What is your opinion of those who say that the name Salafi causes division and repulsion?
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The questioner : What is your opinion, may Allah reward you with good, of those who say that the name Salafi causes division and repulsion?
The Shaykh : I say this is a word of truth sought to be made false, because Islam and the Prophet of Islam, each of them, causes division, and the Qur'an is named al-Furqan (the Criterion) because it distinguishes between truth and falsehood. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he came with Islam, was named al-Fariq (the Distinguisher) among his names because he came with what distinguishes, not only between truth and falsehood, but between the one who is right and the one who is wrong. He distinguished between the father and his son, between the believer and the disbeliever. They were truthful in what they said, and if they had intended otherwise, the Salafi call distinguishes. We ask them: by what does it distinguish? By its call to the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous predecessors? If that is the case, this is what pleases us and makes us proud, if pride is permissible for us. And if the Salafi call distinguishes by something that is not from Islam, we ask them for clarification, and then we will say to them: because they bring what is not from Islam, by the way, the phenomena appearing now of attempting to interpret Islam and develop the rulings of Islam to contradict the religion in the name of in the name of they have introduced images into the House of Allah, in addition to the decorations that were prohibited in the Shari'ah, so they have introduced images as well. And it reached me from some of them, and I do not know if this is a true report, that some mosques have introduced some musical instruments as well. So this distinction does not bother us, because we distinguish by truth, not by falsehood. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The questioner : It repels, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It repels.
The Shaykh : It repels.
The questioner : It repels.
The Shaykh : It divides and repels?
The questioner : Some say it divides and repels.
The Shaykh : The result is the same, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : But there is a difference, our Shaykh, in terms of the question, and Allah knows best. Your words are correct that the result is the same. Do you see a difference between the question being that the Salafi call divides, and the affiliation to Salafism? That is, he says to you: you call, but we have seen from some of those who affiliate to the methodology, he says: no, you call with the Salafi call, but do not name yourselves with the Salafi call.
The Shaykh : I think this is in the question following this, in the question following. Yes, that is right.
The questioner : No, this is the second question itself.
The Shaykh : No, it does not come. Follow the people of the Sunnah and the community. I think the question was read briefly just now, so, if Allah wills, later, and perhaps it will be soon.
The student : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: And you as well, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : I say this is a word of truth sought to be made false, because Islam and the Prophet of Islam, each of them, causes division, and the Qur'an is named al-Furqan (the Criterion) because it distinguishes between truth and falsehood. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he came with Islam, was named al-Fariq (the Distinguisher) among his names because he came with what distinguishes, not only between truth and falsehood, but between the one who is right and the one who is wrong. He distinguished between the father and his son, between the believer and the disbeliever. They were truthful in what they said, and if they had intended otherwise, the Salafi call distinguishes. We ask them: by what does it distinguish? By its call to the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous predecessors? If that is the case, this is what pleases us and makes us proud, if pride is permissible for us. And if the Salafi call distinguishes by something that is not from Islam, we ask them for clarification, and then we will say to them: because they bring what is not from Islam, by the way, the phenomena appearing now of attempting to interpret Islam and develop the rulings of Islam to contradict the religion in the name of
Be correct and approximate.
سدِّدوا وقاربواMake things easy and do not make them difficult.
يسِّروا ولا تعسِّرواThe questioner : It repels, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It repels.
The Shaykh : It repels.
The questioner : It repels.
The Shaykh : It divides and repels?
The questioner : Some say it divides and repels.
The Shaykh : The result is the same, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : But there is a difference, our Shaykh, in terms of the question, and Allah knows best. Your words are correct that the result is the same. Do you see a difference between the question being that the Salafi call divides, and the affiliation to Salafism? That is, he says to you: you call, but we have seen from some of those who affiliate to the methodology, he says: no, you call with the Salafi call, but do not name yourselves with the Salafi call.
The Shaykh : I think this is in the question following this, in the question following. Yes, that is right.
The questioner : No, this is the second question itself.
The Shaykh : No, it does not come. Follow the people of the Sunnah and the community. I think the question was read briefly just now, so, if Allah wills, later, and perhaps it will be soon.
The student : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: And you as well, if Allah wills.
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