(Clarification that the Salaf accused those who hate the people of hadith and the Sunnah of religious innovation, so if the later generations accuse them, they have a precedent from the Salaf) If you accuse him, the Salaf before you did so
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The Shaykh : If you see a man loves Imam Ahmad, what is he? He is a follower of the Sunnah. And if you see he hates him, he is an innovator.
"They are the test, so whoever disparages 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, and 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 test. Whoever disparages them is a hypocrite with a corrupt heart, meaning a corrupt heart.
"If you accuse him, the Salaf before you did so, who were upon faith and excellence in worship
They also accused the wicked one of [hating] the guidance, knowledge, reports, and the Qur'an"
"If you accuse him" means if you accuse the innovator in your time, for those before you accused his kind. Therefore he said:
"The Salaf before you did so, who were upon faith and excellence in worship
They also accused the wicked one of [hating] the guidance"
Such as Ibn 'Umar's accusation of the Qadariyyah, and the accusation of the Tabi'un who lived to see Jahm ibn Safwan of Jahm.
The important point is that if a man accuses another man of hating the people of the Sunnah because he is an innovator, then this is the truth, because the righteous Salaf accused those of the same type as him of that.
He said: "And he is deserving of that if he opposes the narrators of the religion, and that is enmity to the Lord"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: If he opposes.
"They are the test, so whoever disparages 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, and 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 accuse him, the Salaf before you did so, who were upon faith and excellence in worship
They also accused the wicked one of [hating] the guidance, knowledge, reports, and the Qur'an"
"If you accuse him" means if you accuse the innovator in your time, for those before you accused his kind. Therefore he said:
"The Salaf before you did so, who were upon faith and excellence in worship
They also accused the wicked one of [hating] the guidance"
Such as Ibn 'Umar's accusation of the Qadariyyah, and the accusation of the Tabi'un who lived to see Jahm ibn Safwan of Jahm.
The important point is that if a man accuses another man of hating the people of the Sunnah because he is an innovator, then this is the truth, because the righteous Salaf accused those of the same type as him of that.
He said: "And he is deserving of that if he opposes the narrators of the religion, and that is enmity to the Lord"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: If he opposes.