An interjection in response to those who say that the Salafi call focuses on details.
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The questioner : And from this, there is another point. Some people say about the Salafi call that it concerns itself with details, and this is also an error or an accusation they make against the Salafi call. You have just seen how the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) clarified for us that the call to the Book and the Sunnah means the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), which is the foundation that the heavenly messages came with: the oneness of Allah in His lordship, in His divinity, and in His attributes. And the claim of the Salafis encompasses all aspects of Islamic legislation, because you either take Islam as a whole or leave it. So when we come and say, "This is Sunnah and this is bid'ah (religious innovation)," and when some people say that they do not care except that this is Sunnah and this is bid'ah, this is, of course, injustice on their part toward us. On the other hand, when we say this is bid'ah and this is Sunnah, it is because we want to submit to one principle, one Shari'ah, and because we receive our law from Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) and from His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who does not speak from desire. [An-Najm 53:4] We do not want to add to this religion what is not part of it. When we say a matter is bid'ah, we do not want to be legislators alongside Allah (Mighty and Majestic). These people do not pay attention to this principle. And of course, when we deny this detail, it is because it contradicts a great principle among the fundamentals. These people who criticize us for telling people and warning them that this is bid'ah and that you must adhere to the Sunnah say that legislation belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and that sovereignty belongs to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). They agree with this principle, but when it comes to application, we see that they do not adhere to this methodology completely and precisely in all matters of life. They say this phrase that sovereignty belongs to Allah and legislation belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but they do not realize that the one who is fanatical about his madhhab (school of jurisprudence), when a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) becomes clear to him, and then he does not follow the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), has taken the rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah, whether he wills it or not. When it becomes clear to him that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said this hadith and it contradicts the statement of the Imam, he must follow the statement of the Imam? No, he must follow the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and reject the statement of the Imam, even though this does not detract from the Imam, his virtue, or his knowledge, and he has a reward for this, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
This is a point I wanted to point out as well, and the speech the Shaykh gave is sufficient.
It is not but a revelation revealed,
إن هو إلا وحي يوحىIf the ruler exercises independent legal reasoning and is correct, he has two rewards, and if he errs, he has one reward
إذا اجتهد الحاكم فأصاب فله أجران وإن أخطأ فله أجر واحدThis is a point I wanted to point out as well, and the speech the Shaykh gave is sufficient.
