Are the people of the Sunnah the Salafis, the Asha'irah, and the Maturidiyyah?
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The Shaykh : And they still say to this day: The people of the Sunnah are three: the Salafis, the Asha'irah, and the Maturidiyyah.
And this is not correct in reality, because the title "people of the Sunnah" applies to whom? To the one who holds fast to the Sunnah.
And those who contradict the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the righteous Salaf in their methodology in creed, are they from the people of the Sunnah? No, it is not correct to call them the people of the Sunnah in this religious innovation that they introduced, even if they are from the people of the Sunnah in general. But in the matter of the names and attributes, they are not from the people of the Sunnah; rather, they contradict the Sunnah in what they adopted regarding the names and attributes of Allah.
Now, he says: "But, yes, but Allah the Exalted has exposed them by refuting their doubts and refuting their arguments. Indeed, the Shaykh al-Islam and others have engaged in refuting them more than anyone else, because being deceived by them is more common than being deceived by others, due to what they display of supporting the Sunnah".
And it is known that refuting these people is more urgent than refuting the Mu'tazilah, the Jahmiyyah, and the deniers of the divine attributes. How? Or why? Because they conceal their falsehood and display support for the Sunnah, and this is the calamity. That is, if the one who contradicts you says, "I am in disagreement with you," that is a lesser matter than a man who says, "I am upon the truth," and tries to make himself one of the people of truth while he is an impostor among them. For this is more harmful. Therefore, most of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have engaged in refuting them so that people are not deceived by them.
And this is not correct in reality, because the title "people of the Sunnah" applies to whom? To the one who holds fast to the Sunnah.
And those who contradict the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the righteous Salaf in their methodology in creed, are they from the people of the Sunnah? No, it is not correct to call them the people of the Sunnah in this religious innovation that they introduced, even if they are from the people of the Sunnah in general. But in the matter of the names and attributes, they are not from the people of the Sunnah; rather, they contradict the Sunnah in what they adopted regarding the names and attributes of Allah.
Now, he says: "But, yes, but Allah the Exalted has exposed them by refuting their doubts and refuting their arguments. Indeed, the Shaykh al-Islam and others have engaged in refuting them more than anyone else, because being deceived by them is more common than being deceived by others, due to what they display of supporting the Sunnah".
And it is known that refuting these people is more urgent than refuting the Mu'tazilah, the Jahmiyyah, and the deniers of the divine attributes. How? Or why? Because they conceal their falsehood and display support for the Sunnah, and this is the calamity. That is, if the one who contradicts you says, "I am in disagreement with you," that is a lesser matter than a man who says, "I am upon the truth," and tries to make himself one of the people of truth while he is an impostor among them. For this is more harmful. Therefore, most of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have engaged in refuting them so that people are not deceived by them.