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All praise is due to Allāh, much praise and blessings be to him and I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allāh and I bare witness that Muḥammad is His slave & messenger.
As for that which proceeds,
This is a summarized commentary on the treatise by the Illustrious Shaykh, the former Mufti of the Southern Province of Saudi Arabia, Aḥmad bin Yaḥyā an-Najmī -May Allāh have mercy on him-, which he directed towards the Shaykh of our Shaykh (i.e. Shaykh Muqbil), the illustrious Shaykh Abdul Muḥsin bin Ḥamad bin al-ʿAbbād al-Badr –May Allāh preserve him-. Indeed Shaykh an-Najmī -May Allāh have mercy on him- did well and brought about benefits in this, and advised Shaykh al-ʿAbbād and other than him, all in accordingly due manner, and he showed an encouragement upon brotherhood, and understood the position of the one being advised.
And Shaykh al-ʿAbbād –May Allāh preserve him- & Shaykh an-Najmī -May Allāh have mercy on him-, both are men of knowledge & Sunnah, but the situation is similar to that which was said by the Imām & explainer of the Qurʾān, Mujāhid bin Jabr,
ليس أحد إلا يؤخذ من قوله و يترك من قوله إلا النبي ﷺ
Reported by Al-Bukhārī in Rafʿ al-Yadayn, pg. 103 and others
❝There is none except that his statement is accepted or rejected, except the Prophet ﷺ❞
So from this and other than this, it has become apparent to us that the virtuous one can be refuted by another virtuous one, and a virtuous one can be refuted by he who is more virtuous, and a less virtuous one can refute a virtuous one, and their goal behind doing so is to ward off falsehood from one another.
And with regards to this there was a beautiful statement once said by Ilkiyā Al-Harrāsī in his reply to Imām Shāfiʿī when Shāfiʿī said that the Sunnah doesn’t abrogate the Qurʾān, so he (Ilkiyā Al-Harrāsī) said,
هفواتُ الكبارِ على أقدارِهم، ومن عُدّ خطؤه، عَظُمَ قَدْرُهُ
❝Mistakes made by the great ones effect their reputations; the greater the scholar, the greater his mistake is to be considered.❞
And what was more beautiful than this was the statement of Abdul Jabbār bin Aḥmad’s reply to Shāfiʿī when he said,
هذا الرجلُ كبيرٌ, ولكن الحقُ أكبرُ منهُ
‘Al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ’ by Zarkashī 3/188, ‘Irshād al-Fuḥūl’ by Imām ash-Shawkānī pg.168
❝This man is great, but the truth is greater than him.❞
And now to the actual treatise with its commentaries upon it and by it we hope for this to be a completion to its benefit and its advice to be propagated.
- Commentaries made by the noble brother, Abū Muṣʿab Ḥusain bin Aḥmad al-Ḥajūrī -May Allāh grant him success-
- Translated by the brother, Abū Nuʿaym ʿAbdur-Raḥīm bin ʿAlī -May Allāh grant him success-
The treatise in Arabic:
[التعليقات الجياد على تعقبات الشيخ النجمي على رسالة رفقا أهل السنة للشيخ العباد]
تخريج و تعليق أبي مصعب حسين بن أحمد الحجوري
https://alilmia.com/sub_book46_430.html
English translation:
The Beneficial Commentaries on the Observations made by Shaykh an-Najmī upon the Treatise “Gentleness between Ahlus-Sunnah” from the Shaykh al-ʿAbbād
https://alilmia.com/sub_book46_10667.html
Alternate download link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4re9UeCHGCUOXdQeWptb1BmbjA
~May Allah bring benefit through it~
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