A group has recently emerged called: the Scientific Salafiyyah, which disagrees with the Salafis on certain issues
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The questioner : Shaykh, we are your brothers, your sons, your sons, O our noble Shaykh, in the Sharia Association. Here, the association is academic in the College of Sharia, and by the grace of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the Salafis have been, I mean, for seven years, I mean, upholding this association by the grace of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Shaykh, but recently a group emerged calling themselves: the Scientific Salafiyyah, and they disagreed, I mean, with the contemporary scholars on several issues and accused us, they accused their brothers in the association of being imitators, because they took the statements of the imams, the scholars of this era, like you and like His Eminence Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz and our Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-'Uthaymeen in contemporary, newly arising issues, such as the issue of demonstrations and the condition of the imam for jihad, so they started to slander us as imitators, and they brought down upon us the hadith about worshipping the Jews and the monks because of our following these imams. O our noble Shaykh, what is the response to this?
The Shaykh : The reality is that the answer to this requires a lecture, and my health does not support me, but I say: Who are they following? Who are they following? One of two things: either they follow their minds, and I do not say their ignorance, or they follow the people of knowledge. If there is any criticism of those who follow the people of knowledge, it applies to them, because they are one of two: either they follow their minds, and I do not say their ignorance, and I do not say their desires, or they follow their scholars. If they follow their scholars, and that is what I sincerely hope, then they are with us. If they follow their minds and their desires, then they are outside of us and contrary to the Book of our Lord; because Allah says:[An-Nahl 16:43], and one word: say to these people: are you addressed by this verse or not? [An-Nahl 16:43], [Yusuf 12:41].
The questioner : Allahu Akbar, may Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Shaykh, but recently a group emerged calling themselves: the Scientific Salafiyyah, and they disagreed, I mean, with the contemporary scholars on several issues and accused us, they accused their brothers in the association of being imitators, because they took the statements of the imams, the scholars of this era, like you and like His Eminence Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz and our Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-'Uthaymeen in contemporary, newly arising issues, such as the issue of demonstrations and the condition of the imam for jihad, so they started to slander us as imitators, and they brought down upon us the hadith about worshipping the Jews and the monks because of our following these imams. O our noble Shaykh, what is the response to this?
The Shaykh : The reality is that the answer to this requires a lecture, and my health does not support me, but I say: Who are they following? Who are they following? One of two things: either they follow their minds, and I do not say their ignorance, or they follow the people of knowledge. If there is any criticism of those who follow the people of knowledge, it applies to them, because they are one of two: either they follow their minds, and I do not say their ignorance, and I do not say their desires, or they follow their scholars. If they follow their scholars, and that is what I sincerely hope, then they are with us. If they follow their minds and their desires, then they are outside of us and contrary to the Book of our Lord; because Allah says:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَSo ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."
قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِThe questioner : Allahu Akbar, may Allah reward you with good, O our Shaykh.
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