Asceticism toward the books of the Sunnah on the claim of a lack of scientific foundation

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, some students of knowledge look down upon the books of the Sunnah, such as [Al-Dhaki'] and 'Abdullah ibn Ahmad, and say that they do not contain a scientific foundation. What is your opinion?

Answer:
If there is no deficiency in the speech of the people of knowledge, then where is the deficiency with these innovators regarding knowledge? Have you not seen that the value of a sword is diminished when it is said that the sword is more effective against the disobedient?
These people are measured by the people of knowledge; is their speech taken as a standard for the people of knowledge? Their speech is ignorant and...? They are ignorant, and what follows is not...? They are ignorant, and what follows is not...? What is a foundation? Why is the foundation the Book and the Sunnah? The type is the Book; the type is the books of the people of knowledge, and praise be to Allah, they are built upon the Book. The type is originally... but these people are ignorant, or they are malicious and want to divert people from the books of the people of knowledge and the people of correct creed and the authentic. And how many of this type are there of the malicious? Yes.

The presenter:
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