Ash-Shaykh, al-‘Allaamah (Dr.) Rabee’
bin Haadee al-Madkhalee - حفظه الله تعالى - said in his "Adh-Dharee’ah illa
Bayaani Maqaasid Kitaabish-Sharee’ah" (2/101):
“This way is from the ways & techniques of the people of bid’a
& fitan, it is a must that they conceal themselves behind a
personality from the prominent, well-known personalities. So the Qadariyyah hid behind Al-Hasan [Al-Basree],
& they wrote, spread & authored treatises falsely ascribing the bid’ah of denying Al-Qadar (Allaah's Pre-Decree) to Al-Hasan & he was not
from them.
And the Khawaarij used to conceal (themselves) behind
another tremendous personality, Aboo ash-Sha’thaa’a Jaabir bin Zayd [1],
one of the major students of Ibn ‘Abbaas, (from) the major Fuqahaa’. The Khawaarij disguised themselves
with him.
So this is from the tricks of the people of bid’a,
because their bid’a does not spread if they don’t conceal themselves
behind the a’immah of Islaam. And
many of the people do this. The Qutbiyyah
would not have spread except by concealing themselves behind Ibn Taymiyyah
& Ibnul-Qayyim, & Ibn Baaz, Al-Albaanee & Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, &
other than them from the respected personalities that are accepted by the
people of the world. So they say: ‘we
are students of Ibn Baaz, we are upon the manhaj of the Salaf, &
from the students of Al-Albaanee, we are students of Ibn ‘Uthaymeen’, & these people pretend that those Imaams are with them. So their tricks fool many of the youth who
love knowledge, & love the ‘Ulamaa’, & love Islaam & love
the Haqq, but the tricks
of those people deceive many of the people, so they fall into their snare.”
* Rendered into English by Aboo Sufyaan 'Uthmaan Beecher
[1] Jaabir bin Zayd al-Azdee al-Basree,
famous by his kunya Aboo ash-Sha’thaa’a (d.93H), from the Taabi’een, a trustworthy narrator, a faqeeh. Refer to Taqreeb at-Tah-dheeb (1/136 #863)
