Is it true that the sect closest to the people of the Sunnah and the community is the Asha'irah sect, because we have heard people say that?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that the sect closest to the people of the Sunnah and the community is the Asha'irah sect; because we have heard people say this?
Answer:
It does not benefit them even if they become the closest; what benefits them is only if they become like the people of the Sunnah. That is, they said they are the closest because they affirm seven attributes or fourteen attributes, so they are in a better state than those who denied all the attributes. But this does not benefit them. Are they not from the people of the Sunnah? Because the attributes are of one pattern; if you affirm some of them, you are required to affirm the rest. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that the sect closest to the people of the Sunnah and the community is the Asha'irah sect; because we have heard people say this?
Answer:
It does not benefit them even if they become the closest; what benefits them is only if they become like the people of the Sunnah. That is, they said they are the closest because they affirm seven attributes or fourteen attributes, so they are in a better state than those who denied all the attributes. But this does not benefit them. Are they not from the people of the Sunnah? Because the attributes are of one pattern; if you affirm some of them, you are required to affirm the rest. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [995 -1024] هل صحيح أن أقرب فرقة لأهل السنة والجماعة هي فرقة الأشاعرة لأننا قد سمعنا من يقول ذلك؟ — youtube.com
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