The Difference Between the Saved Sect and the Victorious Group
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Question:
Our brother from the UAE, whose name is Ahmad Abd al-Rahman, asks: What are the signs of the saved sect and the victorious group? Is there a difference between them?
Answer:
There is no difference between the saved sect and the victorious group; they are one group, the saved one and the victorious one. It is saved from the punishment of Allah, from the Fire, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is called the saved sect because it is safe from the Fire in which these sects fall. It is the victorious group, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
These descriptions all apply to the saved sect and the victorious group, as does the third description, that they are the people of the Sunnah and the community. All these are descriptions of one sect: the sect that was upon what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon in methodology, practice, and uprightness. This is the saved sect. So whoever wants salvation, let him be with this sect, let him adhere to it, and let him proceed along its path and line. Its descriptions, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained, are that it is upon the truth, upon what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon, that it acts according to the Sunnah, and that it rejects bid'ah (religious innovation), deviations, and the desires and wishes of people. Rather, it gives precedence to what is authentic in the Book of Allah and what is authentic in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it acts upon it. This is the description of the saved sect in speech and in action. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Our brother from the UAE, whose name is Ahmad Abd al-Rahman, asks: What are the signs of the saved sect and the victorious group? Is there a difference between them?
Answer:
There is no difference between the saved sect and the victorious group; they are one group, the saved one and the victorious one. It is saved from the punishment of Allah, from the Fire, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
This Ummah has split and will split into seventy-three sects, all in the Fire except one.
افترقت وستفترق هذه الأمة على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة كلها في النار إلا واحدةA group from my Ummah will remain upon the truth, manifest, and those who abandon them or oppose them will not harm them until the command of Allah comes.
لا تزال طائفة من أمتي على الحق ظاهرة لا يضرهم من خذلهم ولا من خالفهم حتى يأتي أمر الله.These descriptions all apply to the saved sect and the victorious group, as does the third description, that they are the people of the Sunnah and the community. All these are descriptions of one sect: the sect that was upon what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon in methodology, practice, and uprightness. This is the saved sect. So whoever wants salvation, let him be with this sect, let him adhere to it, and let him proceed along its path and line. Its descriptions, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained, are that it is upon the truth, upon what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon, that it acts according to the Sunnah, and that it rejects bid'ah (religious innovation), deviations, and the desires and wishes of people. Rather, it gives precedence to what is authentic in the Book of Allah and what is authentic in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it acts upon it. This is the description of the saved sect in speech and in action. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي علامات الفرقة الناجية والطائفة المنصورة؟ وهل بينهما فرق؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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