It is said that the Salafis are only concerned with the aspect of creed. What is your opinion on this matter?
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The questioner : It is said: The Salafis are only concerned with the aspect of creed.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is your opinion on this matter?
The Shaykh : They know that this claim is a lie, because the Salafis are concerned with creed, and it is not correct to say: they are only concerned with creed. We say, and we do not name anyone: they are only concerned with politics. Well, which of the two groups is on the straighter path and has the sounder speech, if what is said about each of them were true? Here are people who are only concerned with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and creed, and there are people who are only concerned with politics. So which of the two groups is on the straighter path? There is no doubt that it is the first group. But this first group is slandered when it is said: they are only concerned with creed. Why? Because this movement that we see now has spread in the Muslim world, and the most ignorant of people, who used to flounder blindly in a dark night, now calls to Allah in his lessons and sermons, saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said such and such, narrated by al-Bukhari, narrated by Muslim. This has no relation to creed; this has a relation to knowledge. Then it became known among the general Muslims, even those who oppose the Salafis, that they are accustomed to requesting every issue with its evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. What is this? This has a relation to their slander that they do not call [to Allah]. The Salafis, in reality, are the only group in the Muslim world who call to Islam in its entirety, from all its aspects. But indeed, they do not concern themselves with politics as the others do, and because of that, they distanced themselves from acting upon many of the rulings of Islam. This is the truth we say, and this means, as it was said, what?
"You reproach us that our number is few"
Do you know these verses, or do you not memorize them like me?
"You reproach us that our number is few *** Indeed, the noble ones are few"
I forgot, by Allah, an old poem I used to memorize. The point is that we, praise be to Allah, are not only calling to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). These are our books. This is Al-Albani, who is accused, for example, of not calling to anything but tawhid. Bring us the book he wrote on tawhid! His books are all in fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and hadith. So what is this slander? This is a matter of hatred and envy.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is your opinion on this matter?
The Shaykh : They know that this claim is a lie, because the Salafis are concerned with creed, and it is not correct to say: they are only concerned with creed. We say, and we do not name anyone: they are only concerned with politics. Well, which of the two groups is on the straighter path and has the sounder speech, if what is said about each of them were true? Here are people who are only concerned with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and creed, and there are people who are only concerned with politics. So which of the two groups is on the straighter path? There is no doubt that it is the first group. But this first group is slandered when it is said: they are only concerned with creed. Why? Because this movement that we see now has spread in the Muslim world, and the most ignorant of people, who used to flounder blindly in a dark night, now calls to Allah in his lessons and sermons, saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said such and such, narrated by al-Bukhari, narrated by Muslim. This has no relation to creed; this has a relation to knowledge. Then it became known among the general Muslims, even those who oppose the Salafis, that they are accustomed to requesting every issue with its evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. What is this? This has a relation to their slander that they do not call [to Allah]. The Salafis, in reality, are the only group in the Muslim world who call to Islam in its entirety, from all its aspects. But indeed, they do not concern themselves with politics as the others do, and because of that, they distanced themselves from acting upon many of the rulings of Islam. This is the truth we say, and this means, as it was said, what?
"You reproach us that our number is few"
Do you know these verses, or do you not memorize them like me?
"You reproach us that our number is few *** Indeed, the noble ones are few"
I forgot, by Allah, an old poem I used to memorize. The point is that we, praise be to Allah, are not only calling to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). These are our books. This is Al-Albani, who is accused, for example, of not calling to anything but tawhid. Bring us the book he wrote on tawhid! His books are all in fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and hadith. So what is this slander? This is a matter of hatred and envy.
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