Who are the Salaf al-Salih?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, are the righteous predecessors defined by a specific date? Or is it that whoever follows
Answer:
what? The righteous predecessors are defined by a specific date. The righteous predecessors are the preferred generations, the three or four generations that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praised. These are the Salaf. Whoever came after them and followed them is one of them, and whoever opposed them is not one of them. Those who now claim affiliation to the school of Abu Hanifah, al-Shafi'i, Malik, or Ahmad, but who oppose these Imams in creed and engage in figurative interpretation of the attributes, are not among their followers. Their attribution to them is incorrect.
Honorable Shaykh, are the righteous predecessors defined by a specific date? Or is it that whoever follows
Answer:
what? The righteous predecessors are defined by a specific date. The righteous predecessors are the preferred generations, the three or four generations that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praised. These are the Salaf. Whoever came after them and followed them is one of them, and whoever opposed them is not one of them. Those who now claim affiliation to the school of Abu Hanifah, al-Shafi'i, Malik, or Ahmad, but who oppose these Imams in creed and engage in figurative interpretation of the attributes, are not among their followers. Their attribution to them is incorrect.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 92- من هم السلف الصالح؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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