Uncovering the Absurdities behind the Claim of ‘Attacking the Salafees’ - A

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Uncovering the Absurdities behind the Claim of 'Attacking the Salafees' - A

All praise is due to Allaah, Lord of creation, and may the Salaat and Salaam be upon the final Messenger, the one sent as a mercy to mankind, his family and companions.

Before proceeding, we ask Allaah the Mighty and the Majestic to bless us with sincerity, grant us precision and benefit the writers of this document as well as its readers.

To proceed:

Allaah mentions in His Glorious Book, the statement of His Prophet Shu'ayb 'Alayhi as Salaam:

{I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my guidance is only from Allaah. Upon Him I have relied, and to Him I return}[1]

Meaning: I only wish to remedy the situation in what I command you to do and forbid you from; I only desire to rectify you to the best of my ability. {And my guidance} meaning my degree of success in achieving that goal {is only from Allaah, in Him I put my trust} in all my affairs {and to him I return}.

After a sustained period of silence and deliberate patience, due to taking the greater benefit of the Da'wah into consideration and hoping for a less public way to remedy this situation, some of the translators at Madeenah.com have decided to respond to some of the false and reckless accusations that have been unjustly levied against the site - accusations that have only instigated splitting, differing and animosity amongst many Salafees, while our beloved legislation calls to unity and harmony between us; behaviour that has led many Salafees to busy themselves with each other, display hizbiyyah (partisanship away from the truth) and chase others away from Salafiyyah as is all too apparent.

It was anticipated that our patience during the past six years would have achieved some degree of rectification, allowing for careful contemplation on the part of our accusers to reflect on what they have been doing and seek to sincerely rectify their propagation of this falsehood. Unfortunately, this period of time has sadly proven that rectification indeed can only be achieved with those who truly seek it.

Importantly, we would like to note that this response is not reactionary; had this been the case, we would have hastened to respond at the time the false accusations were being made and circulated with fervor. Yet, we tolerantly observed and maintained our silence, even though various observers over the years have requested that Madeenah.com reply to these false accusations; some even criticizing the website for its silence and not exercising its right to repel oppression.

Regrettably, it appears that our silence has only served to embolden those making these unjust accusations, as they have misinterpreted our patience as acceptance, and deceitfully presented their false accusations as fact, using this method and other disgraceful intimidation tactics to discourage others from benefiting from the translated works of our scholars, and six years of patience, as most would agree, is more than sufficient.