The Pious Predecessors Explaining The Qualities of The Ulama E Soo Ie (Evil Ulama)

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The Pious Predecessors Explaining The Qualities Of The Ulama E Soo Ie Evil Ulama Who The Masses Should Be Wary From

Yusuf bin Asbat رحمة الله عليه narrates that Sufyan Thawri (رحمة الله عليه) said to him:
“Whenever you see an Islamic scholar entering into the presence of the unjust and oppressive leaders, then know that he is a thief.” (Shu’ub al Iman of al-Baihaqi, authenticated by Ad-Dhahabi)
Imam Ibn al-Jawziy said in Talbis Iblis Page 121-122) that:
“And from the deceptions of Iblis upon the scholars is their mixing with the confirmed unjust leaders and the confirmed oppressive kings, their flattering them and failure to correct them when they are able to do so. May be they make allowances for them where there is no allowance for them, in order to attain some worldly benefit. So this produces corruption from three angles:
First, the leader is corrupted by that. He will say: “If I were not upon what is correct, the scholar would correct me. And how can I not be correct when he is eating from my wealth!”
Secondly, the common man, because he will say: “There is no harm in this leader, nor in his wealth, nor in his actions, because such and such scholar, does not criticise him.”
Thirdly, the scholar (himself) is corrupted by that. Because he corrupts his religion through this practice, and Iblis (Satan) has deceived them into entering upon the corrupt politicians and unjust leaders by saying to them, “You will just enter to intercede for the benefit of a Muslim.”
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said in his book, Sharh Hadithidh-Dhi’ban (i.e. The commentary on the Hadith about two hungry wolves):
“Many of the Salaf (Pious predecessors) used to forbid entry upon the unjust and oppressive leaders even for those who wanted to go to command them with good and to forbid them from evil. From those who forbade this were Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz, Ibn al-Mubarak, ath-Thawri and others.”
Ibn al-Mubarak said:
“The one who commands and forbids them in our view is not the one who enters upon them and commands and forbids them. Rather the one who commands and forbids them is the one that keeps away from them.”
Salamah bin Dinar said:
“In the past if the unjust leaders sent someone to fetch the Ulama, the Ulama would not go to them, or if the leaders asked the Ulama, the Ulama would not make any concessions for them. The leaders would go to the Ulama at their houses and ask them there and within this was rectification for both the leaders and the Ulama.”
Sufyan ath-Thawri said:
“Knowledge will remain honoured until it is carried to the gates of the unjust kings who take it for a small price, then Allah will remove the sweetness of knowledge from their hearts.”
Imam Abu Muhammad bin Hazm said when he advised the Alim (Scholar) in his treatise Maratibul Ulum:
“To be afflicted by associating with the unjust leader is to be afflicted by a great calamity and it is presenting oneself to a vile danger in which one’s religion and self will depart. The scholar is not to associate with him (i.e. the unjust leader) whatsoever as this will lead to ruin.” (See Dr. Ihsan Abbas, Majma’ ar-Rasa’il Ibn Hazm al-Andalus, Vol. 4, Page 76)

May Allah save the Muslims  from these thieves and distorters of the Deen and allow the Ulama of haqq to unite and fend off their plots.

Beware of those who use “Fame by Faith” to be “Thieves of your Beliefs!”

Extracted from : custodiansofthehaq.co.za