A student quoted a statement by Shaykh Ahmad Shakir in which he clarified that al-Qasimi (may Allah have mercy on him) was a Salafi, and he used this expression to describe him.
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The questioner: That is: the socks!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I was looking for a hadith in: "Kashf al-Astar," so I had to review al-Qasimi's book, and naturally, as you know, Shaykh Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on them all) wrote the introduction to it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: He mentions the term: Salafi, regarding al-Qasimi!
The Shaykh: What does he say?
The questioner: He says: "That he was a Salafi, or a Salafi," or something like that.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So this term was indeed in use with Shaykh Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on him)!!
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: I mean, before he knew you?!
The Shaykh: Of course!
The questioner : Subhan Allah!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Then, he or al-Qasimi has beautiful words regarding being fair to one's opponent. Now, through your discussion or your defense of al-Hawali's book, which deserves to be defended, and this is fairness as we have learned from you, al-Qasimi or Ahmad Shakir (now I am uncertain which one) said: "It is obligatory for the critic to be fair to his opponent," yes, so I said, Glory be to Allah, what wonderful words, by Allah!!
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: I was looking for a hadith in: "Kashf al-Astar," so I had to review al-Qasimi's book, and naturally, as you know, Shaykh Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on them all) wrote the introduction to it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: He mentions the term: Salafi, regarding al-Qasimi!
The Shaykh: What does he say?
The questioner: He says: "That he was a Salafi, or a Salafi," or something like that.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So this term was indeed in use with Shaykh Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on him)!!
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: I mean, before he knew you?!
The Shaykh: Of course!
The questioner : Subhan Allah!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Then, he or al-Qasimi has beautiful words regarding being fair to one's opponent. Now, through your discussion or your defense of al-Hawali's book, which deserves to be defended, and this is fairness as we have learned from you, al-Qasimi or Ahmad Shakir (now I am uncertain which one) said: "It is obligatory for the critic to be fair to his opponent," yes, so I said, Glory be to Allah, what wonderful words, by Allah!!
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