Who is the Victorious Group, and how is it identified?
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The questioner : Who is the Victorious Group? And how is it identified? I hope you will provide information.
The Shaykh : The Victorious Group is the people of the Sunnah and the community, and they are the saved sect. They are those who were upon the same belief, speech, and action as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions.
In belief, they believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil. They believe that Allah the Exalted is the Lord of all things and its Owner. They believe that Allah the Exalted is the Truth and that what is called upon besides Him is falsehood. They believe in everything by which Allah named Himself or by which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) named Him. They believe in everything by which Allah described Himself or by which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described Him, without distortion, denial of the divine attributes, asking how an attribute is, or likening Allah to creation. They also believe in the angels of Allah the Exalted as stated in the Book and the Sunnah, and in His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil.
They worship Allah the Exalted by what He has prescribed. They do not innovate in the religion of Allah the Exalted what He has not prescribed. They hold that every religious innovation in the religion of Allah the Exalted is misguidance. They are sincere to Allah the Exalted in their worship, for they were commanded to do so:[Al-Bayyinah 98:5].
They do not innovate in the religion of Allah what is not part of it, neither in belief nor in verbal or physical actions. Rather, they are sincere to Allah and follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). These are the saved sect, the Victorious Group, and the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The Victorious Group is the people of the Sunnah and the community, and they are the saved sect. They are those who were upon the same belief, speech, and action as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions.
In belief, they believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil. They believe that Allah the Exalted is the Lord of all things and its Owner. They believe that Allah the Exalted is the Truth and that what is called upon besides Him is falsehood. They believe in everything by which Allah named Himself or by which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) named Him. They believe in everything by which Allah described Himself or by which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described Him, without distortion, denial of the divine attributes, asking how an attribute is, or likening Allah to creation. They also believe in the angels of Allah the Exalted as stated in the Book and the Sunnah, and in His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil.
They worship Allah the Exalted by what He has prescribed. They do not innovate in the religion of Allah the Exalted what He has not prescribed. They hold that every religious innovation in the religion of Allah the Exalted is misguidance. They are sincere to Allah the Exalted in their worship, for they were commanded to do so:
And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth
وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَThey do not innovate in the religion of Allah what is not part of it, neither in belief nor in verbal or physical actions. Rather, they are sincere to Allah and follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). These are the saved sect, the Victorious Group, and the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.