Are the people of hadith the saved sect, and who are the people of hadith? And are there scholars and books that lead to this sect?
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The questioner : Are the saved sect the people of hadith? And if they are,
The Shaykh : they are the people of hadith and those who follow their methodology, because we do not have a text from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stating that they are the people of hadith or the people of the Sunnah.
The questioner : The words of the scholars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The words of the scholars.
The Shaykh : The words of the scholars, and I say that when the scholars say they are the people of hadith...
The questioner : If they are not, then who are they?
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, when they say "people of hadith," is the common man one of the people of hadith?
Another questioner : No
The questioner : The second question was: who are the people of hadith?
The Shaykh : The answer will come to you; you answer: is a common man from the general Muslims one of the people of hadith?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : When does he become one of the people of hadith?
The questioner : When he studies hadith.
The Shaykh : No, no, the error lies here; it is not when he studies hadith, but when he adopts the methodology of the people of hadith.
The questioner : He is doing well.
The Shaykh : Otherwise, it is not possible for all Muslims to be scholars of hadith. And so I say: the saved sect are the people of hadith, as the early imams of hadith said, such as Malik and 'Ali ibn al-Madini and others. But the intention behind this designation is not a specific group in a specific country with specific names, and so on. No, they are two groups: the people of hadith are two groups, few and many. The few are the scholars, the scholars of the Sunnah, and the many are those who walk in the path of the people of hadith. If we go back to the first era, the century that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) testified was the best of people, the Companions. No one with knowledge and insight doubts that they were upon this methodology, meaning the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah. But were they all scholars of the Book and the Sunnah? No. Ibn al-Qayyim and others mention that the scholars among the Companions who were known for issuing fatwas to thousands of Companions barely reached the number of two hundred Companions, barely reaching this number, increasing slightly or decreasing. And the rest? They derive rulings and rely on these scholars. Thus, history repeats itself. Whoever adopts the methodology of the people of hadith and the people of the Sunnah is from the saved sect. And so, when I ask, on the occasion of the hadith and in a narration .
The Shaykh : they are the people of hadith and those who follow their methodology, because we do not have a text from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stating that they are the people of hadith or the people of the Sunnah.
The questioner : The words of the scholars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The words of the scholars.
The Shaykh : The words of the scholars, and I say that when the scholars say they are the people of hadith...
The questioner : If they are not, then who are they?
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, when they say "people of hadith," is the common man one of the people of hadith?
Another questioner : No
The questioner : The second question was: who are the people of hadith?
The Shaykh : The answer will come to you; you answer: is a common man from the general Muslims one of the people of hadith?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : When does he become one of the people of hadith?
The questioner : When he studies hadith.
The Shaykh : No, no, the error lies here; it is not when he studies hadith, but when he adopts the methodology of the people of hadith.
The questioner : He is doing well.
The Shaykh : Otherwise, it is not possible for all Muslims to be scholars of hadith. And so I say: the saved sect are the people of hadith, as the early imams of hadith said, such as Malik and 'Ali ibn al-Madini and others. But the intention behind this designation is not a specific group in a specific country with specific names, and so on. No, they are two groups: the people of hadith are two groups, few and many. The few are the scholars, the scholars of the Sunnah, and the many are those who walk in the path of the people of hadith. If we go back to the first era, the century that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) testified was the best of people, the Companions. No one with knowledge and insight doubts that they were upon this methodology, meaning the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah. But were they all scholars of the Book and the Sunnah? No. Ibn al-Qayyim and others mention that the scholars among the Companions who were known for issuing fatwas to thousands of Companions barely reached the number of two hundred Companions, barely reaching this number, increasing slightly or decreasing. And the rest? They derive rulings and rely on these scholars. Thus, history repeats itself. Whoever adopts the methodology of the people of hadith and the people of the Sunnah is from the saved sect. And so, when I ask, on the occasion of the hadith
My Ummah will split into seventy-three sects, all in the Fire except one. They said: Who are they, O Messenger of Allah? He said: It is the Jama'ah.
وستفترق أمتي على ثلاث و سبعين فرقة كلها في النار إلا واحدة قالوا: من هي يا رسول الله ؟ قال: هي الجماعةIt is the one that is upon what I and my Companions are upon.
هي التي على ما أنا عليه وأصحابي
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