Tim Humble
Question:-
Should people be attending talks hosted by Tim Humble since he is in South Africa? There are a number of his seminars taking place .
Answer:-
We are not fully aware of the British Islamic speaker Tim Humble, nor of his beliefs and background etc. However, his profile states that he studied at the faculty of Hadeeth in Madinah Munawwarah. Many of his lectures, together with his pictures are on You-tube, Instagram and other social media platforms.
There is a clip from an institute that has been recently circulating on social media platforms which state that, he is a hard-core Salafi; they are also in possession of an audio where he states that, the beliefs of the Ashaa’ira stem from a Jew or a Christian and the hypocrites; such people that disobeyed Allah and His Rasul Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam. He states that their beliefs go back to those that had no concept of Tauheed.
If the above is really his recording, then it is such individuals that cause a major split and division in the Ummah. Their topic of discussion always pertains to matters of Aqeedah and particularly, the Mutashaabihaat (those verses to which no specific or exact meaning can be given).
Hadrat Anas Bin Maalik Radiallahu Anhu narrates, “I heard Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam saying, ‘My Ummah will never concur on deviation. If you see any disunity, hold on firmly to the main body of the Muslims,’.” [Re:- Ibn Majah Pg.283]
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو خَلَفٍ الْأَعْمَى، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اخْتِلَافًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّوَادِ الْأَعْظَمِ (ابن ماجة)
Shah Waliyullah Rahimahullah states, “I say, the successful group is the one which adopts – with regard to beliefs and practices – that which is obvious from the Quraan and Sunnah and which was practiced upon by the major body of the Sahaabah and Tabi’een.
The unsuccessful creed refers to every such creed that adopts a belief or practice which is contrary to those of the Salaf (the Sahaabah and Tabi’een).”
[Re:- Hujjatul-Lahil Baaligah Pg.180 Vol.1]
أَقُول الْفرْقَة النَّاجِية هم الآخذون فِي العقيدة وَالْعَمَل جَمِيعًا بِمَا ظهر من الْكتاب وَالسّنة، وَجرى عَلَيْهِ جُمْهُور الصَّحَابَة وَالتَّابِعِينَ (حجة الله البالغة ص170 ج1)
وَغير النَّاجِية كل فرقة انتحلت عقيدة خلاف عقيدة السّلف أَو عملا دون أَعْمَالهم. (حجة الله البالغة ص170 ج1)
Mufti Bashir Ahmad Saheb, Shaykh-ul Hadith of Jamia Qasmiyyah Muraadabad (India) states, “The gist of all this is that a person must remain with the main body of Muslims of the Ummah. This is only found in the followers of the four Imaams. The greatest of Ulama and Mashaa’ikh of every era were Muqallids. Furthermore, if we ponder over this carefully, we can say that the main body of Muslims refer to the Deobandi creed, in the sense that a very large number of ‘Ulama’ and ‘Mashaa’ikh’ are affiliated to it and they will be referred to as Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa’ah.” [Re:- Ghair Muqallid Ke I’tiraadaat ke 56 Jawaabaat Pg.253 Vol.1]
Alhamdulillah, it is truly the kindness of Almighty Allah, that He blessed our country with so many Deeni institutes which are headed by righteous Ulama that follow the path of the Ahlus Sunnah Wal-Jamaa’ah. Ulama and scholars from various parts of the world have accepted these institutes as reliable institutes and therefore, keep sending their students to South Africa to acquire knowledge of Deen. Many of these students have returned to their respective countries and established their own Darul Ulooms, Alhamdulillah. When we have been blessed with such luminaries which majority of the people follow, then there really is no need for us to host speakers like Tim Humble, nor should we attend his discourses. The Masaajid should not entertain such controversial speakers that are the cause of Fitnah in the Ummah.
ALLAH TA’ALA KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai
Date: 09 Safar 1444 / 06 September 2022