Is there a difference between the saved sect, the victorious group, and the people of hadith?
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The questioner : Is there a difference between the saved sect, the victorious group, and the people of hadith?
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not see that you should enter into this kind of discussion that splits hearts and separates them. Whether there is a difference or not, if there is one, it is a very subtle difference that some may notice and others may not. And when it is pointed out to those who did not notice, some may understand it and others may not. The important thing is that there be no disagreement among these differing and questioning people: Is there a difference between the victorious group, the strangers, and the saved sect?
Let all of them be on one word of agreement: the obligation to return to acting in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah and upon the methodology of the righteous predecessors. If these differing people agree on whether these three terms are synonymous with one meaning, or if there is a difference between some of them, and if they agree on that methodology based on the Book, the Sunnah, and the Salaf, then this is a minor difference, not a new kind of difference. The Companions differed much more severely than this, yet this did not cause them to split. Rather, they remained as He said (Blessed and Exalted is He) in the Noble Qur'an:[Ali 'Imran 3:103]. There were those who said, for example, that if a man has intercourse with his wife and does not ejaculate, he does not have to perform the full ritual bath, while others said, yes, he has to perform the full ritual bath. But did this difference split the ranks between them? Far be it from them!
There are many, many examples, but there is no need for them, as there is only one or two minutes left of the question time. I advise you not to take sides with these or those, but rather to advise them with this advice of mine: Do not let minor, non-essential disagreements that have no relation to the fundamentals of the Shari'ah become a cause of division. For by doing so, you are contradicting the methodology that you all claim to be upon, which is that you are upon the methodology of the righteous predecessors. The righteous predecessors differed in such matters and did not split. Perhaps my words are clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not see that you should enter into this kind of discussion that splits hearts and separates them. Whether there is a difference or not, if there is one, it is a very subtle difference that some may notice and others may not. And when it is pointed out to those who did not notice, some may understand it and others may not. The important thing is that there be no disagreement among these differing and questioning people: Is there a difference between the victorious group, the strangers, and the saved sect?
Let all of them be on one word of agreement: the obligation to return to acting in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah and upon the methodology of the righteous predecessors. If these differing people agree on whether these three terms are synonymous with one meaning, or if there is a difference between some of them, and if they agree on that methodology based on the Book, the Sunnah, and the Salaf, then this is a minor difference, not a new kind of difference. The Companions differed much more severely than this, yet this did not cause them to split. Rather, they remained as He said (Blessed and Exalted is He) in the Noble Qur'an:
And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُواThere are many, many examples, but there is no need for them, as there is only one or two minutes left of the question time. I advise you not to take sides with these or those, but rather to advise them with this advice of mine: Do not let minor, non-essential disagreements that have no relation to the fundamentals of the Shari'ah become a cause of division. For by doing so, you are contradicting the methodology that you all claim to be upon, which is that you are upon the methodology of the righteous predecessors. The righteous predecessors differed in such matters and did not split. Perhaps my words are clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
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