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