Page 110 - The Importance of the Ahl Al-Sunnah

HARUN YAHYA

course of his life is the pillar of Islam, namely, that those who
do not hold fast to the book of Allah (swt) and who do not
obey the commands of the Prophet (saas) cannot attain salva-
tion. It informs that the people must not depart from the line
drawn by the Qur’an and the Sunnah of Allah’s Final
Messenger (saas). One who follows or imitates another indi-
vidual on a different path, and thus ignores the Qur’an and the
Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) is ultimately spiritu-
ally doomed. In one of his books, Shah Naqshband expresses
his devotion to the Messenger of Allah (saas) in the following
terms: “Whatever the Messenger of Allah (saas) did, I have
done it exactly as he did and have neglected none of the
Sunnah. I have fulfilled it all and enjoyed the results. I have
seen his work in myself.”

Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi
Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi was born in Shahrazur, near
Baghdad, in 1778. He received instruction in Qur’anic com-
mentary (tafsir), the hadiths, jurisprudence (fiqh), and tasawwuf
from several famous scholars. When his shaykh died, he began
teaching students in his place. Thousands of people from all
over the Islamic world attended his classes. After teaching for
eight years he traveled to Damascus and from there to the
Hijaz. In 1809, Shaykh Abdullah al-Dahlawi invited Mawlana
Khalid to India. After completing his studies there, he returned
to Baghdad. In 1826, he died in Damascus. Ibn ‘Abidin, one of
the great Hanafi scholars, led his funerary prayers.
Mawlana Khalid opened the introduction to his work with
the following quotation from the Maktubat al-Rabbani:
“It must be well considered and understood that it is Allah
alone Who bestows blessings on all, creates all things, and
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