The
Harshness of al-Imām Aḥmad b.’Awn Allāh Against the People of
Innovation
Translated
by Abū al-Ḥasan Mālik Ādam al- Akhḍar
IN
THE BIOGRAPHY of al-Imām Aḥmad
ibn ‘Awn Allāh (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ), Al-Ḥāfiz ibn ‘Asākir (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) writes: Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad
ibn Aḥmad
said: “Abū Ja’far Aḥmad ibn ‘Awn Allāh denounced the people of innovation and and was harsh with
them. He used to humiliate them, seeking out their faults. He was quick to
bring harm to them and was coarse with them. He would frighten them off if he
was able to do so and was never garrulous with them. Each and every one of them
feared for himself because of him. He never flattered them whatsoever, nor did
he compromise with them.
If
he discovered a reprehensible act from one of them or witnessed [the person’s]
deviation from the Sunnah, he would expose him, declare his innocence
from him, and revile him in gatherings. He would instigate [the innovator] until
he either ruined him or until [the innovator] left off his evil way and corrupt
creed. He was tireless upon this, exerting himself in this seeking the Face of
Allāh until Allāh called him
back.”*
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*See
Tārīkh
Dimashq (5/118)
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