As it is understood from the beginning of his book to the end, Rashid Rida does not posses any firm faith or reasonable opinion. He looks for grounds for traducing Ahl as-Sunnat and the four madhhabs and beats about the bush. By using his freemason master's cunning policy and putting in arbitrary examples by translating from books written in Arabic, his mother tongue, he introduces himself as a religious scholar. Lest our young men of religious profession and the pure, credulous Muslims should believe in the lies and slanders of this cunning enemy of Ahl as-Sunnat, we have written this humble refutation.

In summary, the purpose of this book, Answer to an Enemy of Islam, is to explain that the four madhhabs of Ahl as-Sunnat were deduced from the Qur'an al-karim and the hadith ash-Sharif. The books of fiqh that exist in the contemporary age do not contain any ijtihad disagreeing with any hadith. Of their ijtihads, which seem to disagree with one another, only one of them is right, yet those who follow the wrong ones, as pointed out in the hadith ash-Sharif, will also be given thawab. Therefore, as it will be sahih (valid) and maqbul (acceptable in the view of Allahu ta'ala) to do what has been conveyed unanimously in their four madhhabs, so it will be sahih and maqbul to do what they disagreed on. Then, every Muslim who is not a mujtahid has to choose and follow one of the four madhhabs in everything he does, without any need to search for the documents of the imam al-madhhab, for, the new Muslims among the Tabiin imitated as-Sahabat al-kiram without asking for any documentation. When doing anything in accordance with the madhhab he has liked and chosen, every Muslim should believe that he is obeying the Qur'an al-karim or the hadith ash-Sharif.

There is no need for a mujtahid today. For, nothing has been left unexplained among Islamic teachings. There is nothing to be added to this religion, which has already become perfect. Rules for everything that will happen until Doomsday were declared by Rasulullah (sall-Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and explained by the aimmat al-madhahib. Those scholars who are not mujtahids can manage their application to daily events. Mujaddids who will come in every century will do this job, but, because it is no longer necessary, they will not deduce new rules through ijtihad. Every haram, halal or document has been explained.

Now, anybody who wants to attain to endless happiness should learn the faith of Ahl as-Sunnat briefly and believe accordingly, and then, choosing the one which is possible and easy for him to learn of the four madhhabs, he should learn one by one about his daily doings and 'ibadat in a book of that madhhab and practice them accordingly. In every country, genuine books of 'ilm al-hal, each writing the teachings of one madhhab, are easily available. This opportunity is Allahu ta'ala's great blessing over the Ummat al-Muhammad (sall-Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam). Infinite thanks be to Allahu ta'ala for this great blessing of His! We ought to be on the alert lest we should be deceived by the false words and writings of heretics, of the la-madhhabi, of religion reformers and of those ignoramuses who speak and write in order to earn money!

As-salamu 'ala man ittaba 'Al-huda.