In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The life of the ancestor
Between words and action
By Sheikh Ahmed bin Nasser Al-Tayyar
Our duty towards the righteous predecessors
We must pay attention to my words and the lives of the righteous predecessors and well-established scholars and highlight them
For the following
First, fulfill their duty and fulfill their rights upon us
We benefited from them and our situation was improved after God Almighty because of them
It is their right for us to show and spread their knowledge and exploits
We ask God Almighty to unite us with them in Paradise
Secondly
Taking care of their words and behavior, being attached to them and loving them
It brings the believer closer to them and makes him resemble them
As close as possible to the righteous predecessors
The believer is righteous and adheres to the Sunnah
He alienates and stays away from passion and innovation
There are few mistakes and errors
And from the letter of the one who deviated
Some people made many mistakes
He became closer by keeping them away from the guidance of their predecessors
And their lack of care about their behavior
If you wish to join the people, follow their path
It has become clearly visible to those who walk
This path must be taken
The imams of its people succeeded the council for their guidance and knowledge
Like Al-Shafi’i and Ahmad
Ishaq and Abu Ubaid
And whoever follows their path
Whoever claims to take this path is not their path
He fell into troubles and dangers
He took what was not permissible to take
Leaving what needs to be done
Third
To highlight their words and revive their effects
God repel many heresies and deviations
Suspicions and desires
There is only right or wrong
The weakness of truth is not the strength of falsehood
The truth is only strong by the strength of its people
The people of truth are the righteous predecessors, companions and followers
And whoever follows them with goodness
Those who adhere to the Qur’an and Sunnah
Highlighting their influences, morals, beliefs and approaches
It calls for people to accept what they are
It corrects the path of those affiliated with Islam
And their darkness increases
This inevitably leads to their strength and the weakness of those who oppose them
Fourth
To highlight their words and revive their effects
It makes the Muslim distinguish between right and wrong
Who is affiliated with knowledge and advocacy
Whoever sees him violates the guidance of our righteous predecessors in behavior or morals
Or beliefs or method
His mistake or misguidance
Then the Muslim will have insight and guidance
He is safe from misguidance, deviation, and deception by those who stray from the path of truth
No matter how great his fame is
His style was good and his influence reached
Fifth
To make the guidance of the righteous predecessors and their understanding of the issues
Their interpretation of the legal texts is the ruling in the event of disagreement
And the decisive factor in conflict
When people disagree, especially those affiliated with knowledge, advocacy, and goodness
On issues related to faith, methodology, behavior and ethics
The guidance of our predecessors is the ruling
The one who does not refrain from seeking judgment except a deviant and misguided person
Perhaps each one cited a verse or hadith as evidence
The other opposes it with a verse or hadith
So we tell them
Let us look at the understanding of the Companions, the Successors, and their followers
Those for whom charity has been definitively proven
We enjoy the understanding of the well-established scholars who followed them
Those who have a truthful tongue in the nation
Our understanding cannot be better than theirs
Nor are our minds better than theirs
Nor are our sciences more established than theirs
If they agree on something
We must surrender to them
The nation does not unite on misguidance