What is the difference between the call of political parties and the call of the people of the Sunnah and the community?
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The Shaykh : So what is the ruling that distinguishes between these groups, when all of them claim, at least in words and in their call, to belong to the Book and the Sunnah? What is the decisive ruling between them, when they all say the same thing? The answer is: according to the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih. As is said in the present day, a question arises for some people: where did we get this phrase, "according to the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih"? We got it from the Book of Allah, from the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and from what the imams of the Salaf who followed the majority of the people of the Sunnah and the community, as they say today, practiced. First of all, the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He): [An-Nisa 4:115] So do you hear His saying (Mighty and Majestic) in this verse: [An-Nisa 4:115] He connected this phrase to His saying (Mighty and Majestic): [An-Nisa 4:115] If Allah (Mighty and Majestic) had not mentioned [An-Nisa 4:115] If the verse had been: "And whoever opposes the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to him, We will turn him away from what he turned away from and will make him enter Hellfire, and evil is the destination," then those old and new groups, in their call, would not lose anything if this phrase had not been in the noble verse, namely His saying (Exalted is He): [An-Nisa 4:115] Because they say, "We are upon the Book and the Sunnah." This claim must be verified by following the Book and the Sunnah comprehensively first, and practically second. For example, His saying (Mighty and Majestic), which is well known among Muslim scholars: [An-Nisa 4:59] The followers of the madhabs from the entire Islamic world, when called to Allah and His Messenger, to the Book of Allah and the hadith of His Messenger, say, "No, we follow our madhab. This one says, 'My madhab is Hanafi,' and this one, 'Shafi'i,' and so on." Have those who placed their following of the imams in the position of following the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) applied this noble verse that I mentioned last, [An-Nisa 4:59]? The answer is: they have done none of that. Their saying, "We are upon the Book and the Sunnah," does not benefit them, because they do not practically apply the Book and the Sunnah. This is an example I want to use to clarify the first point, because this example is intended for the followers of the madhabs. As for the first point, it is intended for the Islamic callers, who are supposed not to be among the followers of the madhabs, those who prefer the sayings of the non-infallible imams over the sayings of Allah and His infallible Messenger. If that is the case, then it returns to creed. Creed is taken from the Book and the Sunnah and from what the Salaf were upon, because this Salaf is what is intended by the first verse, [An-Nisa 4:115] Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not mention this phrase in the middle of this verse in vain, but rather to establish a foundation and set a principle with it, which is that it is not permissible for us to rely on our late and intellectually lagging minds in understanding the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet. Rather, Muslims are followers of the Book and the Sunnah in establishing foundations and setting principles only if they add to the Book and the Sunnah what the Salaf al-Salih were upon. Because this verse contains the text that it is obligatory for us not to oppose the Messenger and not to contradict the Messenger, as it also contains that we must not oppose and not follow other than the path of the believers. The meaning of both the first restriction in this verse and the second restriction is that it is obligatory for us to follow the Messenger (peace be upon him) and leave off contradicting him, just as it is obligatory for us to follow the path of the believers and not oppose it.
And whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
ومن يشاقق الرسول من بعد ما تبين له الهدى ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنم وساءت مصيراand follows other than the way of the believers
... ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين ...And whoever opposes the Messenger
... ومن يشاقق الرسول ...and follows other than the way of the believers
... ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين ...and follows other than the way of the believers
... ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين ...And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
فإن تنازعتم في شيء فردوه إلى الله والرسول إن كنتم تؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر ذلك خير وأحسين تأويلاAnd if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger
فإن تنازعتم في شيء فردوه إلى الله والرسولAnd whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers
ومن يشاقق الرسول من بعد ما تبين له الهدى ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين ...
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