Understanding the Criterion: Whoever sees a detractor of them is a hypocrite with a corrupt heart (Clarifying that only a follower of the Sunnah loves the people of hadith, and only an innovator hates them)
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The Shaykh :"Understanding the Criterion"
Who? The people of hadith are the criterion. What does "criterion" mean? It means the ones by whom a person is tested. Whoever loves them is from the people of the Sunnah, and whoever hates them or belittles them is from the people of innovation. For this reason, it is said, for example, if you see a person loves Imam Ahmad, what is he? A follower of the Sunnah. And if you see he hates him, he is an innovator.
"Understanding the Criterion: Whoever sees a detractor of them *** is a hypocrite with a corrupt heart"
And this is the truth. No one hates the close friends of Allah except the enemies of Allah. There is no doubt in this. The close friends of Allah and the enemies of Allah are at war; the war between them is constant, always and forever. Allah the Exalted said in the Qudsi Hadith:Sahih al-Bukhari 6502 So the people of hadith are the criterion. Whoever belittles them is a hypocrite, with a corrupt heart, meaning a corrupt heart.
"If you suspect him, the Salaf before you"
Who? The people of hadith are the criterion. What does "criterion" mean? It means the ones by whom a person is tested. Whoever loves them is from the people of the Sunnah, and whoever hates them or belittles them is from the people of innovation. For this reason, it is said, for example, if you see a person loves Imam Ahmad, what is he? A follower of the Sunnah. And if you see he hates him, he is an innovator.
"Understanding the Criterion: Whoever sees a detractor of them *** is a hypocrite with a corrupt heart"
And this is the truth. No one hates the close friends of Allah except the enemies of Allah. There is no doubt in this. The close friends of Allah and the enemies of Allah are at war; the war between them is constant, always and forever. Allah the Exalted said in the Qudsi Hadith:
I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine
من عادى لي وليا فقد آذنته بالحرب"If you suspect him, the Salaf before you"