For example, do we say that al-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar are not from the people of the Sunnah and the community?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, for example, do we consider al-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar to be other than the people of the Sunnah and the community?
The Shaykh : Yes, in what they hold regarding the names and attributes?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They are not from the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner : Not absolutely, O Shaykh? That is, are they not from the people of the Sunnah and the community in an absolute sense?
The Shaykh : No, we do not say it absolutely. That is why I told you: whoever opposes the Salaf regarding the attributes of Allah is not given the absolute designation that he is from the people of the Sunnah and the community. Rather, it is qualified. It is said: He is from the people of the Sunnah and the community in his jurisprudential methodology, for example. But in his innovative methodology, he is not from the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The Shaykh : Yes, in what they hold regarding the names and attributes?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They are not from the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner : Not absolutely, O Shaykh? That is, are they not from the people of the Sunnah and the community in an absolute sense?
The Shaykh : No, we do not say it absolutely. That is why I told you: whoever opposes the Salaf regarding the attributes of Allah is not given the absolute designation that he is from the people of the Sunnah and the community. Rather, it is qualified. It is said: He is from the people of the Sunnah and the community in his jurisprudential methodology, for example. But in his innovative methodology, he is not from the people of the Sunnah and the community.