Nafsul Mutmainnah

"(It will be said to the pious): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction (Nafsul Mutmainnah) ! Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him! Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves, and enter you My Paradise!" - Surah Al Fajr [89:27-30]

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Be Careful From Who You Take Your Deen From !


Shaykh Ahmad ibn Bazmool
Transcription by: Umm Yusuf min Sri Lanka
The shaykh hafidhahullah then stated that this issue of knowing merely the groups and the likes is a very important subject. It is taken from the statement of Muhammad ibn Sareehrahimahullah this is a matter or this knowledge is a matter of deen, so be careful who you take your deen from. This matter is a matter of deen, so be careful who you take your deenfrom. So this is how important this issue is. Is that the knowledge when o­ne takes from someone or o­ne hears from someone or o­ne learns from someone that knowledge is going to be deen something that is going to weighty o­n the Day of Judgment something that he is going to meet Allaah with so it is important that he takes his knowledge o­nly from those who are known to have knowledge. And who are known to have taqwa and who are known to be upon righteousness, because what he takes is going to be his path to the Hereafter so look to who you take your deen from means that a Muslim must look and takes his deen from Ahlus sunnah, the salafiyoon the o­nes who follow the salaf us salih and secondly that the o­ne that he takes his deen from is someone who has knowledge, known for knowledge, known for being upright and known for having taqwa. This knowledge is a matter of deen so be careful who you take your deen from.
Then the shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah ta’ala stated that Imaam Malik rahimahullahmentions in the introduction of Saheeh Imaam Muslim that there was in Madinah a hundred men that were pointed to by the people as being worshippers and being people who were righteous and being people having abstinence from the dunya but no o­ne would take knowledge from them. This statement by Imaam Malik rahimahullah is saying, that it is not enough for a person to be known for worship and being known for having abstinence from the dunya and being known for the outward expression of his worship that you take from him. That these people were known for that and these people pointed to them for that but no o­ne would take their affairs from them because it was not from their affair. Their affair was worshipping and righteousness but their affair was not knowledge. He said that if we would understand that any of us who would see a brother who has his thobe properly clad and the length of his beard is long we would think that he is a scholar of his time of the mufti of his area and this is a great mistake.
Then the shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah ta’ala states that there is no doubt that is obligatory upon the people to learn ilmi shar’ee, Islamic knowledge and this is based o­n the Quraanic verse, Allaah subhana wata’alah says “Ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.” And it is based upon the statement of Prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam “that seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim”. And a man came to Imaam Malik rahimahullah and said, “I want to seek knowledge” and Imaam Malik rahimahullah told him start with that which you needfor your night and your day because he means that the areas of knowledge are many and extensive and what is important is what you need is for your night and your day. And of course the first thing that you need is Tawheed, because it is the basis for all actions. And then you need taharah the proper way to purify yourself and then you need the proper manner of how to make salaah and like this.
So this is understood and this has been explained, it is clear that that man needs what he needs for his day and his night of Tawheed and of taharah purification of salaah. Then we can see the mistake of those who want that the Muslims get involved or start without knowledge in siyaasah or political issues upon the methodology of the hizbiyyah or partisanship or defending the people who are upon shirk and bid’ah. We see that these people who call to these types of issues are not individuals from whom we should take are knowledge from.
Shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah ta’ala then went o­n to say that in reality theweakness of this ummah and the humiliation of this ummah is because of the ignorance of the ummah regarding this deen. It is not like some people say that the weakness of theummah is because it does not have the physical strength or the weakness of the ummah is due to the fact that the disbelievers are conspiring against it. The shaykh says no, the weakness of the ummah is from inside the ummah, that the ummah does not have knowledge of deen . This ummah does not support Allaah so Allaah does not support it. As Allaah says in the Qur’aan, “If you support Allaah, Allaah will support you and will make your foothold firm. He said that the scholars say, that supporting Allaah means learning the deen, the ahkam the regulations of the deen, acting upon the deen and studying the deen. He says it is not like those people think that what we need to do is concentrate o­n the materialistic issues and if we knew about the strategies and conspiracies of the disbelievers and their political plans and we had a system arranged with all sort of leaders and the like that that will solve our problems. He said no, it is clear that humiliation comes from ourselves. Based o­n thehadith of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam that if you deal in eena which is an illegal transaction a form of usury which means a Muslim will enter into which is forbidden regarding transaction and you follow the tails of the cows meaning will give in to agriculture and these type of issues and get them more importance than the Hereafter and you leave Jihaad neither do you establish Jihaad nor do you for Jihaad for Jihaad he said has two types of preparationsRoohi wa Maddi, Roohi meaning spiritual preparation and Maddi meaning material preparation. And this is why you see the mistake of Usaamah bin Laden among many reasons for his mistakes he is wrong and incorrect is he thinks that Jihaad is o­nly the materialistic preparation and he has totally forgotten about the spiritual preparation and he has totally forgotten about many issues in Islaam. And that which he is doing is nothing to do with thesunnah and which he is doing has nothing to do with Islaam and he is in ignorance of these issues and the scholars have responded against him. So it is the issue that the Muslims, theummah will not learn the deen and will get involved in tijaarah and forbidden trading transaction and will leave Jihaad and will become pleased with the dunya, then Allaah subhana wata’alah will send upon him humiliation. And He will not lift this humiliation off from them until they return to their deen. The scholars say return to the deen is learning the deen, acting upon the deen and spreading the deen. He says it is not through explosions and bombings and harming individuals who had no hand in any evil and this type of thing but it is returning to the deen of Allaah learning it, practicing it and spreading it.
Shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah ta’ala went o­n to say so we know and understand this. There is a very important point that we must understand and that is that it is forbidden for anyone who does not have knowledge to talk. That is if he is jaahil ignorant is forbidden to talk in the matters of the deen. And this is something very clear from the Qur’aanic verses in which Allaah says, “Do not talk about those matters which you have no knowledge, verily regarding the hearing, the heart and the talk all of these matters a person will be questioned about.” And then Allaah subhana wata’alah mentions the forbidden matters after mentioning al fawaahish outwardly and inwardly and mentioning other matters and He says and to ascribe to Allaah that which he has no authority or that you commit shirk and then He says and you speak about Allaah when you have been forbidden that you speak about Allaah when you have no knowledge. He said that the scholars have got from this that speaking about Allaah without knowledge is worse than shirk. Speaking about Allaah without knowledge is worse than shirk, for two reasons o­ne is that this speaking about Allaah tabarakta wat’ala without knowledge is something that is general something that it will affect everybody but the state of the something he has done regarding himself. So it is forbidden for anyone to speak about Allaah without knowledge. And there is the narration of the Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallamin which some of his companions was with o­ne of his companions o­n a journey and he got injured and when he got injured he also fell into sexual defilement, state of junub and it was a very dark cold night and he wanted to know if he should take wudhu or tayammum and he asked them if it is possible to do this and they said no you must take a ghusl you must take a full ghusl, so when he did this, he died. So when this reached the Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam he said, “they killed him they killed him, may Allaah kill them. Why did they not ask if they were ignorant? Verily the cure for ignorance, is asking.” So this shows that it is forbidden for someone who does not know, to talk.
So Shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah says if we have understood from what has preceded, the o­ne being questioned if he does not know, if he cannot answer it is haraam for him to answer. He must also know that the Muslim who does not know it, is forbidden for him to ask someone who does not know. It is forbidden for him in matters of deen to ask someone who does not know. Rather he has to ask an aalim a scholar someone who has knowledge and this is what Muhammad ibn Sar’ee rahimahullahu meant when he said this matter is a matter of knowledge of deen so be careful who you take your deen from.
He said also in our daily life we had a medical situation or whatever, will we go to a mechanic ?, and if we had a problem with our car will we go to a farmer? and if we wanted to construct a house will we go to someone who is a specialist in cleaning?. No, we will go to each individual who has a specialty in which they are specialist in. So when it comes to an issue ofdeen we must go to the ulemaa we must go to the scholars. And it is not right to say ask anybody or to do what everybody else is doing this is a major mistake also. As comes in a narration of Abu Darda raliallahu anhu in this in the khilafa of Uthmaan raliallahu anhu in the time of Uthmaan raliallahu anhu when he went to the masjid and he prayed and he saw sometabi’een praying but they were not praying according to the sunnah. There salaah was not thesalaah according to the sunnah. Abu Darda went home angry. And when Umm Darda raliallahu anha saw him she said, “What has made you angry, what has caused you to get angry.” He said, “By Allaah I don’t see anything that we were doing in the time of the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam that the Muslims are doing except that they pray together. Meaning that many of the sunan many of the practices that they were doing in the time of the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam that individuals were not doing it and what was left was that they were just praying together. This is Abu Darda’s statement while he is at the period which is close to the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam and there were a lot of sahabahs still alive and there were many tabi’een so what about now o­ne thousand four hundred years after that are the people the general masses upon sunnah? Are the general masses upon knowledge? Are the general masses people that we should follow? No! but we should follow the ulemaa Rabbaniyeen, the scholars who know the deen of Allaah tabarakta wata’la we should not follow what our mothers were upon our fathers were upon our relatives are upon but we should follow that which the scholars are upon. These people are not right that they follow the general masses but we should follow the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam and the o­ne who directs us to the right. In fact what the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam was upon are the scholars.
Then Shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah stated that the people are of two types. Theawwam or the general laymen who have no knowledge and the tullabul ilm, al ulemaa they are together, tullabul ilm students of knowledge and the ulemaa. Now the ulemaa and the students are of two types. The ulemaa who are not in reality scholars and those are the o­nes who have hizbiyyah or innovation or partisanship or politics or this movement oriented overthrowing governments and blowing up things and things of this nature and bid’ah and mistakes in their aqeedah and their manhaj. These individuals should never be taken from whatsoever. The second is the tullabul ilm and the ulemaa who are upon the sunnah,salafiyeen upon the way of the salaf us saalih . They are upon the way of the sunnah and o­n the way of the salaf us saalih. These individuals the scholars are the source that you go to. The students of knowledge are actually made a (unclear ) source. They are individuals that you benefit from but you are never to take their statements over the statements of theulemaa, of the scholars. So if we reiterate this point, the awwam the general masses don’t take anything from them but rather they should be taught, for they are ignorant.And those people who are considered scholars but their methodology is incorrect, their a qeedah andmanhaj is incorrect they are involved in siyasah or politics or hizbiyyah or matters that are secretive and things of this nature they should not be taken from for they are in reality they are part of the seventy two groups that are promised the Hellfire.
Rather the o­ne that should be taken from are the tullabul ilm and ulemaa who are upon thesunnah and who are upon the way of the salaf us saalih. But the distinction must be made that we take the words of the ulemaa over the words of the student of knowledge. For instance Kibar ulemaa the Great body of Scholars like Shaykh Rabee for example says something then we take what he has said and what they have said because they are the greater scholars. And it is not right to take what a student of knowledge says just because he is salafee unless he has some clear evidence that he has stated that the scholars have missed. But if generally speaking the people have of taking the students of knowledge because he is salafee over the scholars is a great mistake.
Shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah said this issue of importance of returning to the people of ilm , returning in going to the people of knowledge as a source in going back to them we have two stories from the Prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasallam regarding this issue. o­ne is the story regarding the man from before us from Bani Israel who had killed 99 individuals and he wanted to get to Allaah tabarakta wata’la so he found an aabid a worshipper, he said notice an aabid a worshipper not an aalim a scholar. A worshipper who was worshipping in seclusion and he said to him, “I have killed 99 individuals, is there any means for me to repent to Allaah to make Taubah”. So this aabid who was ignorant said, “No”. So he killed him and he completed a hundred individuals. So then he went to a scholar and saying to the scholar I have killed a hundred individuals is there any means for me to repent. The aalim said what is(unclear)between you and making Taubah to Allaah. Of course you can make taubah but you are in a land that is evil and it is upon you to go to such and such land where there are righteous people who worship Allaah so you go there and worship Allaah with them.” So this shows you the issue of going to the scholar verses going to someone who is ignorant.
The second story is about two individuals, o­ne who was righteous and the other was a sinner. And every time the righteous o­ne would pass by the sinner he would correct him and advice him but he would not accept. So o­ne day the righteous person said to him, “By Allaah, Allaah will not forgive you.” So Allaah tabarakta wata’la said, “Who is it who is bold enough to go over Me or above Me, verily I have forgiven him and I have made your deeds nothing.” So this is the righteous person because he was ignorant he led him to go into the area that was described by Allaah tabarakta wata’la that he would not forgive o­ne of His creatures. So Allaahtabarakta wata’la wiped away or made nothing the deeds of the obedient o­ne and forgave the disobedient o­ne. So this shows us the importance of knowledge number o­ne and that we should acquire it and the importance of returning to the ulemaa. Don’t ask anyone and everyone but ask Raazikeena fil ilm those who are well grounded in knowledge.
In closing Shaykh Ahmad bin Bazmool hafidhahullah that someone might say what is wrong with taking knowledge from the hizbiyeen and mubtadiyah (One who commits bid’ah), if they have something beneficial to give. I’ll just take the good and I will leave the bad. He said there were several issues wrong with this.
o­ne, is that the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam warned against the ulemaa as soo or al jahaal, taking from the evil scholars or the ignorant. And this is in a hadith in which he said, “That Allaah tabarakta wata’la does not take the knowledge after having given it by taking it away from your hearts but by the death of the religious learned men, the scholars, until there will remain nothing but the ignorant people who will contort it and will give verdicts according to their opinions and they will mislead others and they will go astray and will lead others astray.
The second matter is that Allaah tabarakta wata’la and the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam‘s order of hizbudeen , preserving o­nes deen. And the person who goes and sits with the innovator or hizbee is not preserving his deen.
Thirdly, is that taking from the hizbiyeen or the innovators is that they are from the asaaghir, the small o­nes and we have been forbidden or the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam indicated that from the signs of the hour is that the people will take their knowledge from the asaaghir. And he said that the asaaghir are the innovators.
Fourthly is that the mubtadih you cannot forsake from the fact that he will not oppose you. You will think that he is giving you the best, but he will take you step by step until he pulls you and that is the way it has been amongst the past (unclear).
And the fifth matter is that the person who is going there saying “I will get the good and leave the bad” is ignorant. So he cannot protect himself from falling into a fitnah. So he can’t protect himself from falling into a fitnah. So for all these reasons above and more it is important that you take o­nly from the scholars who are known for the knowledge who are well grounded in their knowledge and we do not ask or take from anyone else. And then he said hadha wa salallahu wa nabiyinah Muhammad.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Desirability of Fasting six Days in the Month of Shawwal




