On the [b]22nd Jumādā al-Ūlā 1434H[/b] (3 April 2013), the Noble Shaykh and Imām, [b]Rabīʿ bin Hādī[/b], gave a beneficial word to the Salafi brothers who had congregated in the city of Madīnah.
Is it from the manhaj (methodology) of the Salaf to criticise the rulers from the mimbar (the pulpit)? And what is the manhaj of the Salaf with respect to advising the rulers?
And reflect in His, the Most High's wisdom in making the kings of the servants, their leaders and their rulers to be of the same type as the actions [of the servants].
For shirk and invoking other than Allāh, setting up a deity besides Him or one who is obeyed and followed besides the Messenger [sas] is the greatest corruption on the Earth.
As for the saying of the one who says, 'The base rule (aṣl) concerning Muslims is ʿadālah (uprightness, trustworthiness, integrity, honesty)', then it is baṭil...
We see this doubt being regurgitated by the followers of the likes of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Maʾribī and ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī who invented and spread false principles regarding al-Jarḥ wal-Taʿdīl...
There is no one who sould feel safe about himself, and no one who should praise himself and say: “I am a Muwaḥḥid, I am not in need of [reminders or teachings about] Tawḥīd.