The ruling on considering the sects prevalent in Muslim lands as the middle nation
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Question:
May Allah reward the Honorable Shaykh with the best reward and benefit us with what we have heard. This questioner says: Are the sects prevalent in Muslim lands considered the middle, given that they claim Islam and fall within the statement of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:143], knowing that some of them circumambulate graves, some perform mawlid celebrations, and so on?
Answer:
The sects currently prevalent on earth that claim affiliation with Islam are not considered the middle except for those who follow the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Whoever follows the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community in creed, practice, and character is from the middle nation. Whoever follows a methodology other than that of the people of the Sunnah and the community is not from the middle nation; rather, he has deviation and misguidance to the extent of what he possesses.
May Allah reward the Honorable Shaykh with the best reward and benefit us with what we have heard. This questioner says: Are the sects prevalent in Muslim lands considered the middle, given that they claim Islam and fall within the statement of Allah the Exalted:
And thus we have made you a just community
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًاAnswer:
The sects currently prevalent on earth that claim affiliation with Islam are not considered the middle except for those who follow the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Whoever follows the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community in creed, practice, and character is from the middle nation. Whoever follows a methodology other than that of the people of the Sunnah and the community is not from the middle nation; rather, he has deviation and misguidance to the extent of what he possesses.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-23-الوسطية عند أهل السنة والجماعة|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (49:37)
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