What is the validity of the statement that the methodology of the Salaf is safer, and the methodology of the Khalaf is more knowledgeable and more judicious?
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This questioner says: Who says that the methodology of the Salaf is safer, and the methodology of the Khalaf is more knowledgeable and more judicious? He asks: Is this statement correct?
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This is invalid. The Salaf are more knowledgeable and more judicious than the Khalaf. Shaykh Ibn Rajab (may Allah have mercy on him) refuted this in his treatise "The Superiority of the Knowledge of the Salaf over the Knowledge of the Khalaf," which is a published work. Yes.
This questioner says: Who says that the methodology of the Salaf is safer, and the methodology of the Khalaf is more knowledgeable and more judicious? He asks: Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is invalid. The Salaf are more knowledgeable and more judicious than the Khalaf. Shaykh Ibn Rajab (may Allah have mercy on him) refuted this in his treatise "The Superiority of the Knowledge of the Salaf over the Knowledge of the Khalaf," which is a published work. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما صحة هذا القول بأن مذهب السلف أسلم، ومذهب الخلف أعلم وأحكم؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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