What is the ruling on the Islamic groups that claim to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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The questioner : The Islamic groups, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What is your opinion of the Islamic groups? Everyone claims to be right and on the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : (peace and blessings be upon him). I think you heard the sermon:Sunan Ibn Majah 3993Sahih (Darussalam) Who are they? Those who are upon what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was upon. The methodologies of the Islamic groups are well known; many of them explicitly state that their methodology is political, while as for the beliefs, the acts of worship, and the morals, they do not approach them. Is this the saved sect? And another is something of that, without all of that, and so on. So whoever constantly strives to live the life that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions lived, he is on the right path.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And so on.
The questioner : The sect, O Shaykh, that is among the Jews and the sect that is among the Christians, about which the Shaykh said, are they saved?
The Shaykh : Are they what?
The questioner : Are they saved? He said, for example, all of them are in the Fire except one from these and one from these.
The Shaykh : The truth is, before I answer your question, he erred in narrating the hadith in meaning, because it is not that in every sect there is a saved sect. But without a doubt, there are saved individuals from the previous sects; they are those who were, meaning, upon the methodology of the previous prophets. But there is no text stating that a sect from them is saved, as is the case with the Muslim community.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you have received your answer. Good.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What is your opinion of the Islamic groups? Everyone claims to be right and on the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : (peace and blessings be upon him). I think you heard the sermon:
all of which will be in Hell apart from one
كلُّها في النار إلا واحدةThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And so on.
The questioner : The sect, O Shaykh, that is among the Jews and the sect that is among the Christians, about which the Shaykh said, are they saved?
The Shaykh : Are they what?
The questioner : Are they saved? He said, for example, all of them are in the Fire except one from these and one from these.
The Shaykh : The truth is, before I answer your question, he erred in narrating the hadith in meaning, because it is not that in every sect there is a saved sect. But without a doubt, there are saved individuals from the previous sects; they are those who were, meaning, upon the methodology of the previous prophets. But there is no text stating that a sect from them is saved, as is the case with the Muslim community.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you have received your answer. Good.
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