Is there a difference between a dialogue held among the people of the Sunnah and one held between a Salafi and an innovator?

The questioner : The first question: Are there differences between the dialogue that takes place among the people of the Sunnah and the discourse directed from a Salafi to an innovator, and what are they?

The Shaykh : Are there differences?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Are there differences between what takes place among the people of the Sunnah

The questioner : between the dialogue that takes place among the people of the Sunnah and the discourse directed from a Salafi to an innovator, and what are they?

The Shaykh : Without a doubt, the differences may sometimes be present and apparent between the dialogue or discussion that takes place among the people of the Sunnah themselves and what takes place between the people of the Sunnah on one hand and the people of innovation on the other. That is because it is presumed that the discussion, dialogue, and responses that occur among the people of the Sunnah themselves must originate from something like the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: Therefore, any discussion or dialogue that takes place among the people of the Sunnah must have its origin stemming from a verse like this one, .

The questioner : Praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on you. And likewise, it should be the case between the people of the Sunnah on one hand and those who oppose them in the Sunnah, who are the people of innovation, on the other hand. However, the style may differ between the people of the Sunnah among themselves and between the people of the Sunnah on one hand and the people of innovation on the other. That is because it is presumed that when the discussion takes place among the people of the Sunnah themselves, they should observe in that the saying of Allah, the Exalted, which He has stamped upon the Muslims in general, such as His saying, Mighty and Majestic: But when the discussion takes place between these Muslims of the people of the Sunnah and the people of innovation, there may be some severity and harshness in the style that is commensurate with the secrecy of the people of innovation regarding their innovation. This is a difference between the people of the Sunnah with one another on one hand, and the people of the Sunnah when they discuss or respond to the people of innovation on the other hand. However, we should observe in all of these people a matter by which we do not praise one group over another or criticize one group over another due to the neglect of the principle of the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: Often, when a Salafi responds to a Salafi, it happens that the response did not adhere to wisdom, nor did it adhere to what is more important than that, which is what our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, indicated in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He: So often, first, there is poor style in the response from one Salafi to another, and more than that, a lack of adherence to trustworthiness and truthfulness in responding to one another. This, unfortunately, occurred in the past and is now manifest in the present era in a form we would have wished not to see occurring in the Salafi community, which we call the Salafi society. This is what comes to mind as an answer to this question.