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Is the creed of al-Safarini a Salafi creed?

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The questioner : May Allah bless you. The Safarini creed: one of the respected students of knowledge spoke about it, saying that it is not the creed of the people of the Sunnah.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : And that he is among the theologians (mutakallimun). Is this true or not?

The Shaykh : There is no doubt that every person has errors, except for whom Allah wills. The Safarini creed contains words that are criticized. But if it is a matter out of thousands of matters that is criticized, can it be said that the man has departed from the people of the Sunnah and the community, or departed from Salafism? And we do not know; perhaps it is this one who is speaking who has departed from Salafism. For the Salaf forgive a little error in much correctness, and they judge with justice.
As for judging with injustice, and if a person errs in a matter and follows an innovated school of thought in that matter, it is said, "This is one of them, this is an Ash'ari, and his statement is not accepted, this is not the way of the Salaf." The righteous Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) look between the good deeds and the bad deeds and judge with justice, and the creed is Salafi.
But there are no doubts that there are errors in it. There are errors, such as describing the Qur'an with eternity (qadam), and there are also some other matters that we pointed out in the explanation previously.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [891] هل نظم العقيدة السفارينية عقيدة سلفية؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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