Does the public call to the Salafi methodology divide the Muslim community?
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The questioner : Professor, let us return to our question. Some people say: "The Salafi call, or the public call to the Salafi methodology, divides the Muslim community." We said: The Muslim community is already divided; rather, the Salafi call finds the way out of this disagreement. That is, it finds the sound way out for them from this disagreement; it does not divide them, but rather seeks to remove the disagreement among them that has occurred due to their deviation. I want this matter clarified.
Another questioner : Excuse me, my professor, here.
The questioner : As the hadith of al-'Arba' ibn Sari'ah indicated regarding the disagreement and the way out of it?
Another questioner : Regarding the occasion... the idea of conveying the Islamic idea... it was said: Islamic thought, the Muslim callers are many, all of them claim and say: "I am right," so we fix this matter to...
The Shaykh : This is possible.
The questioner : I mean, in this aspect, include it in the answer...
The Shaykh : In reality, many of today's Islamic callers forget legal facts from the Qur'an or the Sunnah; and therefore, this forgetting leads them to demand the impossible, which is contrary to the divine system in His existence and His creation. For example, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says in His Qur'an:[Hud 11:118-119]; this verse is an explicit text that the will of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) necessitated that people remain differing, except for one group among them; they do not differ, and they are the ones who have been shown mercy. Therefore, it is not befitting for the Islamic callers to be concerned with unifying these different groups, because this is an impossible matter that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) did not will. Rather, they should direct all their concern and determination to unifying and gathering the ideas of a group whose individuals agree upon a single methodology that came down from the sky and did not originate from the earth. If such groups or individuals are differing, then the Islamic callers should unify their efforts to strive to unify these individuals and gather them under one community and under one banner.
...the Muslims upon one another; so, for example, if he starts with Zayd among the attendees, Bakr will say: "Why didn't he start with me?" Umar will say: "Why didn't he start with me, my brother? I am older in age, my knowledge is more eminent, what else?" This Sunnah cuts off the root of all these suspicions and problems. When he shows that it is the rightmost Sunnah of Islam, the rightmost, whether the person is young or old, and so on, Islam solves problems and puts an end to them with a simple system that it establishes for its individuals.
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The Shaykh : O Allah, give drink to the one who gave me drink.
Another questioner : Excuse me, my professor, here.
The questioner : As the hadith of al-'Arba' ibn Sari'ah indicated regarding the disagreement and the way out of it?
Another questioner : Regarding the occasion... the idea of conveying the Islamic idea... it was said: Islamic thought, the Muslim callers are many, all of them claim and say: "I am right," so we fix this matter to...
The Shaykh : This is possible.
The questioner : I mean, in this aspect, include it in the answer...
The Shaykh : In reality, many of today's Islamic callers forget legal facts from the Qur'an or the Sunnah; and therefore, this forgetting leads them to demand the impossible, which is contrary to the divine system in His existence and His creation. For example, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says in His Qur'an:
(118) And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ. (119) Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ * إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَلِذَلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ...the Muslims upon one another; so, for example, if he starts with Zayd among the attendees, Bakr will say: "Why didn't he start with me?" Umar will say: "Why didn't he start with me, my brother? I am older in age, my knowledge is more eminent, what else?" This Sunnah cuts off the root of all these suspicions and problems. When he shows that it is the rightmost Sunnah of Islam, the rightmost, whether the person is young or old, and so on, Islam solves problems and puts an end to them with a simple system that it establishes for its individuals.
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The Shaykh : O Allah, give drink to the one who gave me drink.
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