact it in the most perfect and complete manner. That which is not within them then they abandon it and warn against it with the utmost caution. This is the affair of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, the people of the truth for whom the Messenger of Allaah attested to as having victory and salvation.On this basis, it is befitting for us that if we want a solution for this dilemma—which is the separation that has befallen and taken place between the Muslims—that we do not seek for its solution in other than the Book and the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). The occurrence of separation and differing is an affair which Allaah, the Blessed and High, has decreed, universally as well as from the perspective of the preordainment, although He is not pleased with it, Blessed and Exalted be He; legislatively and religiously. The Truthful one who is believed (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has informed regarding that it would occur before it happened. He said, within the authentic Hadeeth: “Indeed my nation will be divided into 73 groups; all of them in the Fire except one.”
Publisher: Maktabatulirshad Publications
Author: Shaykh 'Abdur Razzaaq Bin Abdul Muhsin Al 'Abbaad Al-Badr
Translator: Raha Batts
Format: Paperback
Size: 5.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches
Pages: 79
Publish Year:2020