The ruling on using the term "the people of the Sunnah and the community"
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There are those who deny the use of the term "the people of the Sunnah and the community,"And he says: saying: "The Salafis or the Salaf; because that includes the Asha'irah and the Maturidiyyah in this term?"
It is wrong to include the people of innovation, whatever their innovation may be, in the absolute name of "the people of the Sunnah and the community." For the people of the Sunnah and the community do not include one who contradicts the Salaf in what they are upon, and in what he contradicts them in.For example: If this man denies of the attributes and names of Allah what he denies, then he is not of the people of the Sunnah and the community in what he denied, even if he is of them in other matters. This is because the people of the Sunnah and the community hold that a person may have both innovation and Sunnah, minor shirk and faith, so we say of this man who contradicted the Salaf in the attributes of Allah: he is not of the people of the Sunnah and the community in the attributes of Allah, even if he is of them in other deeds, such as jurisprudential issues, for example. We prevent, in principle, that one who holds an innovation be of the people of the Sunnah in his innovation. And thus we are saved from this difficulty that led to the contradiction of scholars' opinions.
So what we see is that the people of innovation, in their innovations, are not of the people of the Sunnah and the community; because the people of the Sunnah and the community are not upon this innovation. And how can he be of the people of the Sunnah and the community while he contradicts them?The questioner: And is the term "the people of the Sunnah and the community" used for the Salafis or not?Answer: Absolutely not, there is no need for that; because the people of the Sunnah and the community, in reality, are those who were upon what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the saved sect as being those who were upon the same as he and his Companions.
The questioner:-As an example- Do we make al-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar not of the people of the Sunnah and the community?The Shaykh: In what they hold regarding the names and attributes, they are not of the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner: Absolutely not of the people of the Sunnah and the community?The Shaykh: We do not use the absolute term,For this reason, I told you: for one who contradicts the Salaf in the attributes of Allah is not given the absolute name that he is of the people of the Sunnah and the community.Rather, it is qualified, it is said: He is of the people of the Sunnah and the community in his jurisprudential methodology, for example, but in his innovative methodology, he is not of the people of the Sunnah and the community.
It is wrong to include the people of innovation, whatever their innovation may be, in the absolute name of "the people of the Sunnah and the community." For the people of the Sunnah and the community do not include one who contradicts the Salaf in what they are upon, and in what he contradicts them in.For example: If this man denies of the attributes and names of Allah what he denies, then he is not of the people of the Sunnah and the community in what he denied, even if he is of them in other matters. This is because the people of the Sunnah and the community hold that a person may have both innovation and Sunnah, minor shirk and faith, so we say of this man who contradicted the Salaf in the attributes of Allah: he is not of the people of the Sunnah and the community in the attributes of Allah, even if he is of them in other deeds, such as jurisprudential issues, for example. We prevent, in principle, that one who holds an innovation be of the people of the Sunnah in his innovation. And thus we are saved from this difficulty that led to the contradiction of scholars' opinions.
So what we see is that the people of innovation, in their innovations, are not of the people of the Sunnah and the community; because the people of the Sunnah and the community are not upon this innovation. And how can he be of the people of the Sunnah and the community while he contradicts them?The questioner: And is the term "the people of the Sunnah and the community" used for the Salafis or not?Answer: Absolutely not, there is no need for that; because the people of the Sunnah and the community, in reality, are those who were upon what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the saved sect as being those who were upon the same as he and his Companions.
The questioner:-As an example- Do we make al-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar not of the people of the Sunnah and the community?The Shaykh: In what they hold regarding the names and attributes, they are not of the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner: Absolutely not of the people of the Sunnah and the community?The Shaykh: We do not use the absolute term,For this reason, I told you: for one who contradicts the Salaf in the attributes of Allah is not given the absolute name that he is of the people of the Sunnah and the community.Rather, it is qualified, it is said: He is of the people of the Sunnah and the community in his jurisprudential methodology, for example, but in his innovative methodology, he is not of the people of the Sunnah and the community.