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
This 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.

02  The Imāms of al-Jarḥ wal-Taʿdīl Are the Protectors of the Religion
Restricting matters of tabdīʿ to specific shaykhs while marginalising others by making a distinction between speech about narrators and speech about deviants and innovators.

03  Al-Jarḥ wal-Taʿdil by the Competent Has Not Been Cut Off and Will Remain Till the Qurʾān is Raised
The leading scholars of Islām throughout history embarked upon criticising and disparaging Ahl al-Bidaʿ, explaining their danger and the danger of their innovations, and warning from them.

04  The Innovators Are the Foremost of Those Who Deserve Disparagement by the Imāms of Ḥadīth
Evidences from the Book, the Sunnah and the speech of the Imams of Ḥadīth that the innovators and deviants are the foremost of those worthy of disparagement by the Imāms of Ḥadīth.

05  Debating Fāliḥ About the Affair of Taqlīd (in His Tabdīʿ of Innocent People)
Shaykh Fāliḥ harmed many people by making tabdīʿ of them, reviling them, and tarnishing their reputation within and outside the kingdom.

06  First Brotherly Advice to Faliḥ Regarding Tabdīʿ, Taqlīd and Other Issues
The first of two private advices given to Fāliḥ al-Ḥarbī by Shaykh Rabīʿ in relation to his destructive methodology of unwarranted tabdīʿ of Salafī shaykhs and callers.

07  Second Brotherly Advice to Faliḥ To Validate His Tabdiʿ and End the Fitnah He Started
Shaykh Rabīʿ requests Fāliḥ al-Ḥarbī for the evidences for his tabdīʿ of well-known Salafīs in order to end and extinguish the fitnah he ignited, or else apologise.

08  The Dirty War: The Issue of Praying and Invoking Mercy for Sinful Muslims and Innovators
Have you forgotten your false principles and your severe judgements against innocent people, or who may have had errors? You exaggerated in judging them.

09  The Dirty War: Reversing The Polished Sharp-Edged Blade to the Neck of its Wielder
The dishonesty of Fāliḥ and his followers in falsely accusing Shaykh Rabīʿof allowing compromise in the foundations of Islām and even intimating takfīr of him.

10  Questions to Fāliḥ al-Harbī
Shaykh Rabīʿ sent follow up questions to Fāliḥ after his failure to respond positively to two pieces of written advice sent to him regarding his unwarranted tabdīʿ and his false principles which had been sent weeks earlier. (16/06/2004).