What is the authenticity of this phrase: "Hold fast to the old and beware of the new"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is your opinion of this text: "Hold fast to the old and beware of the new"?
Answer:
That is, what the Salaf were upon is the correct meaning of "the old," meaning the old way, what the righteous Salaf were upon. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is your opinion of this text: "Hold fast to the old and beware of the new"?
Answer:
That is, what the Salaf were upon is the correct meaning of "the old," meaning the old way, what the righteous Salaf were upon. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [16 -560] ما صحة هذه العبارة: "عليكم بالعتيق وإياكم والمحدثات"؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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