What is your opinion on the statement of some preachers that whoever says, "I am a Hanafi," or "I am a Shafi'i," or "I am a Salafi," must be called to repent or killed?

The student : Regarding the statement you mentioned about saying "I am a Salafi" or "I am of a specific madhhab" or such, one of the preachers made this statement: whoever says "I am a Hanafi" or "I am a Shafi'i" or "I am a Salafi" is to be killed, or called to repent or killed.
The student: Allahu Akbar.
The student : So the one who says "I am a Salafi," glory be to Allah, is to be called to repent or killed?

The Shaykh : All right, I am telling you, I am telling you now.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : This person who says this, based on the concept of the word "Salafi" as you know it in your knowledge, if you know it, is he a Salafi or a Khalafi?
The student : He is undoubtedly, I mean, we consider him, if Allah wills, to be a Salafi in belief, but he is very much a Khalafi in methodology.

The Shaykh : Very much a Khalafi. All right, it is possible because I do not know this person now.
The student : There is a tape of him here, and if you want to listen.

The Shaykh : No, regarding the fact that I heard that he is to be killed, no, I want a detailed idea of him. You are saying now that in creed he is a Salafi.
The student : We consider him so.

The Shaykh : Yes, and none of us can testify to purity for anyone before Allah.
The student : ... meaning some errors have come from him, for example, ... on the basis of ... .

The Shaykh : No, no, allow me.
The student : On the basis, may Allah reward you, of what you mentioned regarding not pursuing errors, he had a tape previously where he mentioned, for example, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returns the greeting in his grave and that he is alive, and such errors. We consider, if Allah wills, that they were not intentional. But what we want, for example, in this confused, branching world, or truly in the darkness, we have no means except to say that we are upon the Book and the Sunnah, for example, upon the understanding of the righteous Salaf. And our companion and brotherThe Shaykh : Adnan Arour mentioned that adding "the Book and the Sunnah" should be "upon the understanding of the madhhab of the righteous Salaf" or such. But these people want us to say only that we are Muslims, we are the people of the Sunnah and the community. This did not come from the time ofThe Shaykh : Ibn Taymiyyah or such a time. So perhaps in your answer there is sufficiency for whoever wants the truth and guidance.

The Shaykh : But, may Allah reward you, I am now a student of knowledge, I am a student of knowledge. This man who committed that grave error and said that whoever says "Salafi" is to be killed, I want to understand from him, excuse me, does he first adopt the principle of the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous Salaf? I ask for a brief answer regarding what you know.
The student : As far as I know, his apparent stance is, if Allah wills, so.

The Shaykh : All right, does he say, for example, that it is obligatory to follow one of the imams?
The student : He calls in a general way, meaning we are Muslims, the people of the Sunnah and the community only, as our brother al-... says.

The Shaykh : Please do not deviate from the question, please do not deviate, hehe, please, because I heard this answer from you just now, and it is not the answer to my question, may Allah forgive you. So I told you I am now a student of knowledge, so I want to know this man, why, so that I can respond to this word he said.
The student : He issued a tape, truly, let us detail this matter, may Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : No, I am not stopping you.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : Hehehe, I am learning now.
The student : So we are.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, I am learning now, so I think it is better that I tell you that this man first is not a scholar of the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous Salaf. I am telling you this, and I do not know him, but certainly the one who speaks this word is not upon the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous Salaf. In the sense that he is unable to derive a ruling by way of understanding from the Book and the Sunnah. For example, we, with that sequential logic, made that writer a capable writer, he has some writings, and so on, that he submits in submission to what he is saying, that it is necessary, there is no way around it, do you see? This person, I do not know anything about him. Is he a Salafi? Is he a Khalafi? I do not know. I have not heard a tape of his except this tape where he says that whoever says "I am a Salafi" or "I am a Hanafi" is to be killed, and he cites the words of Ibn Taymiyyah.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : Ibn Taymiyyah says so.

The Shaykh : No, no, he cites his words, meaning the important thing is that Ibn Taymiyyah does not say this detail. He branches off from the words of Ibn Taymiyyah. I say, people, there is a difference between the one who says "I am a Salafi" and "I am a Hanafi," fear Allah, I, and the one who says "I am an Ikhwan." The one who says "Ikhwan," the end of his chain ends where? With Hassan al-Banna. But the one who says "I am a Hanafi," the end of his chain, if he has a chain, ends where? With Nu'man ibn Thabit, Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him). But the one who says "I am a Salafi," his chain ends with the Master of Mankind. And whoever disbelieves in the Master of Mankind is a disbeliever. And I say, to clarify for such a person and others, my brother, the meaning of "Salafi" is that I am affiliated with the righteous Salaf, and at the head of the righteous Salaf is Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah. So if we suppose a Muslim who believes in Allah and His Messenger and is, as we say, upon the methodology of the righteous Salaf, the Book and the Sunnah, and the methodology of the righteous Salaf, and he says, "I am disavowed of Hassan al-Banna," he is a disbeliever.
The student : No.

The Shaykh : No, he said "and reached Abu Hanifah," "I am disavowed of Abu Hanifah," Abu Hanifah is disavowed of him, he is a disbeliever.
The student: No.

The Shaykh : If he says "I am disavowed of the righteous Salaf," what is his ruling in Islam? He is a disbeliever.
The student : A disbeliever.

The Shaykh : And what if we told him "disavowed of Muhammad (peace be upon him)"? He is more disbelieving than the disbelievers. So these are ignorant people. I say about this one who says "whoever says I am a Salafi is to be called to repent or killed," this is an ignorant man. He does not know the meaning of "Salafi," which is affiliation with the righteous Salaf.
The student : That is it.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : This is the correct view.

The Shaykh : This is it. Therefore, I think, Abu Yusuf, that if this person is with us upon the Book, the Sunnah, and the methodology of the righteous Salaf, we rejoice in him. And if it is true that we do not have a bad opinion of him, we bite him with our teeth, do you see? But, by Allah, he said this word because he does not look scientifically beyond the tip of his nose. So this is also, we treat him like that person who distinguishes between the victorious sect and the saved sect. But.