Not everyone who claims affiliation with the Book and the Sunnah is truthful.
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The Shaykh : The point is: there is no sect that claims affiliation with Islam that testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that establishes the five daily prayers, fasts Ramadan, pays zakah on their wealth, and performs Hajj to the House of Allah, except that they all claim to follow the Book and the Sunnah. However, the decisive ruling is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) indicated in the two previous hadiths: the hadith of the sects, which states that the group is Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2641Da'if (Darussalam) and what the Rightly Guided Caliphs were upon. This is the decisive criterion between the sincere callers to return to the Book and the Sunnah. They understand it as it was understood by our righteous predecessors. Therefore, Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:115] Our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, did not say, "And whoever opposes the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to him, We will turn him to what he has turned to." Rather, He used a phrase of great importance, which is what we are discussing, namely that we do not oppose the Messenger and do not contradict him in light of our following the path of the first believers. Rather, they are the people of the three generations about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 3651.
The path of these three generations is the path of the believers. Therefore, it is not permissible for anyone who is sincere in his claim that he is upon the Book and the Sunnah and is pure in that intention, except that he understands the Book and the Sunnah as our righteous predecessors did.
What I am upon and my Companions.
ما أنا عليه وأصحابيAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
ومن يشاقق الرسول من بعد ما تبين له الهدى ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنم وساءت مصيراThe best people are those living in my generation, and then those who will follow them, and then those who will follow the latter
خير الناس قرني ثم الذين يلونهم ثم الذين يلونهمThe path of these three generations is the path of the believers. Therefore, it is not permissible for anyone who is sincere in his claim that he is upon the Book and the Sunnah and is pure in that intention, except that he understands the Book and the Sunnah as our righteous predecessors did.