Hakikat Kitabevi Publications No: 10 answer to an enemy of islam

mujtahid or a muqallid (one who practises taqlîd). There
is not a third alternative. It is fard for muqallids to follow a
mujtahid. This has been said unanimously. Even Ibn al-Qayyim al-
Jawziyya [d. 751/1350], whom the Wahhâbîs praise as an ’allâma
whose every word is a document, said in his 
I’lâm al-muqi’în, ‘A
person who does not fulfil the requirements of ijtihâd is not
permitted to draw any conclusions from the Qur’ân al-kerîm or the
Hadîth ash-sherîf.’ Today people who recite âyats and hadîths and
interpret them in accord with their points of view are looked on as
scholars. People who quote Ahl as-Sunna scholars in their
speeches and books, on the other hand, are taken no heed of. The
ignorant and heretical people who do not fulfil even a single
requirement of ijtihâd are considered as men of religious authority
today. May Allâhu ta’âlâ protect Muslims against this calamity!
Âmin!”
[1]
As quoted in the preceding article, Rashîd Ridâ praises Ibn al-
Qayyim al-Jawziyya as the “Imâm ’Allâma” and means that he
follows in his footsteps. And Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya, as quoted
above, prohibits non-mujtahids to draw conclusions from the
Book and the Sunna. However, Rashîd Ridâ opposes his words,
and this openly shows that he is insincere in the cause of Islam and
that he is an enemy of Islam, who tries to annihilate Islam from
behind the scene.
11– Rashîd Ridâ, with the pen in his own hand, goes on having
the religion reformer and the preacher converse with each other.
While praising the religion reformer and lauding him to the skies,
he belittles and abhors the preacher in every respect. He ascribes
his own hasty, stupid statements to the preacher.
In this book, we shall not deal with what Rashîd Ridâ wrote as
a religion reformer. But we shall write down the answers which
suit the preacher’s tongue, instead of the answers which he deems
worthy of the preacher. We believe that after reading with
attention our dear readers and pure, true men with a religious
duty will understand well the inner nature of the freemasonic
ruse.
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[1] Sulaimân ibn ’Abd al-Wahhâb,