Dividing the Salafis into jihadist, scholarly, and principled
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Question:
The questioner says: May Allah reward you. We often hear that the Salafis are divided into sections and types, including the jihadist and the scholarly, and the principled. What is correct, and how is it?
Answer:
All of this is wrong. The Salafiyyah is not divided. What the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon in creed, in dealings, in morals, and in all matters of religion is the Salafiyyah. As for these names like "principled" and the like, they need to be looked into. Whatever of them agrees with the methodology of the Salaf is accepted, and whatever contradicts the methodology of the Salaf is left. Yes, the methodology of the Salaf is the standard and the measure. Yes.
The questioner says: May Allah reward you. We often hear that the Salafis are divided into sections and types, including the jihadist and the scholarly, and the principled. What is correct, and how is it?
Answer:
All of this is wrong. The Salafiyyah is not divided. What the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon in creed, in dealings, in morals, and in all matters of religion is the Salafiyyah. As for these names like "principled" and the like, they need to be looked into. Whatever of them agrees with the methodology of the Salaf is accepted, and whatever contradicts the methodology of the Salaf is left. Yes, the methodology of the Salaf is the standard and the measure. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-050-حاجة الأمة للمنهج السلفي|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (43:56)
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