Can we say that the Asha'irah are among the people of the Sunnah and the community?
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The questioner : If you please, can we say that the Asha'irah are among the people of the Sunnah and the community?
The Shaykh : We say so, and we do not say that in much of what they have adopted, they are of the Sunnah, but in much of what they have adopted, they follow another methodology. They have opposed the Sunnah, such as their figurative interpretation of the verses of the attributes and the hadiths of the attributes, and their denial of the rising of the Lord above His creation, and the like. In any case, the criterion is not the name that they are of the Sunnah; no, the criterion is the action. Then, as He the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:8], it is not permissible to hold a grudge against those who have gone astray in some degree of error. Rather, whoever among them is a scholar qualified to derive rulings, it is not permissible to criticize him absolutely, because a scholar qualified to derive rulings, however high he rises and however elevated he is, is subject to error and correctness, whether in the branches or in the principles.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for whoever among them prefers religious innovation to the Sunnah and prefers giving precedence to the fathers and ancestors over the Sunnah and the Book, criticism is directed at these people... our companion and what he did.
The questioner : The brothers, likewise.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The brothers, likewise.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : The brothers.
The Shaykh : ... all the parties, all the parties.
The questioner : They claim in Egypt that Shaykh Nasir al-Albani is from the Muslim Brotherhood. This is actually... I may have sat with people...
The Shaykh : What...
The questioner : ... May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : But they say that.
The Shaykh : I know what you mean. Be kind in your wording.
The Shaykh : We say so, and we do not say that in much of what they have adopted, they are of the Sunnah, but in much of what they have adopted, they follow another methodology. They have opposed the Sunnah, such as their figurative interpretation of the verses of the attributes and the hadiths of the attributes, and their denial of the rising of the Lord above His creation, and the like. In any case, the criterion is not the name that they are of the Sunnah; no, the criterion is the action. Then, as He the Exalted said:
and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness
وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَى أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا اعْدِلُوا هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for whoever among them prefers religious innovation to the Sunnah and prefers giving precedence to the fathers and ancestors over the Sunnah and the Book, criticism is directed at these people... our companion and what he did.
The questioner : The brothers, likewise.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The brothers, likewise.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : The brothers.
The Shaykh : ... all the parties, all the parties.
The questioner : They claim in Egypt that Shaykh Nasir al-Albani is from the Muslim Brotherhood. This is actually... I may have sat with people...
The Shaykh : What...
The questioner : ... May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : But they say that.
The Shaykh : I know what you mean. Be kind in your wording.
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