Statement: I am a Muslim, I do not belong to the Salafiyyah
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The questioner:
What is the validity of the statement of one who says, “I am a Muslim, I do not belong to the Salafiyyah, nor to any other of the parties”?
The Shaykh:
The one who does not belong to the Salafiyyah is not upon the methodology of the Salaf, even if he says, “I am a Muslim.”
The questioner:
No, no.
The Shaykh:
So he is upon a methodology that contradicts the methodology of the Salaf, and his distance from the Salaf or the school of the Salaf varies. He should abandon this statement and learn beneficial knowledge, and hold fast to what the Salaf of this Ummah were upon. Yes.
What is the validity of the statement of one who says, “I am a Muslim, I do not belong to the Salafiyyah, nor to any other of the parties”?
The Shaykh:
The one who does not belong to the Salafiyyah is not upon the methodology of the Salaf, even if he says, “I am a Muslim.”
The questioner:
No, no.
The Shaykh:
So he is upon a methodology that contradicts the methodology of the Salaf, and his distance from the Salaf or the school of the Salaf varies. He should abandon this statement and learn beneficial knowledge, and hold fast to what the Salaf of this Ummah were upon. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-050-حاجة الأمة للمنهج السلفي|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:05)
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