What is the ruling on one who calls the Salafi methodology the "Talfi" methodology?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who calls the Salafi methodology the Talfi methodology, may Allah protect us from it?
The Shaykh : His ruling is that he is the one who is ruined. And you should not be surprised, my brother. Do not be surprised that people of good are given bad titles. Do you not know that the prophets were described as sorcerers and madmen?
Say yes and no!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the correct answer is yes. All right.
Allah the Exalted said:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:52]: Did this title harm the prophets?
The answer is: No, the outcome is for them, and praise be to Allah.
Do not be surprised that people of evil give people of good bad titles. Do you not know that those who deny the attributes of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, describe those who affirm them as anthropomorphists, as Hashawiyyah, and as upstarts? It does not harm them. Yes, if it were assumed that the Salafiyyah had become contrary to the Salaf in their methodology, then we would say: this is ruined. But we do not attribute this to the madhhab, because among our brothers who are upon the madhhab of the Salaf, indeed those who desire the madhhab of the Salaf, there are some who contradict the Salaf in their actions, and they do more harm to Islam and to the people of Islam than good. Perhaps this speaker saw a person who was repulsive in his actions and methodology among the Salafiyyah and said: the Salaf are Talfi. We do not know in reality. But if he intended the Salaf in truth, we say: you are the one who is ruined, not the madhhab of the Salaf.
The Shaykh : His ruling is that he is the one who is ruined. And you should not be surprised, my brother. Do not be surprised that people of good are given bad titles. Do you not know that the prophets were described as sorcerers and madmen?
Say yes and no!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the correct answer is yes. All right.
Allah the Exalted said:
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
كذلك ما أتى الذين من قبلهم من رسول إلا قالوا ساحر أو مجنونThe answer is: No, the outcome is for them, and praise be to Allah.
Do not be surprised that people of evil give people of good bad titles. Do you not know that those who deny the attributes of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, describe those who affirm them as anthropomorphists, as Hashawiyyah, and as upstarts? It does not harm them. Yes, if it were assumed that the Salafiyyah had become contrary to the Salaf in their methodology, then we would say: this is ruined. But we do not attribute this to the madhhab, because among our brothers who are upon the madhhab of the Salaf, indeed those who desire the madhhab of the Salaf, there are some who contradict the Salaf in their actions, and they do more harm to Islam and to the people of Islam than good. Perhaps this speaker saw a person who was repulsive in his actions and methodology among the Salafiyyah and said: the Salaf are Talfi. We do not know in reality. But if he intended the Salaf in truth, we say: you are the one who is ruined, not the madhhab of the Salaf.