1254. Abu Ayyub (May Allaah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "He who observes As-Saum (the fasts) in the month of Ramadan, and also observes As-Saum for six days in the month of Shawwal, it is as if he has observed As-Saum for the whole year.''
[Muslim].

Commentary:  According to the formula that there is at least ten-fold reward for every virtue, the Saum of one month (Ramadan) are equivalent to Saum of ten months. If one also observes six days of Saum of Shawwal, they will be equal to Saum of two months. Thus, one becomes eligible for the reward of one full years' Saum. He who makes it a permanent feature is like one who observes Saum throughout his life. He will be considered by Allaah as one who observes Saum permanently. Although voluntary in nature, they are highly important. One can observe these six-day Saum at a stretch or with intervals, but their observance one after the other at the beginning of the month is better. Similarly, if a person has missed some Saum of Ramadan due to illness, travelling etc., he should first make up the shortfall and then observe the voluntary six-day Saum of Shawwal.

Imam Al-Nawawi's Riyad-us-Saliheen, Chapter 228

O Ramadhaan! Be gentle...


Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali - rahimahullaah - said:

O Servants of Allaah! Ramadhaan is set to move on, and only a little of it remains. If anyone has done well during the month thus far, it is incumbent on him to complete the month in a good fashion. While anyone who has fallen short let him finish in good shape. Only a few days and nights remain, so bid it farewell with righteous actions that will testify for you before the All-Knowing King.
The hearts of the righteous people are filled with longing, lamenting from the pain of departure. How can a believer not shed tears upon its [Ramadhaan] departure when he does not know if he will live to see it again? O Ramadhaan! Be gentle, the tears of your lovers are pouring out. Their hearts are torn from the pain of your departure. Perhaps standing to bid you farewell will extinguish the burning fire of longing. Perhaps taking a moment to repent will mend everything that has been torn in fast. Perhaps one cut off from the procession of those whose fast has been accepted will be joined with them. Perhaps the one imprisoned by his sins will be freed. Perhaps one deserving to be punished in Hell will be liberated. Perhaps the mercy of the Lord will be granted to the sinner.

Lata'if al-Ma'arif

Some distinguishing characteristics of ahluSunnah- Shaikh Abdul Hameed alHajooree


These are a few points from shaikh abdul hameed alhajoorees book titled
"the clear proofs and magnificents sayings on the forbiddence of free mixing, photography and elections"
under the title
Some of The distinguishing features of the people of sunnah

1.Taking heed for the proofs from the book of Allah and the sunnah of his messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam and to strive to act accordingly.

2.Great concern for thawheed - Allah's oneness - in the fields of call, preaching, teaching and authoring as well.And they fight against the apparent signs of shirk and kufr that negates thawheed like grave worship and, going to astrologers and slaughtering for the please of other than Allah azza wa jall

3. Their great concern for the knowledge of the book and sunnah in terms of learning, memorizing and practicing as well. Wakee rahimahullah has said as it is reported in "dhammul kalaam wa ahlihi"
"whoever seeks the sunnah as it was reported then he is a man of sunnah" (dammul kalam 337)
And Imam Barbaharee stated in sharhus Sunnah
"and you should know -may Allah bless you - that the knowledge is not based on the abundance of books or narrations, rather the Alim is the one who follows the knowledge and sunnah even though he is of lesser books and narrations. And if the one contradicts with the knowledge and sunnah, then he is a man of innovations, despite whatever books and narrations he may possess"

4. They will cling to sunnah in all aspects of their lives including the attire, creed and worship.They wear the dresses up to the half of their legs only, and at most to the ankles. They will never wear the trousers - that the European wear- except those among them who have been deceived by some fatawa permitting that, or some other ones who prefers their profession over the sunnah and there is no benefit out of them!
Hasan bin alee al barbaharee stated "who is found to follow those matters of sunnah that the people of innovations have abandoned then he is the man of sunnah and the one who should be supported and followed. He is the one whom the messenger has recommended"
(SharhusSunnah 108)

5. They are keen to enjoin the good and forbid the evil following the command of Allah

in the meaning "And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful."( Alu imran 104)
They will practice all the three categories of this duty.They change the evil with their hands in their homes, children and where there is no chances of trouble out of it. And with their speech by warning from the affairs of shirk, kufr , Democracy, voting, partisanship, intoxication, fornication, homosexuality and so on and so forth.
And when there is no room left for both the kinds of inkar al munkar they will resort to hate the evil with their hearts. And they are applying the hadith of prophet in this matter too.
The hadith is recorded by imam Muslim in saheeh (49)
"whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand, if he is not able to do then with this tongue, and if he cant do that too then let he change it with his heart and that is the weakest of iman."
They are heedful in all these not to cause any harm that is more severe than the evil that they are trying or assuming to change!
And it is haraam to change an evil with some thing that is more evil!

6.They will resort to Quran and Sunnah in all aspects and disputes in their lives irrespective of whether the issue is silly or serious.
And this is necessary for a believer as Allah has stated in Quran
(the meaning of which is )
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission. (surah anNisaa 65)
At this point shaikh abdulhameed says that these points was actually benefited from shaikh yahya alhajooree hafidahullah's dars on the 14th night of safar 1427AH , and the following are the benefits that shaikh abdulhameed has added to that.

