The Ruling on Identifying as the People of the Sunnah and the Community
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on identifying as the People of the Sunnah and the Community? Because some say that this designation has no basis, and that what is mentioned is identifying as Muslims, based on His saying:[Al-Hajj 22:78]?
The Shaykh:
This is what has no basis; the one who says this is the one who has no basis. [It is not] identifying as the People of the Sunnah and the Community. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-An'am 6:163], and He tells His servant to say, "I am among the Muslims," and "I am among the Muslims." Yes, he identifies as a Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable [unclear].
The Shaykh:
[Fussilat 41:33]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on identifying as the People of the Sunnah and the Community? Because some say that this designation has no basis, and that what is mentioned is identifying as Muslims, based on His saying:
Allah named you "Muslims"
هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَThe Shaykh:
This is what has no basis; the one who says this is the one who has no basis. [It is not] identifying as the People of the Sunnah and the Community. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
and I am the first [among you] of the Muslims."
وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَThe presenter:
Honorable [unclear].
The Shaykh:
than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."
مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 91- حكمُ التسمِّي بأهل السنة والجماعة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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