How does a Muslim distinguish between the valid parties and the invalid ones?
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Question:
Groups and parties have multiplied and are multiplying in this time. How does a Muslim know and distinguish between the valid ones and the invalid ones?
Answer:
This is known by the Book and the Sunnah. One presents their sayings and methodologies to the Book and the Sunnah. What agrees with the Book and the Sunnah is truth, and what contradicts the Book and the Sunnah is error or misguidance. Praise be to Allah; we have the criterion:[An-Nisa 4:59] [Ash-Shuraa 42:10] So we return to the Book and the Sunnah. What agrees with the Book and the Sunnah is truth, and what contradicts them is rejected by its speaker. Yes.
Groups and parties have multiplied and are multiplying in this time. How does a Muslim know and distinguish between the valid ones and the invalid ones?
Answer:
This is known by the Book and the Sunnah. One presents their sayings and methodologies to the Book and the Sunnah. What agrees with the Book and the Sunnah is truth, and what contradicts the Book and the Sunnah is error or misguidance. Praise be to Allah; we have the criterion:
And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًاAnd in anything over which you disagree - its ruling is [to be referred] to Allah. [Say], "That is Allah, my Lord; upon Him I have relied, and to Him I turn back."
وَمَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ مِن شَيْءٍ فَحُكْمُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يفرّق المسلم بين الصحيح من الأحزاب والفاسد منها؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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