A Response to Those Who Describe the Salafi Methodology as Sterile
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Question:
What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, of the one who says that the Salafi methodology is a sterile methodology, whose concern is preserving the texts while staying away from the field?
Answer:
This is an attack on the methodology of the Salaf. It is an attack on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:100] This person is saying, "Do not follow the Muhajireen and do not follow the Ansar," because it is a sterile methodology. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, of the one who says that the Salafi methodology is a sterile methodology, whose concern is preserving the texts while staying away from the field?
Answer:
This is an attack on the methodology of the Salaf. It is an attack on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhajireen and the Ansar and those who followed them with good conduct
وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنصَارِ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَانٍ
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 11- — archive.org (54:04)
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