Ibadhism
Who Are The Ibadhis?
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How could the Ibadhis denounce the speeches of Eid Al-Fitri and Eid Al-Adh-haa while they see that there must be a speech in the Eid prayers? How could they see that pilgrimage can be performed during all the months of the year when it is they who strictly perform pilgrimage during its proper time without advancing or delaying, and they never cheat in that? How could they say that the companions of the Hell are in Hell happy and prosperous as are the companions of the Paradise while they recite the Book of God day and night?
As for forbidding food to the people of the Book, they mean people of the Book who resist God and his Prophet. There is a statement of the Ibadhis forbidding food because the verse points to the Dhimmis alone. (Dhimmis are non-muslims living under the protection of Muslims). Giving strange statements is opposed to what has been confirmed in the books of the Ibadhis.
It is not surprising for Sabir Taimah to make such lies because it is known that he is a variable person, changing according to his whims.He has adopted different theories in his writings. One of his colleagues from Egypt told us that at one time he embraced Communism, and was actually engaged in spreading it. We challenge Sabir Taimah to give an evidence that the Ibadhis killed people on the road and insulted women and killed children.
The history of the Ibadhis clearly narrates — whether written by Ibadhis or non-Ibadhis — that they were the most concerned people in avoiding bloodshed. Whoever wishes to find this truth should read the book: “Kitab Al-Kamil” by Al-Mubariy, and the book of songs:“Kitab Al-Aghany” by Abi Al-Faraj Al-Asfahani, and the book of lineage: “Kitab Al-Ansab” by Al-Baladiry. He shall find out how straight the Ibadhis were and what was their attitude in the war.
In addition to this, there are other writings by the later authors who relied on different sources and who were realistic in their writings and who acknowledged the truth. I shall quote later on some of the statements, and it must be known that those whom I refer to are not Ibadhis.
It is a shameful mistake in the statement of Sabir Taimah that the Ibadhis are related to Ibadhi bin Omar whereas they are attributed to Abdulla bin Abadh. This attribution has nothing to do with the legislation — it is merely for distinction, and they were thus branded by other Muslims and they accepted the name. Apart from that, they did not take anything from Abdulla bin Abadh.
Imam Noor-al-Din Al-Salmy has clearly described the issue when he said:
“The contradictory have thus named us,
And we have thus accepted,
Originally a young Ibadhi was defending us,
And he continued to resist our enemies,
With bravery, and proclaiming our Religion
With competent authority
In resistance he was an associate
And his strength unbearable to attack”
Ealier he said:
“We are the first, none preceded us,
We find Ibadhi a sect carrying us
We then do not look in the sect
The question when we write in the books,
We in origin and in divisions
Are on the high road of ancestors. ”
The Ibadhis have thus taken the affairs of their religion from many learned people, among whom Imam Abu Al-Shaathaa Jabir bin Zaid, who took knowledge from the companions of the Prophet. But they did not take from Abdulla bin Abadh, anything. He was, however, their political leader defending them by proclaiming the truth in the midst of the ranks of their enemies among the Ommaiads without caring their subjugation and authority.
Inspite of all this, we find in another book called: Ibadhism, ideology and sect, which was stolen by the hireling Sabir Taimah who attributed it to himself merely for the sake of provocation. The book was written by the Qatar student and we read it before Sabir Taimah attributed it to himself. We also met the author. We find in this book lack of fairness as the author says therein: “We cannot neglect or ignore what the writers of articles and of religion, creed and sects have written about Ibadhism, because if we neglect what they have written about this sect on the pretext that they did not investigate the truth then the excuse will not be applicable for all that they have written about the other sects.”
We comment on this statement and say: What is the obstacle preventing him from relying on what they have written about any other sect, after confirming their lie and confirming that they did not investigate the truth? Should these be clear signs showing that those people wrote from their own point of view and not from the truth when their aim was to distort the truth and not present it? We say that reference must be made for whatever has been written about any sect or creed or anyone to the impressive writings about that sect or creed or that person, and that no statement should be accepted from an opponent. ”
Are those writers of articles protected? Are they messengers of God who should be believed in anyway? In what has been transmitted from the Prophet of God and recorded in the books of Sunnah there is much which has been attributed to him but which not actually originated from him. And if telling lies has been attributed to the Prophet of God, how could not such lies be attributed to others? And how could not these lies be attributed to those who have adhered to his way of life?
Those who wrote articles are not in the custody of prophets and their works are not correct, why then should those writings be relied upon and not the others? People in our time attribute to Ibadhis things which they are very far from them, how can it be surprising for such a thing to happen during those times, knowing that the aim for such lies was to maintain positions on the thrones of ruthless rulers who controlled everything without justice!
Let us look at the lie among the contemporary ones whose author did not mind or fear disgrace or shame. The Jordanian magazine— AL-DASTOUR — published a statement in its issue No. 4412 dated 22/12/79 under the heading: “The Narrow Minded Among The Ibadhis.” The statement said: “The Saudi source in Paris announced that the members of the group which occupied the Holy Mosque in the morning of the first day of the month of Muharram in The Hegira Year 1400, are from the band of Khawarij, and this band is extremist and narrow minded, totalling 60,000. They are the Ibadhis living in Algeria, Muscat, Africa, Tunis, Libya and Oman.”
Let us look at this great slander! Is there a single person among the Ibadhis who violated the Holiness of the Kaaba? Is there any person in this band which occupied the Holy Mosque at that time who belongs to the Ibadhi sect or any person from any of the countries which the Ibadhis are referred to? There was no one among those — not a single Omani, nor Algerian, nor African, nor Tunisian nor Libyan.The majority of them were from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia itselfi and those who followed them were among the extremist Wahabis.
How then, inspite of this, they fabricated this accusation on the Ibadhis whereas it is well-known that the Ibadhis, in their long history, are the ones who defended the Holy Mosque?
When Hajaj bin Yusuf violated the sacredness of the Holy Mosque, the Ibadhis made their utmost effort to wage the holy war under the command of Ibni Al-Zubair in defence of the Holy Kaaba and of the Islamic sanctities. Also when Qaid Yazid went to Mecca to destroy the sacrilege of the Holy Mosque after destroying the sacrilege of the Holiness of Medina and killed ten thousand among the migrants and the helpers in the battle of Al-Harra which is well-known. The Ibadhis heard about his intentions and hurried to the Holy Mecca to defend God's sanctity. How then, can it be said that those who stormed the Holy Mosque are the Ibadhis?
What is really distressing is that the source of this slander is a person who may have a high regard in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.He was duty-bound, at least, to respect the state in whose name he speaks; and this state has honourably served the two Holy Places; but passion makes a person blind and deaf. This is an example of the many slanders of our time on the Ibadhis
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