A Response to Those Who Argue with Their Satisfaction with Their Own State
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Question:
The questioner: May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How do we respond to the innovators who say, "We are satisfied with what we are upon, just as you are satisfied with what you are upon"?
Answer:
The Shaykh: Satisfaction is not an argument. Satisfaction is not an argument. The argument is in the Book and the Sunnah. As for when he says, "I am satisfied," satisfaction is not an argument. Pharaoh and others claim that they are satisfied with what they are upon. All disbelievers claim that they are satisfied with what they are upon. But if what they are upon is without evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, it is invalid, even if they are satisfied with it. Yes.
The questioner: May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. How do we respond to the innovators who say, "We are satisfied with what we are upon, just as you are satisfied with what you are upon"?
Answer:
The Shaykh: Satisfaction is not an argument. Satisfaction is not an argument. The argument is in the Book and the Sunnah. As for when he says, "I am satisfied," satisfaction is not an argument. Pharaoh and others claim that they are satisfied with what they are upon. All disbelievers claim that they are satisfied with what they are upon. But if what they are upon is without evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, it is invalid, even if they are satisfied with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 33 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/كرامات الأولياء/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:23)
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