The call to Islaam, meaning the Qur’aan and Sunnah, should be in accordance with the understanding of the early righteous generations of Muslims.
Ibn Mas‘ood said, “Allaah’s Messenger (pbuh) drew a line for us [in the dirt] and said, ‘This is the path of Allaah.’ Then he drew other lines branching off to the right and to the left and said, ‘These are the paths at the end of which is a devil calling people to it.’
(i.e., the salaf). As there is only one “way of Allaah”, i.e., “religion of Allaah”: Islaam, there is only one way to follow that religion.
The Prophet (pbuh) did not leave behind him a multitude of different ways to follow Islaam. Division and differences are not blessings, as some would claim based on fabricated narrations attributed to the Prophet (pbuh). Allaah, Most Great and Glorious condemned factionalism saying:
وَلاَ تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
“Do not be of the pagans; of those who split up their religion and became sects, each sect rejoicing in what it has.” (Soorah ar-Room, 30: 31-2) And He alluded to the necessity of following the understanding of the Companions of the Prophet (pbuh) in the following verse:
وَمَنْ يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَاتَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَى وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَاتَوَلَّى وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَآءتْ مَصِيرًا
“Whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has been made clear to him and follows a way other than that of the believers, I will leave him to his choice and place him in hell. And worst indeed is that destination.” (Soorah an-Nisaa, 4: 115) Allaah stated this despite the fact that opposing the Messenger (pbuh) alone guarantees punishment. At the time when the verse was revealed “the believers” was none other than the Companions of the Prophet (pbuh).
Then he recited:
وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ
“This is my straight path, so follow it and do not follow the [other] paths, for they will separate you from His path.” (Soorah al-An‘aam, 6: 153)” This hadeeth proves that the way is only one. Ibn al-Qayyim commented on this as follows: “This is because the path leading to Allaah is only one, and it is what He sent His Messengers on and sent His Books with. No one reaches Him except along this path. Even if people take every path and try to open every door, these paths will be blocked and the doors will be locked, with the exception of this One Path. For it is connected to Allaah and leads to Him.”
‘Abdullaah ibn Lu’ayy narrated that Mu‘aawiyah ibn Abee Sufyaan got up among them and said, “Indeed the Messenger of Allaah (pbuh) stood up among us and said, ‘Certainly those before you from the People of the Book split up into seventy two sects and [the followers of] this religion will split up into seventy-three sects, seventy-two of them in the Fire and one in Paradise; that is the group [jamaa‘ah].’ ” In another narration, when he was asked what the one sect was, he replied, “What my companions and I are following now.”
Ibn Mas‘ood said, “Allaah’s Messenger (pbuh) drew a line for us [in the dirt] and said, ‘This is the path of Allaah.’ Then he drew other lines branching off to the right and to the left and said, ‘These are the paths at the end of which is a devil calling people to it.’
(i.e., the salaf). As there is only one “way of Allaah”, i.e., “religion of Allaah”: Islaam, there is only one way to follow that religion.
The Prophet (pbuh) did not leave behind him a multitude of different ways to follow Islaam. Division and differences are not blessings, as some would claim based on fabricated narrations attributed to the Prophet (pbuh). Allaah, Most Great and Glorious condemned factionalism saying:
“Do not be of the pagans; of those who split up their religion and became sects, each sect rejoicing in what it has.” (Soorah ar-Room, 30: 31-2)
“Whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has been made clear to him and follows a way other than that of the believers, I will leave him to his choice and place him in hell. And worst indeed is that destination.” (Soorah an-Nisaa, 4: 115)
Then he recited:
“This is my straight path, so follow it and do not follow the [other] paths, for they will separate you from His path.” (Soorah al-An‘aam, 6: 153)”
‘Abdullaah ibn Lu’ayy narrated that Mu‘aawiyah ibn Abee Sufyaan got up among them and said, “Indeed the Messenger of Allaah (pbuh) stood up among us and said, ‘Certainly those before you from the People of the Book split up into seventy two sects and [the followers of] this religion will split up into seventy-three sects, seventy-two of them in the Fire and one in Paradise; that is the group [jamaa‘ah].’ ” In another narration, when he was asked what the one sect was, he replied, “What my companions and I are following now.”
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