The discussion regarding being described as Salafi.
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The Shaykh: He called me because I have [a session] every night from six to ten o'clock.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: For questions only.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: A session to receive questions by phone and answer them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So you call, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: There is no school of thought that encompasses all of the Salafiyyah, so you go back and say this name is obligatory? We do not say this name or that name is obligatory. We say that adhering to the truth is what is obligatory. So express it however you wish. Perhaps you understood me.
The questioner: I understood you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Very well, then.
The questioner: Shaykh, what is our position, as Salafi da'is, toward some students of knowledge whom we consider to be those who hold fast to the Book and the Sunnah and the understanding of the Salaf of the Ummah, and who respond to ... and the groups, but who, despite all this, reject being called Salafi?
The Shaykh: And what do they call themselves? May Allah guide you.
The questioner: How do these people ...
The Shaykh: What do they call themselves? They must have a name.
The questioner: They say we are the people of the Sunnah and the community, because the people of the Sunnah and the community ...
The Shaykh: So you did not understand, Ali?
The questioner: I understood, Shaykh, Ali.
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner: But this doubt ...
The Shaykh: I am telling you, you did not understand, and do not waste time. Was the name "the people of the Sunnah and the community" known among the Salaf?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is known.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: The people of the Sunnah and the community.
The Shaykh: This name, may Allah guide you, where did they get this name from?
The questioner: It was known among the Salaf.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: The name "the people of the Sunnah and the community."
The Shaykh: Yes, the people of the Sunnah and the community, where did they get it from? I am asking you.
The questioner: They say ...
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner: It is not in the Book nor in the Sunnah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: So why do they claim affiliation with the people of the Sunnah and the community, and what is the difference between this affiliation and my affiliation with the righteous Salaf? What is the difference?
The questioner: The difference is that the people of the Sunnah and the community ...
The Shaykh: There is no power and no strength except by Allah.
The questioner: The consensus of the Salaf on ...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: For questions only.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: A session to receive questions by phone and answer them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So you call, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: There is no school of thought that encompasses all of the Salafiyyah, so you go back and say this name is obligatory? We do not say this name or that name is obligatory. We say that adhering to the truth is what is obligatory. So express it however you wish. Perhaps you understood me.
The questioner: I understood you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Very well, then.
The questioner: Shaykh, what is our position, as Salafi da'is, toward some students of knowledge whom we consider to be those who hold fast to the Book and the Sunnah and the understanding of the Salaf of the Ummah, and who respond to ... and the groups, but who, despite all this, reject being called Salafi?
The Shaykh: And what do they call themselves? May Allah guide you.
The questioner: How do these people ...
The Shaykh: What do they call themselves? They must have a name.
The questioner: They say we are the people of the Sunnah and the community, because the people of the Sunnah and the community ...
The Shaykh: So you did not understand, Ali?
The questioner: I understood, Shaykh, Ali.
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner: But this doubt ...
The Shaykh: I am telling you, you did not understand, and do not waste time. Was the name "the people of the Sunnah and the community" known among the Salaf?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is known.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: The people of the Sunnah and the community.
The Shaykh: This name, may Allah guide you, where did they get this name from?
The questioner: It was known among the Salaf.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: The name "the people of the Sunnah and the community."
The Shaykh: Yes, the people of the Sunnah and the community, where did they get it from? I am asking you.
The questioner: They say ...
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner: It is not in the Book nor in the Sunnah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: So why do they claim affiliation with the people of the Sunnah and the community, and what is the difference between this affiliation and my affiliation with the righteous Salaf? What is the difference?
The questioner: The difference is that the people of the Sunnah and the community ...
The Shaykh: There is no power and no strength except by Allah.
The questioner: The consensus of the Salaf on ...
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