Action Items for the Muttaqun:

Action Items for the 

uttaqun:

• If a person asks you, "Who is your sheikh?" it is best to answer, "Prophet Muhammed, salli allahu aleihi wa salam (peace and blessings be upon him)."  
• If someone asks you, "What are you?" you should answer, "Muslim(believer in tawheed), insha'Allah (only by Allah's Will / if Allah Wills it)."
• If someone asks you, "What is your minhaj ("methodology", i.e. methods, rules, procedures, etc.)?" you should answer, "Quran and Sunnah."
• If someone asks you, "What is your madhdhab ("way", e.g. direction, manner or mode)?" you may answer, "Salaf, insha'Allah"
• If a person were to ask, "What dawah (call) do you follow?" or "What do you teach (call the people to)?" you could reply, "Dawat-us-Salafiyyah, insha'Allah."
• Insha'Allah you can clearly identify yourself in the best of manners and at the same time distinguished yourself from the people of innovation with the following words or something to its effect.....
  • I am a muslim. My methodology is Qur'an and Sunnah. Insha'Allah I follow the way of the salaf muslims.
  • Ana muslim. Minhaji Al-Quran wa Sunnah. Insha'Allah madhdhabi i-tabaa al-muslimeen al-salafeen.
  • Or:
  • I am a follower of the righteous predecessors.
  • Ana a-tabaa as-salaf as-saalih.
• The best way to clearly identify yourself from the innovators is by action, i.e. your minhaj.

Remember... Allah, subhana watala, sees everything we do!