7.They warn from all kinds of partisan-ships and dissociation s as they contradict with religion of Allah
Abubakr Ayyash was asked as in lalakaai reports(53)
"who is a sunni?" He replied " He is the one who will not be partisan to any of the hawaa "

8.Their severe warning from imitating the disbelievers in all the affairs that are specific to them including the dress, democracy and elections, and other than that.
They also warn from the evil of allying with disbelievers.

9.Their unity upon truth. AbulQasim alAsbahanee stated in alMahajjah "they follows the book and sunnah through narrations. And this caused them to unite"
(2:226)

10.And it is from their characteristics , their immense love for the imams of sunnah like imam Ahmad, Imam Malik, Awzaee, shaikhul islam Ibnuthaymiyyah, Shawkanee , ibnu baz, ibnu uthaimeen, our shaikh muqbil and shaikh alAlbanee may allah have mercy on them. And likewise is theit love for all others who followed their footsteps in following the book and the sunnah.
In addition to this love they are hating the people of falsehood like jahm, maabad aljuhanee, almarReesee, Raafidah, Khawaarij, Ikhwanul muslimeen, Soofees, Thableegees and suroorees.
Abu Uthman asSaboonee said in "aqeedathusSalaf ahlil hadeeth"
"one of the signs of the people of sunnah is their love for the imams of sunnah and its scholars and supporters.And also their hatred towards the people of bidaa and the callers who guides their followers to the hellfire. Allah has lighted the hearts of the people of sunnah with the love for the ulamaa of sunnah"
(page 171)

11. Another trait of them is that they revive the methodology of jarh wa thaadeel- disparagment and recommendations, so that the people of falsehood can be identified and bewared of and the people of truth can be identified and benefitted from. And every single one who is in the folds of falsehood are vigorously opposing thils methodology. Because they are either
*criticised by ahlussunnah or
*They are ignorant about the manhaj

12.They abstain totally from the khurooj- revolts against the rulers. And warn from that too whatever may be the form of that revolt- protests or demonstrations.
Because Allah has said in Qur'an
(in the meaning)
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.
(surah anNisaa 59)
And their obedience to the rulers is in the matters that are not disobedience to Allah and nothing other than that. The proof for that is the hadeeth
"The obedience is in righteousness alone"
Suhail athusthuree was asked "when a man can be called as on sunnah?"
he said "...... he doesn't revolt against this ummah with sword"

13. The rules that the photography of living objects is forbidden for the known proofs in this regards. And they announces the television as Haraam for it contains photos, many corruptions and music.

14. They are keen to spread the knowledge of book and sunnah in the masaajid the houses of Allah. Because Allah says (in the meaning)
[Such niches are] in mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings
(soorah anNoor 36)
And the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam has said in the meaning "The masaajid are the sitting places of anbiyaa and they are safeguard from shaithan" (Aljaami liakhlaaq arRaawi 1181)
Umar ibnu abdil azeez may allah have mercy on him commanded the scholars to teach the knowledge in the masaajid
As reported in almuhaddith alFaasil (601)
If the masaajid are not available they will teach wherever they find room for that.

15. They discard the blind following totally.
The nutshell summary of all the aforementioned distinguishing characters is that they apply the Ayah in Qur'an which means
O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely [and perfectly] and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
(albaqarah 208)

I -shaikh abdulhameed - have elaborated these points in the book titled "The magnificent means to aid the salafi call"

There are some more beneficial points that the noble shaikh abdulhameed alhajooree mentioned regarding the converse- the distinguishing features of ahlul bidaa- the people of innovations in deen.
That too is worth reading and if any of our brothers in the aloloom website could translate that portion from shaikh's book it will be a highly beneficial service bi idhnillahi thaala

Soorah ash-Shura Shaykh Sudais


Sheikh Sudais: Dua Qunoot [Eng. Trans]