The Shaykh asked this partisan about the path of the believers.
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The Shaykh : We also say to this man, and remember this well: What is the path of the believers in your view, Professor, in this verse?
The questioner : I am...
The Shaykh : I tell him, and I mean, I am certain that he will not answer with a direct answer; rather, he will give you a lecture, going east and west, and so on, and then he will clear the matter up, and it turns out there is absolutely nothing in it!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, well done. So the path of the believers: either it is a path that is reasonable for the believers in every age, and that is what is intended. It is possible that the path of the believers in the early centuries, which is attested to as being the best, is the one to which one must return if there is a path of the believers to which one must return. Undoubtedly, it must be the path that is attested to, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 3651 And undoubtedly, this hadith will also meet the fate of other hadiths that he denies. Undoubtedly, any hadith that places the Muslim before a path, he wants to deviate from it in the name of holding fast to Islam, so he will reject this hadith. What do you know about it?
The questioner : This hadith is a lie, no...
The Shaykh : Yes, why? We know the rule, we know the starting point, so we know its results. This is a mass-transmitted hadith. This is a mass-transmitted hadith. And glory be to Allah, the mass-transmitted hadith: some of the scholars of the Muslims said that a mass-transmitted hadith establishes creed, let alone legal rulings. So if he comes to deny even the mass-transmitted hadiths that are related to reports, he has truly contradicted the consensus of the Muslims and departed from the path of the believers by the text of the verse. For this reason, I am certain in advance that when you bring him verses, he wants to apply to them what you just heard: that there is no verse except that the Muslims have many opinions about it. This is departing from Islam in the name of Islam, and this is the most dangerous thing for the Muslims in this time...
The questioner : I am...
The Shaykh : I tell him, and I mean, I am certain that he will not answer with a direct answer; rather, he will give you a lecture, going east and west, and so on, and then he will clear the matter up, and it turns out there is absolutely nothing in it!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, well done. So the path of the believers: either it is a path that is reasonable for the believers in every age, and that is what is intended. It is possible that the path of the believers in the early centuries, which is attested to as being the best, is the one to which one must return if there is a path of the believers to which one must return. Undoubtedly, it must be the path that is attested to, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The best people are those living in my generation, and then those who will follow them, and then those who will follow the latter
خير الناس قرني ثم الذين يلونهم ثم يلونهمThe questioner : This hadith is a lie, no...
The Shaykh : Yes, why? We know the rule, we know the starting point, so we know its results. This is a mass-transmitted hadith. This is a mass-transmitted hadith. And glory be to Allah, the mass-transmitted hadith: some of the scholars of the Muslims said that a mass-transmitted hadith establishes creed, let alone legal rulings. So if he comes to deny even the mass-transmitted hadiths that are related to reports, he has truly contradicted the consensus of the Muslims and departed from the path of the believers by the text of the verse. For this reason, I am certain in advance that when you bring him verses, he wants to apply to them what you just heard: that there is no verse except that the Muslims have many opinions about it. This is departing from Islam in the name of Islam, and this is the most dangerous thing for the Muslims in this time...
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