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

“No discord remains in one’s heart who perform the
dhikr very much.” Those who revealed these facts were not
munâfiqs, but Muslims true in though and in words. Kashf and
karâma have been reported by such people as tawâtur (the state
of being widespread, which is a proof of authenticity and against
denial). Moreover, though these are the 
umûr al-wijdâniyya or
umûr ad-dhawqiyya (matters not shown in Islam but done upon
one’s own judging with one’s conscience) and they cannot be
documents for others. Muslims have been neither commanded
nor prohibited to believe them. It is better to believe than
disbelieve what the pious Muslims loved by Allâhu ta’âlâ have
reported as tawâtur. One should have a good opinion of a Muslim
and trust his conduct, even his words concerning ’ibâdât (Islamic
rites). The proverb, “He who denies will be deprived,” has always
shown inevitability.
Hadrat ’Abd al-Wahhâb ash-Sha’rânî was a profound ’âlim
and a great Walî. He is one of the archstones of the Shâfi’î
madhhab. He is loved and admired by the Ahl as-Sunna. The
books he read and memorized are beyond count. Some of them
are mentioned in the preface of his 
Al-mîzân al-kubrâ. Hundreds
of his works are listed in 
Kashf az-zunûn. Each of his books is a
monument exhibiting his greatness. Hanafî scholars, too, have
been admirers of his deep knowledge, his kashfs and shuhûds.
They have reported that he is one of the “stars on the earth.” It
was declared in a hadîth sherîf, 
“On the Day of Resurrection, first
the prophets and then the ’ulamâ’ and martyrs will intercede.”
Holding fast to this hadîth sherîf, we expect his intercession. It is
obvious that those who attack such eye-apples of the Ahl as-
Sunna are zindîqs. Zindîqs and disbelievers attacked also
Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm), the guide of Muslims. Voltaire, the
famous disbeliever hostile to Islam, stooped to making the Master
of Mankind, Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm), a topic for his
repulsive plays. So will such base attacks be certainly made upon
the scholars of Ahl as-Sunna, who are the inheritors of the exalted
Prophet (’alaihi ’s-salâm). These great people will certainly not be
blemished by being a subject for the filthy mouths and cracked
pens of the enemies. Falling down on the ground does not
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decrease the value of a jewel.
Abd al-Wahhâb ash-Sha’rânî and similar great people, who
were loved by Allâhu ta’âlâ very much, said not that they saw the
Mawqif, Sirât, Paradise or Hell with their eyes, but that they could
not be seen in this world and that they were shown like a dream
and were revealed to their hearts in a manner that could not be
known or understood or described. They revealed this secret to
those whom they loved, to their intimate friends. They said, “Man
lam yadhuq lam yadri,” (He who has not tasted cannot
understand). It is ignorance or stupidity to deny something which
cannot be understood, and the comment “impossible, can never
be” about something which one cannot understand is an
expression of regression, stubbornness and fanaticism. That is why
we call the religion reformer “a bigot of science.” What else could
it be, if not being a zindîq or enemy against Islam, to make fun of
Muslim ’ulamâ’s subtle knowledge which is beyond the limits of
reason and science, by saying that they drew maps?
20– Rashîd Ridâ quotes the ahâdith ash-sherîf about
Doomsday in his book. But he has the preacher always utter
those words concocted by zindîqs in the name of hadîth. And,
having the religion reformer prove that those words are not
hadîths, he has him tell the facts that are written in the books of
the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna. Through this trick which he plays, he
endeavours to belittle preachers and Muslims, who are the
followers of the madhhabs, to misrepresent them as ignorant,
while introducing himself and other religion reformers as
intelligent, learned men of Islam. No doubt, those Muslims who
have read and understood Islamic books well will not believe
these abominable slanders. But we are writing these lines lest
those who do not know the fact should be deceived by thinking
that these writings of the religion reformer are true. We would
suggest, with emphasis, that our young brothers read the books of
the scholars of Ahl as-Sunna so that they shall not be tricked by
the religion reformers’ lies.
21– Rashîd Ridâ has the preacher say the words of the
Hurûfîs, Durzîs (Druzes) and Bâtinîs,
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who have nothing to do
with Islam, and thus misrepresents these to be the preacher’s
knowledge of Islam, and has the religion reformer say that these
things have no place in Islam and, hence, presents the preacher as
an ignoramus. He tries to establish the readers’ confidence in the
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[1] See the chapter “Corrupt Religions” in the book