The Criterion of Salafiyyah
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Question:
He says: In this atmosphere charged with partisanship, many people claim to be Salafi, and many claim Salafiyyah for themselves while preventing others from entering it or denying their entry into it. So what is the criterion for Salafiyyah? Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[At-Tawbah 9:100] So Salafiyyah is what was upon the methodology of the earliest predecessors, the Muhajireen and the Ansar.
Answer:
And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast toJami` at-Tirmidhi 2676Sahih (Darussalam) after me, and bite down on it with your molars."
So the true Salafi is the one who follows the Salaf with excellence, without extremism and without negligence, but rather being moderate upon the methodology of the Salaf. Not everyone who claims to be Salafi is a Salafi. If he is not doing so with excellence, he is not a Salafi. And excellence is perfection. One does not become excellent upon the way of the Salaf unless he learns their creed, their methodology, and what they were upon, so that he is upon it and proceeds upon it with good. It is not Salafiyyah in supplication only while being ignorant. This requires knowledge and insight so that we proceed and follow them with excellence. Yes.
He says: In this atmosphere charged with partisanship, many people claim to be Salafi, and many claim Salafiyyah for themselves while preventing others from entering it or denying their entry into it. So what is the criterion for Salafiyyah? Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
And the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhajireen and the Ansar and those who followed them
وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنصَارِ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمAnswer:
And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to
my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafa'
بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديينSo the true Salafi is the one who follows the Salaf with excellence, without extremism and without negligence, but rather being moderate upon the methodology of the Salaf. Not everyone who claims to be Salafi is a Salafi. If he is not doing so with excellence, he is not a Salafi. And excellence is perfection. One does not become excellent upon the way of the Salaf unless he learns their creed, their methodology, and what they were upon, so that he is upon it and proceeds upon it with good. It is not Salafiyyah in supplication only while being ignorant. This requires knowledge and insight so that we proceed and follow them with excellence. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-084-مسائل النوازل|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:25:36)
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