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This tag - by the Permission and Grace of Allaah - will display benefits taken from the Sharh of Saheeh Muslim by the well-known Imaam, Aboo Zakariyyah Yahya bin Sharaf an-Nawawi (d.676) - may Allaah have Mercy on him.
We aim to cover the whole book with this extensive series.
Shaykh al-'Allaamah Muhammad al-'Uthaymeen [may Allaah have Mercy on him] said about Imaam Aboo Zakariyyah an-Nawawee,
"(An-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar) are from the 'Ulema that have benefitted them Ummah a great deal. Even if they have erred in certain areas of Ta'weel, they are forgiven because of their virtues and the great deal of benefit they have left behind.
I believe that the mistakes that they may have made is only a result of Ijtihaad and I hope in Allaah, the Most High, that they will be forgiven for this. However, they remain as those who left behind a great deal of good and benefit - for this there is gratitude for.
As for my opinion, I hold them both to be from Ahl as-Sunnah wal Jama'aah.
The proof is that they may have erred on a few issues of Ta'weel of Sifaat, however their service to the Sunnah and its Ahkaam is proof that they were upon the way of following the Sunnah.
As for making mistakes in al-'Aqeedah, then if a person makes a mistake and differs from the way of Ahl as-Sunnah then he is misguided, without doubt.
However, we cannot state that a person is misguided until the Hujjah is established against him. Once the Hujjah has been presented and explained, and the person continues to differ with the Salaf, only then a person can be classed as an innovator in the matters which he has differed in - as now he has opposed the truth - otherwise, in the rest of affairs he is Salafee.
Therefore, a person cannot be classed as an innovator wholeheartedly, or as a Salafee wholeheartedly. Rather, we describe such a person as being Salafee in which he conforms to the truth in and an innovator in which he differs with the Salaf upon.
Just as the (well-known) view of Ahl as-Sunnah on the ruling of a Faasiq is that he is a believer in relation to his Emaan and has Fisq in relation to his sins. Therefore, it is not possible to place a comprehensive Hukm upon such person - complete affirmation and complete negation. This is the justice Allaah has Commanded."
[Adapted from Kitaab al-'Ilm Pg. 198 on wards]
Shaykh al-Allaamah Hammaad al-Ansaaree [may Allaah have Mercy on him] said about those who call to boycott an-Nawawee:
"Had I had some sort of power I would imprison those who call to boycotting Fath al-Baaree and Sharh Muslim, indefinitely imprisoning them until they repent." [al-Majmoo' (2/582)]
With His Name I begin and through His Bounty, I seek His Assistance..
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