What is the authenticity of Ibn Hazm’s statement that the Ibadiyyah are the closest to the people of the truth?
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The questioner : The statement mentioned is Ibn Hazm’s, and al-Hafiz (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted it when he said, “The Ibadiyyah are the closest to the people of the truth.”
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We will give them. How should we answer, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : Yes, I have not read the Khawarij’s school of thought in detail, but Ibn Hajar must have looked into something. Just as we say, for example, that the Zaydiyyah are the closest of the Shi’ah to the people of the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We will give them. How should we answer, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : Yes, I have not read the Khawarij’s school of thought in detail, but Ibn Hajar must have looked into something. Just as we say, for example, that the Zaydiyyah are the closest of the Shi’ah to the people of the Sunnah.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3582 - 4600 ما صحة قول ابن حزم وأقربهم إلى قول أهل الحق الإباضية؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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