What is meant by the understanding of the Salaf of the texts?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by the understanding of the Salaf of the texts?
Answer:
It is clear. What is meant is that the Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) understood the texts according to the intent of Allah and the intent of His Messenger, and they understood them in accordance with what came in the Qur'an of the Qur'an interpreting some of it with other parts, or what came in the Sunnah of interpreting the Qur'an, or what came from the interpretation of the Companions. So the understanding of the Salaf is based on principles, on these principles. This is the understanding of the Salaf, it is based on these principles. It is not based on thought, as the thinkers say. No, it is based on principles. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by the understanding of the Salaf of the texts?
Answer:
It is clear. What is meant is that the Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) understood the texts according to the intent of Allah and the intent of His Messenger, and they understood them in accordance with what came in the Qur'an of the Qur'an interpreting some of it with other parts, or what came in the Sunnah of interpreting the Qur'an, or what came from the interpretation of the Companions. So the understanding of the Salaf is based on principles, on these principles. This is the understanding of the Salaf, it is based on these principles. It is not based on thought, as the thinkers say. No, it is based on principles. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3721- 4717] ما المقصود بفهم السلف للنصوص؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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