lol @ I wasn't aware you're a Madkhali...I'm not a Madkhali or a Wahabi sxb, and I don't even believe in the legitimacy of using either of those titles. I stop at identifying myself as someone who takes my Diin from those scholars who are upon the Dacwa of Salafiyyah/is a follower of Islam according to the understanding of the Salaf As-Saalih....or a Salafi for short.wow, damn bro, i wasn't aware you were a madkhali.
you just don't come across as one. you'd better off getting off the madkhali train - and i don't mean the clan. rabee the snake doesn't have following inside saudi - most of his followers are ignorant south asians and somalis who live in the west and who're desperate to be associated with anything from saudi - that should tell you something. also, from brothers who know these extremists personally, when they're among themselves they backbite albani and the kaabir and brag about how they're more salafi than them.
further more, them and albani do disagree with each other on some issues from the aqeedah. like taking kuffar as allies/part of al wala wal bara.
First and foremost, May Allah SWT Forgive you for the comment you made regarding the noble Sheikh Rabee' (May Allah SWT Preserve him), and Wallahi I say that without a hint of sarcasm or condescension and with entire genuineness and sincerity.
As for a lot of Muslims who are South Asian or Somali following the noble Sheikh while they live in the West, when has that become something that discredits an individual? We judge the scholars on their actions, not on their followers or the actions of their followers (in the broad sense). With regards to the noble Sheikh not having a following within Saudi Arabia, you couldn't be further from the truth sxb. InshaAllaah, I'll briefly list some of the quotes by the eminent Shuyuukh regarding Sheikh Rabee (Xafidahullah).
Lastly, I wasn't present to hear Sheikh Rabee (Xafidahullah) backbite any of the righteous scholars and from what you're telling me, neither were you. So neither of us can corroborate those brothers' stories about the Sheikh making those malicious comments. If ONLY by virtue of him being a Muslim, much less one who commands the type of respect the Cawaam owe to the Culemaa, we owe it to him to only judge him upon what we have seen of him and not succumb to the claims others make which cannot be independently verified. From what is apparent of him, he is a pious man who guards his tongue from slander and only refutes falsehood tirelessly in the way of Allaah SWT. I'm not sure why you feel he didn't practice Al Walaa Wal Baraa though...your two videos you embedded showed what is widely agreed upon, which is that Sheikh Al-Albani (Raxiimahullah) practiced that, but what proof is there that Sheikh Rabee Xafidahullah didn't practice it? In fact, the testimony from his companions and colleagues in scholarship indicate he excelled in it. InshaAllaah, if there's anything you know that I'm ignorant of, please let me know. And Allah SWT Knows Best.
Shaykh Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee (Raxiimahullah) who mentioned on the tape "Liqaa. Abee al-Hasan al-Ma.rabee ma'a al-Albaanee" about him and Shaykh Muqbil Ibn Haadee al-Waadi'ee: "Without a doubt we praise Allaah the Almighty Who has, for this pure and upright da'wah to the Qur.aan and the Sunnah upon the methodology of the Pious Predecessors, made use of numerous callers from different Islaamic lands who uphold the collective obligation which very few do so in the Islaamic world today, notably the two Shaykhs (Rabee and Muqbil), the callers to the Qur.aan and the Sunnah and that which the Pious Predecessors were upon and wagiing war against those who oppose this correct methodology…"
The Shaykh further adds: "So I wish to say, that which I have seen of the writings of the Shaykh Dr. Rabee, then it is beneficial and I do not recall having seen anything wrong or outside of the methodology which we have come together upon with him, and him having come together upon with us…"
He also mentions on the tape "al-Mawaazanaat Bid'atul-'Asr": "And in short, I say that the one who carries the banner of al-Jarh wat-Ta'deel in this present day and age in truth is our brother (Shaykh) Dr. Rabee, and those who refute him do not refute him upon (sound) knowledge - never…"
Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez Ibn 'Abdullaah Ibn Baaz (Raxiimahullah) who mentioned on the tape "Tawdeeh lil-Bayaan" about him: "So the explanation which has been issued by us, it's intention was the call of all, all the callers and the scholars to the constructive criticism…and the intention was not our brothers the people of Madeenah from the students of knowledge and the teachers and the callers, and nor was the intention other than them in Makkah or Riyaadh or in Jeddah. Rather our general intention was our brothers the well-known Shaykhs in Madeenah of whom there is no doubt, they are the people of sound 'aqeedah and from the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah, such as: Shaykh Muhammad Amaan Ibn 'Alee, Shaykh Rabee' Ibn Haadee, Shaykh Saalih Ibn Sa'd as-Suhaymee, Shaykh Faalih Ibn Naafi', Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Haadee - all of them are known to us in uprightness and knowledge and sound 'aqeedah…"
He also mentions on the tape: "al-As.ilah as-Suwaydiyah": "Indeed Shaykh Rabee' is from amongst the scholars of the Sunnah".
Shaykh Ibn Baaz also permitted Shaykh Rabee' to teach in his masjid (Masjid Ibn Baaz) in Makkah. His lessons still continue to this day, and this is evidence enough that the Shaykh died and he was pleased with Shaykh Rabee' and that which he was upon in creed and methodology.
Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen (Raxiimahullah) on the tape "al-As.ilah as-Suwaydiyah" said: "…as for Shaykh Rabee, then regarding him, I do not know anything but good, and the man is an upholder of the Sunnah and an upholder of Hadeeth"
He was asked on the tape "Kasf al-Lathaam 'an Mukhaalif Ahmad Salaam": "What is your advice for the one who forbids (listening to) the tapes of Shaykh Rabee' Ibn Haadee with the claim that they stir up fitnah and within them is praise for the rulers in the Kingdom and that his praise, i.e. Shaykh Rabee's praise for the rule, is hypocrisy?" The Shaykh responded: "Our opinion is that this is incorrect and is a major error, and Shaykh Rabee' is from amongst the scholars of the Sunnah and the people of good and his 'aqeedah is sound and his manhaj is correct…"
Shaykh Dr. Saalih Ibn Fowzaan Ibn 'Abdullaah Ibn Fowzaan (Xafidahullah) on the tape "al-As.ilah as-Suwaydiyah", after mentioning Shaykh Rabee' along with a number of other scholars he said: "…and they are from amongst the distinguished scholars who have much experience in da'wah and refutation against those who desire to take the path of the da'wah outside it's correct path, so it is obligatory to circulate their tapes because indeed in them there is great benefit for the Muslims"
This is a short list of a few comments that were made by some of the most notable and widely followed scholars of our era, including Bin Baaz (Raxiimahullah) who was the teacher who give Cijaaza to many of the prominent scholars, was Mufti of Saudi Arabia (the lead cleric in the Holy land) and who presided over Al-Lajna Al-Daa'imah Lil-Buhuuth Al-Cilmiyah Wal-Cifta (The Permanent Committee for Fatwas and Inquiries), which is the most prestigious board of scholars in the entire Muslim world.
