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Ahl-i Sunnah --- The Right Path in Islam
--- Kazi Saifuddin Hossain
Allah has commanded us all Muslims in Sura Fatiha, verses 5-7,
to pray: (In the name of Allah,Most Gracious, Most Merciful)......
Ihdinaas-siraatal mustaqeem; siraatal-ladheena a'n-a'mta
a'laiyhim; ghaiyril maghdubi a'laiyhim wa laad-dwaal-leen,
ameen; which means, "(O Allah),guide us in the straight path; the
path of those whom you have Favored; not of those who haveearned
Your Wrath and nor of those who have gone astray" (English
translation of Imam AhmadReza Khan's Tafseer-i Kanz al-Eemaan).
This is the straight or right path - the Islamic faith of
ourbeloved Prophet HadratMuhammad (sallallaahu alaiyhi wa
sallam/peace be upon him) and hisAshab-i Kiraam (exalted
companions). Our Prophet in this context said, "My Ummah
(followers)will soon part into seventy-three creeds. All will go to
Hell, save the one that will survive andenter Paradise." When he
was asked as to which creed would attain salvation, he replied,
Maaanaa a'laiyhi wa ashaabi; meaning "The followers of my faith and
that of my companions willsurvive" (as narrated by Tirmidhi). Every
Muslim should know about these beliefs of our Prophetand his
companions; because in the guise of Islam there would appear
seventy-two heretical
sects whose deviated and corrupt ideologies would be
incompatible with the Islamic faith of ourProphet and his
companions.
The Hadith (saying of the Prophet) regarding the seventy-two
heretical sects has come true.Creeds with corrupt beliefs have
appeared and are propagating their aberrant views anddogmas. At
this critical juncture, we as Muslims should try our utmost to
learn the right faith - thefaith of our Prophet (peace be upon him)
and his blessed companions. This salvation-attainingfaith has been
clearly pointed out in anotherHadith quoted in al-Bukhariand
Muslim, where the
Apostle of Allah stated,Alaiykum bi sunnatiyy; meaning "My
Sunnite beliefs are ordained uponyou, O my people!" He also
declared, Maan ragheba a'n sunnatiyy fa laiysa minniyy; meaning"The
person who rejects my Sunnite faith does not belong to my creed"
(as narrated in authentic
books ofHadith). This is the faith, which he has referred to in
the Hadith concerning the seventy-three sects mentioned above.
Holding on to this blessed faith, the Sunni people wil l
attainsalvation in the Hereafter. On the contrary, the seventy-two
heretical sects will not adaptthemselves to the Sunnite faith and
will consequently go to Hell. They will show themselves offas
Islamic, yet they will not attain the favors of Allah promised in
theAyah ofSurah Fatiha.
The Sunni path, upon which Allah has bestowed His favors, is the
path of our beloved Prophet(peace be upon him), his exalted
companions and theAwliya al-Kiraam (revered Sufi/dervishes).This
path has been shown to us by them and by the traditional Islamic
savants of the highesteminence. Gawthul A'zam HadratAbdul Qadir
Gilaani wrote in his book Ghunyat al-Taalibin that
the creed which would enter Paradise isAhl al-Sunnah walJama'ah
(the society of SunniMuslims). Muslims should follow in the
footsteps of the revered Sufi/dervishes and avoid anysuch sect that
castigates this glorious path and the Sunnite faith. In the Golden
Era of Islam, theAwliya were the torchbearers of the Islamic
religion. Today, many new sects in the forms ofWahhabi, Salafist,
Mawdoodi, Tableeghi, Shia, Qadiyani etc have appeared and are
castigatingthe Prophet and the Muslim Sufi/dervishes. They are
disseminating their heretical ideologiesthrough sermons on
satellite TV channels like Diganta TV, Peace TV, ATN Bangla, NTV,
IslamicTV; and by arranging Tafseerul Koran and
Siratun-Nabifunctions; and also by printing theirbooks and
magazines and newspapers. Muslims need to be on guard against these
quarters.
To conclude, we have shed light on this issue only in the
interest of the Islamic religion and
Truth. We ask for help from Allah Almighty to purge our
degenerate selves from sins through themediation of our Prophet
(peace be upon him) and also his inheritors, the
Ulamaa-iHaqqaniyy/Awliya al-Kiraam/Sufi/dervishes,Ameen!
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