Is this statement correct?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is this statement correct: "Whoever loves Ahmad ibn Hanbal loves the Sunnah, and whoever hates him..."
Answer:
This is well known. This is well known because the enemies of the Sunnah hate Imam Ahmad. So loving Imam Ahmad is proof of loving the Sunnah, because he is the Imam of the people of the Sunnah. Likewise, loving the other Imams of the Sunnah—loving Abu Hanifah, Malik, al-Shafi'i, Imam Ahmad, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Ibn al-Qayyim—all the Imams of the Sunnah. Whoever loves them, that is proof that he loves the Sunnah. And whoever hates them, or any one of them, that is proof that he hates the Sunnah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is this statement correct: "Whoever loves Ahmad ibn Hanbal loves the Sunnah, and whoever hates him..."
Answer:
This is well known. This is well known because the enemies of the Sunnah hate Imam Ahmad. So loving Imam Ahmad is proof of loving the Sunnah, because he is the Imam of the people of the Sunnah. Likewise, loving the other Imams of the Sunnah—loving Abu Hanifah, Malik, al-Shafi'i, Imam Ahmad, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Ibn al-Qayyim—all the Imams of the Sunnah. Whoever loves them, that is proof that he loves the Sunnah. And whoever hates them, or any one of them, that is proof that he hates the Sunnah. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [853 /1350] هل هذا القول صحيح؟ " من أحب أحمد بن حنبلٍ؛ فقد أحب السنة، ومن أبغضه؛ فقد أبغض السنة ". — youtube.com
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