Some say that the Asha'irah constitute 95% of Muslims. How can they be on misguidance?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some say that the Asha'irah constitute 95% of Muslims, and many of the scholars and thinkers of the Muslims claim affiliation with them. How can they be on misguidance?
Answer:
What matters is not the number, my brother. What matters is who is upon the truth, even if he is just one person. What matters is who is upon the truth, even if he is just one. As for those who are not upon the truth, even if they are many, they are of no account. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:116] So what matters is who is upon the truth, who walks upon the truth and the correct path. It is not the number that matters. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some say that the Asha'irah constitute 95% of Muslims, and many of the scholars and thinkers of the Muslims claim affiliation with them. How can they be on misguidance?
Answer:
What matters is not the number, my brother. What matters is who is upon the truth, even if he is just one person. What matters is who is upon the truth, even if he is just one. As for those who are not upon the truth, even if they are many, they are of no account. Allah the Exalted said:
And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allah
وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
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