How do we respond to those who say that the methodology of the Salaf regarding the names and attributes is a method of independent legal reasoning?
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The questioner : Some people, O Shaykh, say that the methodology of the Salaf regarding the names and attributes is a method of independent legal reasoning, meaning it is not inherited?
The Shaykh : Before you proceed with your speech.
The questioner : Yes, please go ahead.
The Shaykh : What is the religion of these some people? Tell me, are they Muslim? Tell me... Tell me, are they Muslim? What is their knowledge? The Shaykh stopped the donkey at the obstacle. What is their knowledge?
The questioner : A man, I mean, this is a man, I mean, I say that he is an Ash'ari.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is clear, it is written in his title.
The questioner : How do we respond to this man?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. You young people are climbing the ladder sideways, and each of you wants to respond to the people of desires. This is not possible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You must establish yourselves first and foremost.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Have you not believed until now in what we hinted at earlier, that the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace be upon him), and that all good lies in following those who came before? These are the ones who say this is the independent legal reasoning of the Salaf.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it befitting of Allah?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So which of the two independent legal reasonings is more correct: the independent legal reasoning of the Salaf or that of the Khalaf?
The questioner : Without a doubt, the Salaf.
The Shaykh : Yes, but this is the apparent view; your friend has doubt.
The questioner : My friend says that the methodology of the Salaf is the stronger position. This issue has a stronger and a weaker position. The methodology of the Salaf is the stronger position, but he means there is a possibility of multiple correct answers. This is what he says. He says the methodology of the Salaf involves affirming the meaning and negating the asking how.
The Shaykh : He is not a scholar. The one who is speaking is not a scholar.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You are saying he is an Ash'ari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, is he knowledgeable about the Book and the Sunnah?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : No. Yes, you have nothing to do with him now. You are quoting from him. The whole speech is about multiple correct answers.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is speech.
The questioner : Not my speech.
The Shaykh : My brother, I am telling you, you are quoting from him. May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, this speech is said by...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is said by a person who knows the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic):[Yunus 10:32], and it is said by a person who knows Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1326Sahih (Darussalam). How can there be two correct answers? There are no two correct answers; there is a correct one and a wrong one.
The questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Okay, and therefore, not everyone should speak and you should sit and listen to him. Yes, by Allah, this speech has some kind of correctness. Let me ask the Shaykh. No.
"All good is in following those who came before, and all evil is in the innovation of those who came after."
In the name of Allah, may Allah reward you with good. Therefore, these are the people of desires. The Salaf used to forbid Muslims from listening to them. They used to forbid scholars from debating them. They used to forbid scholars from debating the people of desires. So why are you interested in the speech of the people of desires? In the name of Allah.
Another questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Before you proceed with your speech.
The questioner : Yes, please go ahead.
The Shaykh : What is the religion of these some people? Tell me, are they Muslim? Tell me... Tell me, are they Muslim? What is their knowledge? The Shaykh stopped the donkey at the obstacle. What is their knowledge?
The questioner : A man, I mean, this is a man, I mean, I say that he is an Ash'ari.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is clear, it is written in his title.
The questioner : How do we respond to this man?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. You young people are climbing the ladder sideways, and each of you wants to respond to the people of desires. This is not possible.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You must establish yourselves first and foremost.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Have you not believed until now in what we hinted at earlier, that the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace be upon him), and that all good lies in following those who came before? These are the ones who say this is the independent legal reasoning of the Salaf.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it befitting of Allah?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So which of the two independent legal reasonings is more correct: the independent legal reasoning of the Salaf or that of the Khalaf?
The questioner : Without a doubt, the Salaf.
The Shaykh : Yes, but this is the apparent view; your friend has doubt.
The questioner : My friend says that the methodology of the Salaf is the stronger position. This issue has a stronger and a weaker position. The methodology of the Salaf is the stronger position, but he means there is a possibility of multiple correct answers. This is what he says. He says the methodology of the Salaf involves affirming the meaning and negating the asking how.
The Shaykh : He is not a scholar. The one who is speaking is not a scholar.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You are saying he is an Ash'ari.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, is he knowledgeable about the Book and the Sunnah?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : No. Yes, you have nothing to do with him now. You are quoting from him. The whole speech is about multiple correct answers.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is speech.
The questioner : Not my speech.
The Shaykh : My brother, I am telling you, you are quoting from him. May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, this speech is said by...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is said by a person who knows the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic):
And what can be beyond truth except error?
فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الضَّلَالُWhen the judge passes a judgement in which he strived and was correct, then he receives two rewards. And when he judges and is mistaken, then he receives one reward.
إذا حكم الحاكم فأصاب فله أجران وإن أخطأ فله أجر واحدThe questioner : Correct.
The Shaykh : Okay, and therefore, not everyone should speak and you should sit and listen to him. Yes, by Allah, this speech has some kind of correctness. Let me ask the Shaykh. No.
"All good is in following those who came before, and all evil is in the innovation of those who came after."
In the name of Allah, may Allah reward you with good. Therefore, these are the people of desires. The Salaf used to forbid Muslims from listening to them. They used to forbid scholars from debating them. They used to forbid scholars from debating the people of desires. So why are you interested in the speech of the people of desires? In the name of Allah.
Another questioner: Peace be upon you.
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