Al-Ahbaash (the Habashis)–II

5- They deny that Allaah is above His creation. Thebelief of the
Muslims, as indicated by the verses ofthe Quran, the narrationsof the
Prophet sound human nature and clear common sense is that Allaah is
above His creation, over His Throne,and nothing at all of His
creatures' affairs is hidden from Him. Allaah Says (what means): "and
then He rose over (Istawaa) the Throne (really in a manner that suits
His Majesty)". [Quran 7:54] – this phrase appears seven times in the
Quran.
Allaah also Says (what means): "To Him ascend (all) the goodly words,
and the righteous deeds exalt it (i.e. the goodly words are not
accepted by Allaah unless and until they are followed by good deeds)"
[Quran 35:10]
Allaah also Says (what means): "And He is the Most High, the Most
Great" [Quran 2:255]
And also (what means): "And to Allaah prostrate all that is in the
heavens and all that is in the earth, of the moving (living) creatures
and the angels, and they are not proud [i.e. they worship their Lord
(Allaah) with humility]. They fear their Lord above them, and they do
what they are commanded" [Quran 16:49-50].
Many authentic narrations have been narrated from the Prophet on this
topic, for example: the story of the Mi'raaj (ascent into the
heavens), which is authentic, when the Prophet passed through the
heavens oneby one, until he reached his Lord, Who brought him close or
called to him, and enjoined fifty prayers upon him, then he kept going
back and forth between Moosaa and his Lord. He camedown from the
presence of his Lord to Moosaa and Moosaa asked him, "How many
(prayers) have been enjoined upon you?" When he told him, Moosaa said,
"Go backto your Lord and ask Him to reduce them." So he went back up
to his Lord and asked Him to reduce them.
Abu Hurayrah said: theMessenger of Allaah said: "When Allaah created
His creation, He wrote in a Book which is with Him, above the Throne:
'My Mercy prevails over My wrath.'" [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet said: "Do you not trust me, when
I am the trustee of the One Who is in the heaven?" [Al-Bukhaari and
Muslim]
The Prophet said: "The Throne is above water, and Allaahis above the
Throne, and Allaah knows what you are doing." [Ibn Khuzaymah and Abu
Daawood]
The Prophet said to the slave-girl, "Where is Allaah?" She said: "In
heaven." He said: "Who am I?" She said, "You are the Messenger of
Allaah." He said: "Set her free, for she is a believer." [Muslim]
This is the pure belief which was adhered to bythe Muslims: the
companions and thosewho have followed them in truth until the present
day, praise be to Allaah. Because of the great importance of this
topic and the fact that so muchevidence more than one thousand verses
and prophetic narrations– points to it, the scholars have devoted
books to it,e.g., Abu 'Abdullaah Ath-Thahabi in al-'Alu li'l-'Aliy
al-Ghaffaar, and Ibn Al-Qayyim in Ijtimaa' al-Juyoosh al-Islaamiyyah.
6. They speak of some of the Companions of the Prophet in a manner
that is not appropriate.
An example of that is their statement that Mu'aawiyah was a faasiq
(rebellious evildoer). The Muslims should not discuss what happened
among the Sahaabah all; they should refrain from speaking whilst
believingthat all of them were good and had the virtue of having been
companions of the Messenger of Allaah . Itwas reported that the
Prophet said: "Do not slander my Companions, for even if any of you
were to spend (in charity) gold equivalent to the size of Mount Uhud ,
he would never reach their level, not even half way." [Al-Bukhaari and
Muslim]. And Allaah says (what means): "And those who came after them
say: Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethrenwho have preceded us in
Faith, and put not in our hearts any hatred against those who have
believed. Our Lord! You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful."
[Quran 59:10]
This is the sound belief concerning the Companions of the Prophet .
This is the belief of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa'ah throughout the
centuries. Imaam Abu Ja'faar Ath-Tahhaawi may Allaah have mercy on him
said explaining the beliefs of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa'ah: "We love the
companionsof the Messenger of Allaah but we do not go to extremes in
our love for any of them, and we do not disown any of them. We hate
those whohate them, and we do not say anything but good about them
(the companions). Love for them is true religion, faith and goodness;
hatred for them is disbeliefe, hypocrisy and transgression."
Their Jurisprudence Rulings:
This group follows weird jurisprudence rulings, and their rulings go
against the texts of the Quran and Sunnah. Examples of that include
the following:
They permit gambling with the disbelievers in order to take away their
money; they permit stealing their crops and animals, on the
conditionthat this stealing will not cause tribulation; they permit
dealing in Ribaa when dealing with the disbelievers; they permit those
who are in need to buy lottery tickets, which is prohibited.
Other ways in which they obviously go against the sharee'ah include :
They permit looking at non-mahram (marriageable women) woman in a
mirror or on a screen, even with desire; they say that persisting in
looking at a non-mahram woman is not prohibited; they say that for a
man to look at any part of a woman who is not permissible for him is
not prohibited;they say that if a woman goes out wearing make-up and
perfume but she does not have the intention of attracting men, this is
notprohibited; they permit free mixing of men and women; and they have
other odd and outrageous rulings whichgo against Islam and
theyconsider things which are major sins to be permissible. We ask
Allaah to keep us safe from that which will provoke His wrath and earn
His punishment.
Their position towards scholars:
Some of the outrageous means they use to turn people away from the
scholars who have deep knowledge, and put people off from reading
their books or referring to the reports transmitted from them,
include: slandering them,belittling them and undermining them, and
even denouncing them as kaafirs. Chief among the scholars whom they
defame in this manner is the Imaam Ibn Taymiyyah . 'Abdullaah
Al-Habashi even wrote a book specifically about this reforming Imaam ,
inwhich he accused him of being misguided and misled; he attributed to
him words that he did not say, and fabricated other lies about him.
Allaah will deal with him, and it is before Allaah that all disputing
parties will ultimately meet.
They also slander the reforming Shaykh Muhammad Ibn 'Abdul-Wahhaab
and his call for reform which he undertook in the heart ofthe Arabian
Peninsula, where he called people to follow Tawheed and cast aside
Shirk, to honorthe texts of the Quran and Sunnah and to act upon them,
and to uphold the Sunnah and do away with bid'ah.