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

Mishkât al-masâbîh is a reliable, genuine one.
The hadîth ash-sherîf quoted in the chapter 
Kitâb al-fitan of this
book on the authority of Sawbân (radiy-Allâhu ’anh) says, 
“There
will come a time when a part of my umma will join polytheists.
Like them, they will worship idols. There will appear liars. They
will think of themselves as prophets. But, I am the last Prophet.
There will come no other prophet after me. Among my umma,
there will always be those who are on the correct path. Their
opponents will not be able to do any harm to them until Allâhu
ta’âlâ’s order comes.” This hadîth sherîf shows that religion
reformers or zindîqs will never be able to defile this blessed
religion until the Last Day. Though corrupt, destructive and
factious ones among Islamic books teem in the libraries all over
the world and they have been increasing day by day, there are also
the right ones among them. They will never be annihilated, and
nobody will be able to eradicate them. They are under Allâhu
ta’âlâ’s protection and preservation. How lucky for those who will
attain to happiness by searching for, finding and reading these
books! Couplet:
“I give you the key to the treasure you want!
You may attain to it, though we have not!”
36– The religion reformer says,
“People are of two categories: learned people and
ordinary people. The former ones will find out the
documentary evidences and follow them. The latter ones
will follow mujtahids and faqîhs provided that they will not
follow a certain one. Ordinary people do not have a certain
madhhab. This is the meaning of the saying, ‘Their
madhhab is the madhhab of the muftî.’ Early scholars,
again, say that it is not necessary to attach oneself to a
certain muftî. One will understand the matter by asking
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anyone he wishes. Ordinary people are also permitted to
act upon hadîths. Imâms did not disagree with one another
in this respect. It is written in