Yahya al-Hajuri

Shaykh Al-Fawzan [To Hajurites]: Your Intent Is to Declare Uthmaan an Innovator [In the Religion]
Posted by Abu.Iyaad on Tuesday, March, 18 2014 and filed under Articles

The meteors continue to fall upon the heads of the Hajurite Muqallidah who have zero evidence in their hands for the position of their leader, Yahya al-Hajuri, who claims that Uthmaan (radiyallaahu anhu) innovated into the religion with a blameworthy innovation, which he also describes as "mukhaalafah" and "umm ul-bid'ah" and which is a rebuke of the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), the Caliphs and the Companions (see here from Shaykh Ibn al-Uthaymeen). Then they try to say, "it was merely an ijtihaaad from Uthmaan, we do not make tabdee' of him" and other such explanations.

In his lesson on the day of Sunday, 14/05/1435H Shaykh Salih al-Fawzaan was asked (mp3) (source):

Question: May Allaah be benevolent to you, this questioner says: Is the first adhaan of the day of Jumu'ah considered an innovation?

Shaykh al-Fawzaan: Our (previous) speech (see here, here, and here) has become of no value.

Question: May Allaah be benevolent to you esteemed Shaykh, the questioner says: Some people say that the reason for which Uthmaan ordered the first adhaan is no longer present...

Shaykh al-Fawzaan: It has not ended, your desire is to make tabdee' of Uthmaan. This is not a permissible affair. Is this from your eagerness for the Sunnah? The action of Uthmaan is from the Sunnah by testimony of the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)! "You must follow my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided Caliphs after me." Respect the Companions! Especially the rightly-guided Caliphs, respect them! For they are the most superior of the Ummah, do not speak about them!

Refer also to other fatwas of Shaykh al-Fawzan (see here, and here), we reproduce a pertinent one here: Note first the statement of one of them, Musa Millington on the al-Oloom website is presented in the image. He states, "Saying that the adhaan of Uthmaan is a bid'ah does not necessitate declaring Uthmaan bin Affaan an innovator." What follows is an extremely powerful and strong refutation of this sect and its leader from Shaykh Salih al-Fawzaan who was asked specifically about the position held by al-Hajuri and his followers, and we have an effective tabdee' from the Shaykh upon al-Hajuri and his followers.

Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan was asked (mp3) (source):

Question: "Esteemed Shaykh, one of the du'aat (callers) says, "We do not declare Uthmaan (radiyallaahu anhu) an innovator - but we say that the first adhaan on the day of Jumu'ah is an innovation." He (the questioner) says, what is the ruling of this statement of his?"

Shaykh al-Fawzaan: "This itself is bid'ah (innovation), the man, this itself is bid'ah [to hold this position], he is an innovator. It is obligatory to withhold his tongue from the likes of this speech. Uthmaan is a rightly-guided caliph, and the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said, "You must follow my sunnah and the sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs after me..." Is this [speech of his against Uthmaan] from his eagerness for the Sunnah?? He declares the Companions innovators, declares the Caliphs innovators!! Is the Sunnah like this?! We ask Allaah for pardon! This is from ignorance (jahl) and not knowing the bid'ah from Sunnah. Yes."