Shaykh Rabīʿ’s Refutations of Fāliḥ al-Ḥarbī

Excerpts From: “The Clear Compilation in Refutation of the Methodology and Principles of Fāliḥ”

By Shaykh Rabīʿ bin Hādī (رحمه الله)

Fālih al-Ḥarbī took and carried the flag from the chief of the First Wave Haddādīs, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Bāshmīl, and proceeded upon the same way, that of haste and exaggeration in tabdīʿ. Unable to provide evidence when held to standard, he and his loyal followers began to invent new principles regarding al-Jarḥ wal-Taʿdīl to justify their activities, and they also made exaggeration (ghuluww) in the status of Fāliḥ to compensate for his lack of evidences. Hence, like Bāshmīl, Fāliḥ al-Ḥarbī also became a theorist and developer of the ideology. Shaykh Rabīʿ advised Fāliḥ much, and wrote numerous letters and treatise to address the problems caused by his Ḥaddādī methodology.

01  Exaggeration (Ghuluww) in the Status of Fāliḥ al-Harbī to Evade the Burden of Proof
his is alongside them considering truth to be falsehood and falsehood to be truth, and many of them considering heinous exaggeration (ghuluww) to be truth and justice.