Ahle hadeeth movement What and Why?

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Which one is the Naji group?

(اَلْفِرقَةُ النَّاجِيَةُ مَا هِىَ)

1. Ali Ibnul Madini (161-234 A. H.), the teacher of Imam Bukhari (194-256) says,

هُمْ أَهْلُ الْحَدِيْثِ وَ الَّذِيْنَ يَتَعَاهَدُوْنَ مَذَاهِبَ الرَّسُوْلِ وَ يَذُبُّوْنَ عَنِ الْعِلْمِ، وَ لَوْلاَ هُمْ لَمْ نَجِدْ عَنِ الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ وَ الرَّافِضَةِ وَالْجَهْمِيَّةِ وَ أَهْلِ الْإِرْجَاءِ وَالرَّأْىِ شَيْئًا مِّنَ السُّنَنِ، فَقَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ الطَّائِفَةَ الْمَنْصُوْرَةَ حُرَاسَ الدِّيْنِ وَ صَرَفَ عَنْهُمْ كَيْدَ الْمُعَانِدِيْنَ لِتَمَسُّكِهِمْ بِالشَّرْعِ الْمَتِيْنِ وَاقْتِفَائِهِمْ اَثَارَ الصَّحَابَةِ وَالتَّابِعِيْنَ ... اُوْلَئِكَ حِزْبُ اللهِ أَلاَ إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللهِ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُوْنَ-

‘That group is Ahle hadeeth, those who take care of the regulations of Rasool (sm) and who stand in favour of the Ilm i.e. the holy Quran and Hadeeth. Otherwise, we can hope nothing of Sunnah from the Mutazilites, Rafezites (Shi‘aites) Jahmites, Murjites and Ahlur Rai. The Lord of the universe has appointed this victorious group as the custodian of the religion and as to be faithful followers of the Sahabis and Tabe‘iis, they have been saved from the evil designs of the obstinates. ...They are the forces of Allah! Verily, the forces of Allah are successful’ (Sharf 5).

2. Yazeed bin Haroon (118-217 A.H.) and Imam Ahmad bin Hambal (64-241) said, إِنْ لَّمْ يَكُوْنُوْا أَصْحَابَ الْحَدِيْثِ فَلاَ أَدْرِىْ مَنْ هُمْ ؟ ‘If they are not Ahle hadeeth, then I do not know who are they?’[1] Imam Bukhari also held a strong vision on this matter. Qazi Ayaz says,أَرَادَ أَحْمَدُ أَهْلَ السُّنَّةِ وَ مَنْ يَّعْتَقِدُ مَذْهَبَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيْثِ  ‘Imam Ahmad meant here, the Ahle Sunnah and those who belonged to the Mazhab of Ahle hadeeth’.[2] Imam Ahmad also says, لَيْسَ قَوْمٌ عِنْدِىْ خَيْراً مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيْثِ، لاَ يَعْرِفُوْنَ إِلاَّ الْحَدِيْثَ  ‘I do not have any group better than Ahle hadeeth. They do not know anything but Hadeeth’. [3]

3. Imam Shafe‘ii (150-204 A. H.) says,

إِذَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً مِّنْ أَصْحَابِ الْحَدِيْثِ فَكَأَنِّيْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ حَيًّا-

‘When I see an Ahle hadeeth, then as if I see the Prophet (sm) alive’ (Sharf 26).

4. The famous Tabe‘ii Abdullah Ibnul Mubarak (118-181 A.H.) says,

هُمْ عِنْدِىْ أَصْحَابُ الْحَدِيْثِ وَ قَالَ : أَثْبَتُ النَّاسِ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ أَصْحَابُ الْحَدِيْثِ-

'To me, the Naji group is the Jama‘at of Ahle hadeeth. The strongest among the people on Siratul Mustaqeem (the straight path of Allah) are Ashabul Hadeeth’ (Sharf 15,33).

5. Imam Abu Yousuf (113-182 A.H), the chief disciple of Imam Abu Haneefah (Rh) once seeing some Ahle hadeeth in front of his door, became elated and said,  مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْكُمْ ‘There is none on the earth who are better than you’ (Sharf 28).

6. Ahmad Ibnu Sareeh used to say, أَهْلُ الْحَدِيْثِ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِنَ الْفُقَهَاءِ لِاِعْتِنَائِهِمْ بِضَبْطِ الْأُصُوْلِ- ‘For staying established on the original sources, the dignity of Ahle hadeeth is far above than that of the Faqeehs (Jurists)’. [4]

7. Imam Abu Daud (202-275 A.H.) says, لَوْلاَ هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةُ لَانْدَرَسَ الْإِسْلاَمُ يِعْنِىْ أَصْحَابَ الْحَدِيْثِ- ‘If the Ahle hadeeth Jama‘at would not have been on the earth, then Islam would have been extinct (Sharf 29).

8. Once Uthman Ibnu Abi Shaiba, seeing some people of Ahle hadeeth in a troublesome condition remarked that إنَّ فَاسِقَهُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَابِدِ غَيْرِهِمْ ‘An impertinent one of Ahle hadeeth is better than a devoted one of other groups’ (Sharf 27).

