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Shaykh Jamaaal bin Furayhaan Al-Haarithee رحمه الله mentioned the following:

“As for the Da’wah of the Ikhwaan-ul-Muslimeen, we must ask: Did its founder or any of his followers, up to this day, write even one book on Tawheed in which they clarified the Correct Creed? Did Hasan Al-Bannaa call to the sincere worship of Allaah and the elimination of Shirk in all of its various forms? Did he put an end to the shrines at the gravesites? Did he level (i.e. flatten) the tombs and prevent the graves of the righteous people from being used as means of getting near to Allaah as people claim? Did he establish the Sunnah??

All of these questions have no answer. But the answer lies with the one who knows the Creed of the Salaf and compares it to the call of the Ikhwaan-ul-Muslimeen, which is embodied in its founder, Hasan Al-Bannaa. This answer can also be found with the one who reads his books. And this answer is that he had no clear and firm call when it came to fighting against Shirk and innovations.

Hasan Al-Bannaa said: “ I accompanied the brothers of the Husaafee (Sufi) Order in Damanhour (Egypt) and devoted myself to the hadrah (gathering seeking presence of the Prophet) in Masjid At-Tawbah every night.” [Mudhakkiraat ad-Da’wah wad-Daa’ivah (pg. 24) of the Daar at-Tawzeeh Edition]

He also said in the same book (pg. 24): “Sayyid ‘Abdul-Wahhaab, the one who grants Ijaazah for the Husaafee (Sufi) Order, attended, and I learned the Husaafee Shadhlee (beliefs) from him. He granted me permission of its roles and duties.” He also said (pg. 28): “The days of Damanhour…were days of complete captivation within the Sufi mentality… So it was a period of time in which we were immersed in acts of worship and tasawwuf (i.e. Sufi Mysticism).” He also said (pg. 30): “During the many Fridays that we spent in Damnahoor, we would choose to go on a journey to visit (the graves of) one of the deceased righteous (awliyaa) from Damanhour. Sometimes we would go visit ad-Dasooqee, walking by foot right after the Morning Prayer until we would reach the site by about eight in the morning. So we would cover this distance, which was almost twenty kilometers, in three hours. And we would visit (the grave), pray Jumu’ah (Friday Prayer) there and then rest…And we would retrace our steps back to Damanhour.”

He also said (pg. 30): “And sometimes we would visit ‘Azbat-un-Nawaam, the place in whose cemetery is buried Shaikh Sayyid Sinjar, from the elite members of the Husafee Order who were known for their piety and righteousness. We would spend an entire day there, and then head back (home).”

And he said (pg. 52): “ I remember that it was from our customs that we would go out during the celebratory processions of the Prophet’s birthday after the hadrah every night from the first to the twelfth day of Rabee’-ul-Awwal And while we would be walking in the procession, we would chant the customary hymns with complete happiness and total joy !!!” One of the hymns he would chant was:

“This beloved one (i.e. Muhammad) along with his loved ones has attended And pardoned everyone of what they did and will do (of sins). ”

In the book “A Collection of Treatises of Hasan Al-Bannaa” (pg. 392), in the treatise “Instructions” under the heading “The Twenty Principles”, it states under the Fifteenth Principle: “ If the supplication is linked with seeking a means to Allaah through one of His creations, this matter is one of difference of opinion on a subsidiary issue related to the manner of performing supplication and it does not fall under one of the issues of Creed.”

I say: These quotes need no comment as the man was a Sufi, Husaafee, graveworshipper. He even gave the Prophet (ﷺ) Allaah’s Attribute of Forgiveness, not leaving any of that for Him. May Allaah be far removed from what they say!

In the treatises on “Creed” from the same book mentioned above (pg. 452), he said: “Research into the likes of this topic, i.e. the Names and Attributes of Allaah, no matter how long the talk concerning it goes on, it does not lead to anything in the end but one result, and that is: Tafweed (entrusting knowledge of the meaning of the Attribute) to Allaah!!” He said this under the heading: “The Madh-hab of the Salaf and the Khalaf with regard to Allaah’s Names and Attributes.”

I found some valuable and historical words of Shaikh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taimiyyah, may Allaah have mercy on him, in which he clarifies the state of the Mufawwidah , i.e. those who delegate knowledge of the meaning of the Attributes back to Allaah, and asserts that they are the worst form of innovators. In his book ” Dar’ Ta’aarud-ul-‘Aql wan-Naql” (vol. 1, pg. 201-205), he said: “As for Tafweed, then it is well known that Allaah has commanded us to reflect on the meanings of the Qur’aan. And He encouraged us to comprehend and understand it. So based on this, how can it be possible for Him to intend for us that we turn away from understanding, knowing, and comprehending it?” This is up to the point where he said: “So it becomes clear that the views of the people of Tafweed, who claim to be following the Sunnah and way of the Salaf, are from the worst views of the people of innovation and heresy.”

Source: Beneficial Answers to Questions on Innovated Methodologies, Questions answered by Shaikh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, compiled and commented on by Jamaaal bin Furayhaan Al-Haarithee, second edition, August 2008, Al-Ibaanah Book Publishing, USA, pp.104-106.