Shaykh Rabī, may Allāh preserve him, said:
Umar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allāh be pleased with him, said:
‘The bonds of Islām will be undone one by one when people who are raised in Islām, but do not know the pre-Islamic ignorance, come to power.’
This is part of Umar’s deep knowledge, for when someone does not know the pre-Islamic ignorance and its rulings—which include everything that contradicts what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, for it is all ignorance—then he will not recognise the way of the criminals. This will lead him to mistake some aspects of their path for the path of the believers. This is what happened to many people in matters of belief, knowledge, and actions that are from the way of the criminals, the disbelievers, and the enemies of the Messengers. Those who did not know that these were from the criminals’ path introduced them into the path of the believers, called others to them, declared as disbelievers those who opposed them, and permitted what Allah and His Messenger had forbidden, just as happened with many of the innovators such as the Jahmiyyah, the Qadariyyah, the Khawārij, the Rāfidah, and others.”
- Refuting All Evils, Desires, and Errors is a Legitimate Methodology Found in Every Divine Message, and This is the Path Followed by the Distinguished Righteous Predecessors pg. 6
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