9. Caliph Haroonur Rasheed (d.193 A. H.) used to say,

طَلَبْتُ أَرْبَعَةً فَوَجَدْتُّهَا فِىْ أَرْبَعَةٍ: طَلَبْتُ الْكُفْرَ فَوَجَدْتُّهُ فِى الْجَهْمِيَّةِ وَ طَلَبْتُ الْكَلاَمَ وَ الشَّغَبَ فَوَجَدْتُّهُ فِى الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ وَ طَلَبْتُ الْكِذْبَ فَوَجَدْتُّهُ عِنْدَ الرَّافِضَةِ وَ طَلَبْتُ الْحَقَّ فَوَجَدْتُّهُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ الْحَدِيْثِ -

‘I have found four things in four groups: (a) I have sought Kufr (Infidelity) and I found it in Jahmites (Fatalist). (b) I have sought bad arguments and qurarrel and I found it in Mu‘tazilites (c) I have sought falsehood and I found it in Rafezites (Shi‘aites) (d) I have sought truth and I found it in Ahle hadeeth (Sharf 31).

10. Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani Al-Baghdadi (470-561 A. H.) famed with Bara peer, after narrating about Ahle Sunnat wal Jama‘at as a Naji group and describing that why the Bid‘atis (innovators) are ever angry to them says,

إِعْلَمْ أَنَّ لِأَهْلِ الْبِدْعِ عَلاَمَاتٌ يُعْرَفُوْنَ بِهَا، فَعَلاَمَةُ أَهْلِ الْبِدْعَةِ الْوَقِيْعَةُ فِىْ أَهْلِ الْأَثَرِ ... وَ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ عَصَبَيَّةٌ وَّ غِيَاظٌ لِأَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ، وَ لاَ إِسْمَ لَهُمْ إِلاَّ إِسْمٌ وَّاحِدٌ وَ هُوَ أَصْحَابُ الْحَدِيْثِ-

‘You know that the Bid‘atis have some particular signs by which they can be sorted out. The sign of Bid‘atis is to abuse the Ahle hadeeth and to address them in various rubbish name. These are nothing but fanaticism and out-burst of their heart-burning against the followers of Sunnah. Because, Ahlus Sunnat wal Jama‘at has no other name but one, that is Ahle hadeeth. All these rebukes of the Bid‘atis (Innovators) are not applicable to the Ahle hadeeth. As the rebukes of the Kafirs (Infidels) of Makkah to the Prophet (sm) as Magician, Poet, Mad, Insane, Knower of future etc. were not applicable to Him (sm)’. [5]   

11. Ahmad Ibnu Sinan al-Qatan (d.259 A. H.) says,

لَيْسَ فِى الدُّنْيَا مُبْتَدِعٌ إِلاَّ وَ هُوَ يَبْغَضُ أَهْلَ الْحَدِيْثِ، فَإِذَا ابْتَدَعَ الرَّجُلُ نَزَعَتْ حَلاَوَةُ الْحَدِيْثِ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ-

‘There is not a single Bid‘ati on the earth who does not maintain malice inside him against Ahle hadeeth. When anyone does any Bid‘at, the taste of hadeeth would be snatched out of his heart. [6]

12. Imam Ahmad Ibnu Taimiyah (661-728 A. H.) says,

مِنَ الْمَعْلُوْمِ لِكُلِّ مَنْ لَهُ خِبْرَةٌ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْحَدِيْثِ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ النَّاسِ بَحْثًا عَنْ أَقْوَالِ النَّبِىِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ وَ طَلَبًا لِّعِلْمِهَا وَ أَرْغَبِ النَّاسِ فِى اِتِّبَاعِهَا وَ أَبْعَدِ النَّاسِ عَنِ اتَّبَاعِ هَوًى يُخَالِفُهَا ... فَهُمْ فِىْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلاَمِ كَأَهْلِ الْإِسْلاَمِ فِىْ أَهْلِ الْمِلَلِ-

‘It is a known fact to a person of even a little experience that the Ahle hadeeth are most searching people to the sayings and knowledge of the Prophet (sm) and are more willing to follow these, and are more away from following instinct which he opposes it... Their position among the Muslim, as the position of the Muslim among the nations. [7] 

13. Imam Yahya Ibnu Sharf Nabawi Ash- Shamee (631-676 A.H.), the best commentator of Saheeh Muslim says, ‘This group may be those of different order among the heroic Mujahid, Faqeeh, Muhaddith, Zahid (worshippers who abstain from worldly matters) and one who enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong, who are engaged in establishing the laws of almighty Allah. It is not compulsory that all of them have to be assembled in a particular place, but they may be scattered in several places of the world. [8]

14. Hafez Imamuddeen Isma‘eel Ibnu Katheer (701-774 A.H.) in explaining the verse, يَوْمَ نَدْعُوْا كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَامِهِمْ (when we shall call all the communities with their leaders) in his world-famous Tafseer, he quoted the saying of a great scholar of the past who said, هَذَا أَكْبَرُ شَرَفٍ لِأَصْحَابِ الْحَدِيْثِ لِأَنَّ إِمَامَهُمْ النَّبِىُّ صَلّىَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ   ‘This is the highest honour for Ahle hadeeth that their only Imam is Muhammad (sm).[9] They will be called in the name of their Imam at the Day of Resurrection.

Undoubtedly this lofty honour at the Day of Resurrection will be for those who in this worldly life have remained steadfast and have given highest regard to the holy Quran and saheeh Hadeeth by all means and have not given preference to any other Ism, Qias or Rai. Oh Allah! give us strength to be real ‘Ahle hadeeth’ a title given by the Prophet (sm) and include us in that group. Ameen!

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