Abu 'Aaliyah Surkhil - reliable in Hanbali fiqh / aqida?

[al-hanafi]

asalamu alaykum,

Brother Abuz-zubair - do you know Abu 'Aaliyah Surkhil - is he a reliable Hanbali to learn Hanbali fiqh and aqida from?


* Sidi Abu ‘Aaliyah Surkhil ibn Anwar Sharif has been involved in
da’wah and community work over the last 20 years. He has delivered
lectures, circles and seminars in various universities, mosques and
Islamic centres across the UK and abroad. He has studied under a
number scholars, notably Shaykh ‘Abdullâh al-Fârisi and Shaykh
Abdurrahmân al-Luwayhiq. He is currently furthering his studies in
Hanbali Fiqh and has translated a number of books from Arabic into
English, including Tenets of Faith, The Ideological Attack,
Etiquettes of Differing, The Exquisite Pearl, Fadl ‘Ilm al-Salaf
(Virtue of Knowledge of the Predecessors) of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali,
and Bidâyat al-Sul fî Tafdîl ar-Rasul (Virtues and Status of the
Prophet [pbuh]) of al-‘Izz ibn ‘Abd as-Salâm. Amongst his regular
local community activities he has been the guest of a number shows
on Islamic radio stations during Ramadan and is also Director of
the Jawziyyah Institute based in London. Currently he teaches and
serves as one of the Jumu’ah Khateeb’s at Masjid Al-Tawhid in East
London. For more information please visit:
http://web.mac.com/jawziyyah

[WM]

Those teachers are both wahhabis, and those books are all wahhabi. 'Ideological Attack' was by Sh. Bin Baz (r), I think 'exquisite pearl' was Sh. ibn 'Uthaymin (r)

[Abu wakee]

exquisite pearl is by shaykh abdur rahman ibn nasir as-sa'di (ra).

[Abuz Zubair]

1. I am not an authority to declare who is a Hanbali and who is not, unless if there is someone who is an outright lying con-artists, for such people can be noticed from miles away.

2. All I can do is comment on *some* issues in accordance with my limited knowledge, as to what the madhab position is, what an acceptable or a non-acceptable position is, etc.

3. Being a Hanbali in fiqh does not always make one a Sunni. We have also had our own share of Jahmis or those who agreed with some Jahmi principles, although, predominantly, the Hanbalis have been very staunchly against 'ilm al-kalam.

4. One of the reason for the downfall of the 'first generation salafis' was that they focused on personalities, and were to shallow, and/or bigoted to focus on issues. Let us not go down that route, at all. If a person says the truth, he is commended for that. If he speaks falsehood, he is refuted and the truth is made clear, and this is where the matter ends.