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Introduction
In
this category, we shall endeavour to list short "biographies"
of deviant groups and individuals of past and present who
have stained the name of Islaam, preferring to adhere to their
own cocktail of whims and desires, far from the Qur.aan and
the authentic Sunnah as understood by the best of generations,
namely the Sahaabah, the Taabi'oon and the Atbaa' at-Taabi'een,
in short, the pious predecessors, inshaa.-Allaah.
Zahdam
ibn Mudrab narrated: I heard 'Imraan ibn Husayn saying: The
Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said:
((The
best people are those living in my generation, then those
coming after them, and then those coming after (the second
generation).)), [Saheeh
al-Bukhaaree, 3/219]
'Abdullaah
ibn Mas'ood (radhi-yallaahu
'anhu) narrated: The
Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said:
((The
people of my generation are the best, then those who follow
them, and then those
who follow the latter)), [Saheeh
al-Bukhaaree, 3/820]
'Aa.ishah
(radhi-yallaahu
'anhaa) narrated that: A person asked Allaah's Apostle
(sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) as to who amongst the people were the
best. He said:
((Of
the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation
(generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third
generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).)),
[Saheeh
Muslim 6159]
Finally,
refer to the fatwa of Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen entitled: "The
benefit of learning about the deviant sects"
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Relevant
fataawa
Please
note: These "biographies" have been translated from
works authored by those who have themselves spent time with
these deviant groups and individuals and have later been guided
away from the falsehood of their associated groups, to the
pure and unadulterated Islaam of the pious predecessors, wal-Hamdu-Lillaah!
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