Does deviating from the methodology in just one issue mean deviating from the methodology entirely?
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The questioner : I mentioned to some of the brothers a statement from those who call for factionalism. There is a hadith, and this is a newly invented matter among us. They used to say that deviating from the methodology in one issue means deviating from the methodology entirely. Then they allow for deviations. So we return their argument to them, meaning they say deviation in one issue.
The Shaykh : We return their argument to them, and the matter is ended.
The questioner : Meaning, we return their argument to them with what
Al-Halabi: With what they said.
The questioner : With what they said. Is their statement correct, meaning
The Shaykh : No, it is not correct absolutely. But in any case, it contradicts the methodology. This is like faith and Islam. If a believer or a Muslim leaves something of the implications of faith and Islam, does that mean he has exited his faith and his Islam? The answer is no, but he has contradicted his faith and contradicted his Islam. Likewise, the one who deviates from his methodology in one issue has contradicted his methodology. As for him opposing the methodology and exiting the methodology, that is not the case. But if they say this, we hold them to their statement and say to them: Where were you when you used to say this, and now you have deviated from the methodology in one, in a second, in a third, and so on?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with the best reward.
The Shaykh : And you likewise
The Shaykh : We return their argument to them, and the matter is ended.
The questioner : Meaning, we return their argument to them with what
Al-Halabi: With what they said.
The questioner : With what they said. Is their statement correct, meaning
The Shaykh : No, it is not correct absolutely. But in any case, it contradicts the methodology. This is like faith and Islam. If a believer or a Muslim leaves something of the implications of faith and Islam, does that mean he has exited his faith and his Islam? The answer is no, but he has contradicted his faith and contradicted his Islam. Likewise, the one who deviates from his methodology in one issue has contradicted his methodology. As for him opposing the methodology and exiting the methodology, that is not the case. But if they say this, we hold them to their statement and say to them: Where were you when you used to say this, and now you have deviated from the methodology in one, in a second, in a third, and so on?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with the best reward.
The Shaykh : And you likewise