What is the ruling on expressing satisfaction with some of the Salaf and adopting that as a slogan?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on expressing satisfaction with some of the Salaf and adopting that as a slogan?
Answer:
Singling out some of them is not permissible. As for saying “May Allah be pleased with them” regarding the scholars of Islam in general, there is nothing wrong with it. But singling out some of them and making it a habit is not permissible, because this has become a slogan. However, if you say it some of the times, “May Allah be pleased with him,” regarding some of the scholars, “May Allah be pleased with Imam Ahmad, with al-Shafi'i, with Abu Hanifah, with Malik, with Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah be pleased with him,” and so on, without making it a habit, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on expressing satisfaction with some of the Salaf and adopting that as a slogan?
Answer:
Singling out some of them is not permissible. As for saying “May Allah be pleased with them” regarding the scholars of Islam in general, there is nothing wrong with it. But singling out some of them and making it a habit is not permissible, because this has become a slogan. However, if you say it some of the times, “May Allah be pleased with him,” regarding some of the scholars, “May Allah be pleased with Imam Ahmad, with al-Shafi'i, with Abu Hanifah, with Malik, with Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah be pleased with him,” and so on, without making it a habit, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [543 -560] ما حكم الترضي عن بعض السلف واتخاذ ذلك شعاراً؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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