The ruling on one who claims affiliation with the Salaf and insults the scholars
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are those who claim to be upon the athar and the methodology of the Salaf, but they engage in insulting the Salaf.
The Shaykh:
I am pleased that he is upon the athar and the methodology of the Salaf. Yes.
The questioner:
But he engages in insulting the great scholars of the Ummah.
The Shaykh:
This is not upon the methodology of the Salaf. Does one who insults the scholars of the Muslims follow the methodology of the Salaf? The Salaf keep their tongues pure from cursing, insulting, backbiting, and talebearing. This is not upon the methodology of the Salaf. I told you there is a difference between affiliation and reality. "And those who followed them with excellence." Note this condition in the noble verse. They followed them with excellence. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are those who claim to be upon the athar and the methodology of the Salaf, but they engage in insulting the Salaf.
The Shaykh:
I am pleased that he is upon the athar and the methodology of the Salaf. Yes.
The questioner:
But he engages in insulting the great scholars of the Ummah.
The Shaykh:
This is not upon the methodology of the Salaf. Does one who insults the scholars of the Muslims follow the methodology of the Salaf? The Salaf keep their tongues pure from cursing, insulting, backbiting, and talebearing. This is not upon the methodology of the Salaf. I told you there is a difference between affiliation and reality. "And those who followed them with excellence." Note this condition in the noble verse. They followed them with excellence. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1018 -1024] ما الرأي فيمن يدعي أنه على الأثر ومنهج السلف.. — youtube.com
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