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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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You mentioned that it is necessary to follow the methodology of the Salaf regarding the names and attributes, and that we should mention them by their wording

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned, and you continue to mention, that it is necessary to follow the methodology of the Salaf regarding the names and attributes, and that we should mention them by their wording. But is there a criterion by which we can know who has deviated from the methodology of the Salaf so that we can distance ourselves from them?

Answer:
Yes, all the Jahmiyyah and all the Mu'tazilah have deviated from the methodology of the Salaf, my brother. Everyone who is among the people of misguidance has deviated from the methodology of the Salaf, and they are many sects, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will split into…
This community is upon seventy-three sectsهذه الأمة على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة
Sahih Ibn Hibban 62:615
all of them will be in the Fire except one, and that is the one who is upon what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon." Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [319 -1024] ذكرتم أنه لا بد من اتباع طريقة السلف في الأسماء والصفات، وأن نذكرها بألفاظها.. — youtube.com

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