What is the reality of the Salafi call and what are its objectives, and does following a school of jurisprudence have a reality?
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The Shaykh : The summary of what I want to say is: The Salafi call is extremely eager and strives with all the strength it has been given, through praiseworthy means, to resume Islamic life in a complete and comprehensive manner for all individuals. It does not have a class system, but: [Al-Mujadila 58:11]: So all those who are called are invited to follow the Book and the Sunnah, each in his own station; the scholar in his station and the non-scholar in his station. This is our call. And so that I do not prolong this: No one should speak out of ignorance at all, for this is not permissible, as He, the Exalted, said: [Al-Isra 17:36]. And what the follower of a school of jurisprudence and the like fears is a delusion upon a delusion, because by the admission of the imams who follow without independent reasoning, the common people have no school of jurisprudence. The school of the common person is the school of his mufti. And this is the answer to your question.
This common person asked a follower without independent reasoning, so that is his school of jurisprudence, the answer of his mufti. He asked a follower of the Sunnah, so that is his answer, that is his school of jurisprudence. He asked a scholar qualified to derive rulings, so that is his school of jurisprudence. The common person has no school of jurisprudence; his school of jurisprudence is the school of his mufti. If Allah, Mighty and Majestic, tests him with an ignorant follower without independent reasoning, then he is a follower without independent reasoning. A beast that leads a beast—this is not my words, it is the words of Imam al-Tahawi. And if Allah, Mighty and Majestic, opens up a little space for him to gain enlightenment, and tests him with a person who has some insight into the religion, and he issues a ruling for him, then that is his school of jurisprudence. And if he also meets a person who has the means to know the Book and the Sunnah and understand them, then that is his obligation.
So do not fear the intimidation of the subject that we will destroy following a school of jurisprudence, because following a school of jurisprudence is destroyed by the words of its own followers: "The common person has no school of jurisprudence." And if the common person has no school of jurisprudence, does the scholar have a school of jurisprudence? He has no school of jurisprudence. So there is no following of a school of jurisprudence. And this is all I have on this issue, and our appointment is in the next lesson, if Allah wills, returning to the hadiths of encouragement and warning.
Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees
يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍAnd do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًاThis common person asked a follower without independent reasoning, so that is his school of jurisprudence, the answer of his mufti. He asked a follower of the Sunnah, so that is his answer, that is his school of jurisprudence. He asked a scholar qualified to derive rulings, so that is his school of jurisprudence. The common person has no school of jurisprudence; his school of jurisprudence is the school of his mufti. If Allah, Mighty and Majestic, tests him with an ignorant follower without independent reasoning, then he is a follower without independent reasoning. A beast that leads a beast—this is not my words, it is the words of Imam al-Tahawi. And if Allah, Mighty and Majestic, opens up a little space for him to gain enlightenment, and tests him with a person who has some insight into the religion, and he issues a ruling for him, then that is his school of jurisprudence. And if he also meets a person who has the means to know the Book and the Sunnah and understand them, then that is his obligation.
So do not fear the intimidation of the subject that we will destroy following a school of jurisprudence, because following a school of jurisprudence is destroyed by the words of its own followers: "The common person has no school of jurisprudence." And if the common person has no school of jurisprudence, does the scholar have a school of jurisprudence? He has no school of jurisprudence. So there is no following of a school of jurisprudence. And this is all I have on this issue, and our appointment is in the next lesson, if Allah wills, returning to the hadiths of encouragement and warning.
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