Imaam al-Albaanee on Unity with Ash'arees, Sufi's - English

Shaykh al-Albaanee on Unity with the Ash'arees, Soofees and Maatureedees - The noble muhaddith, Imaam Muhammad Naasirud-Deen al-Albaanee clarifies the futility of those who want to unite Salafees along with Soofees, Ash'arees and Maatureedees, with the argument that if we overlook our major differences, we will then be able to face the enemies of Islaam and the Muslims. As the Shaykh explains, such people want us to abolish the Sharee'ah of Allaah for the sake of this superficial and ill-conceived unity.
الإمام محمد ناصر الدين الألباني رحمه الله
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Sheikh 'Abdul-'Azeez Ibn Baaz -- rahimahullaah -- said:
''There is no doubt that it is obligatory upon the Muslims to unify their ranks and to unite their word upon truth and to cooperate in goodness and piety against the enemies of Islaam -- as Allaah the Most Perfect ordered them with His statement:
''And hold fast altogether to the rope of Allaah and do not become divided.'' [Soorah Aali-'Imraan 3:102]
And likewise, Allaah has warned the Muslims against splitting-up, as occurs in His -- The Most Perfect's -- saying:
''And do not be like those who differed and split-up after the clear evidences came to them.'' [Soorah Aali-'Imraan 3:105].
However, the order to unify the Muslims and to unite their word upon the truth and to hold fast to the rope of Allaah, does not necessitate that they should not censure wrong beliefs and practices -- whether from the Soofees or from other than them.... Rather what the order to hold fast to the rope of Allaah necessitates is: to order the good, forbid the evil and also to clarify the truth -- with clear Sharee'ah evidences -- to whomsoever is misguided or has a mistaken opinion, until they unite upon the truth and turn away from that which opposes it. All of this is included in His -- the Most Perfect's -- saying:
''And help you one another in righteousness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and transgression.'' [Sooratul Maa'idah 5:2]
And His -- the Most Perfect's -- saying:
''Let there arise from amongst you a group of people calling all that is good, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, they are the ones who shall be successful.'' [Soorah Aali-'Imraan 3:110]
And when the people of truth withhold from clarifying the mistakes of those who have erred or are mistaken, then they will not have achieved what Allaah ordered them with, as regards calling to goodness, ordering the good and forbidding the evil. So the person in error will remain upon his error, and the person acting in opposition of the truth will remain upon his opposition. And this is contrary to what Allaah -- the Most perfect -- prescribed, with regards to sincere advice, cooperation upon goodness, ordering the good and forbidding the evil -- and Allaah alone is the One who grants success.''
Tanbeehaat fir-Radd 'alaa man Ta'awwalis-Sifaat (p. 31-32)