The call to reread the texts to keep pace with the times
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The questioner:
Your Eminence, the questioner says: Your Eminence, some media personalities who call themselves “enlightened” describe those who hold fast to the Book and the Sunnah with the understanding of the Salaf of the Ummah as “dark ages” people, and that it is necessary to re-read the texts so that they keep pace with the times. What is Your Eminence’s comment on this?
The Shaykh:
It is necessary.
The questioner:
And that it is necessary to re-read the texts from the Book.
The Shaykh:
This is the error. Re-reading the texts means: leave what the righteous Salaf and the Muslim Ummah are upon, leave it, and start anew. That is their intention. Change your religion and what you are upon, and start with a new religion and a new era, and cut your ties with the righteous Salaf. That is their intent. Yes.
Your Eminence, the questioner says: Your Eminence, some media personalities who call themselves “enlightened” describe those who hold fast to the Book and the Sunnah with the understanding of the Salaf of the Ummah as “dark ages” people, and that it is necessary to re-read the texts so that they keep pace with the times. What is Your Eminence’s comment on this?
The Shaykh:
It is necessary.
The questioner:
And that it is necessary to re-read the texts from the Book.
The Shaykh:
This is the error. Re-reading the texts means: leave what the righteous Salaf and the Muslim Ummah are upon, leave it, and start anew. That is their intention. Change your religion and what you are upon, and start with a new religion and a new era, and cut your ties with the righteous Salaf. That is their intent. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (2:05)
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