Did Imam al-Saffarini Say The Ashʾaris And Maturidis Are Ahl al-Sunnah? - Shaykh Sultan al-ʿUmayri

This video discusses an often repeated quote by the Asharis and their sympathizers (like Bro Hajji and Muhammad al-Dedew), that the famous 12th century Hanbali scholar Imam al-Saffarini said Ahl al-Sunnah are the Atharis, Asharis and Maturidis.
Original lecture of Shaykh Sulṭān al-ʿUmayrī: • د.سلطان العميري,العقيد...
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• Shaykh Sulṭān al-ʿUmayrī
0:31 - The claim of Bro Hajji and al-Dedew
1:58 - The response
3:35 - Al-Saffārīnī attributed this claim (about Ahl al-Sunnah being three groups) to some scholars then refuted it
5:07 - Al-Saffārīnī attributed reprehensible opinion to the Ashʾarīs
6:44 - Al-Saffārīnī’s harsh criticism of many famous Ashʾarī beliefs
10:49 - Ibn Badrān’s comments on the matter
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0:31 - The claim of Bro Hajji and al-Dedew 1:58 - The response 3:35 - Al-Saffārīnī attributed this claim (about Ahl al-Sunnah being three groups) to some scholars then refuted it 5:07 - Al-Saffārīnī attributed reprehensible opinion to the Ashʾarīs 6:44 - Al-Saffārīnī’s harsh criticism of many famous Ashʾarī beliefs 10:49 - Ibn Badrān’s comments on the matter 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐦ā𝐦 𝐚𝐥-𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐟ā𝐫ī𝐧ī 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐡ʾ𝐚𝐫ī𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌ā𝐭𝐮𝐫ī𝐝ī𝐬 Al-Saffārīnī says the Ashʾarīs and Muʾtazilah agree that the Qurʾān is created. • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝In conclusion, the Muʾtazilah are in agreement with the Ashāʾirah, while the Ashāʾirah are in agreement with the Muʾtazilah, that this Qurʾān contained within the two covers of the Muṣḥaf is created and new. The only difference between the two factions is that the Muʾtazilah did not affirm any other Speech for Allāh except this (the Qurʾān, which they thought was created), whereas the Ashāʾirah affirmed Kalām Nafsī subsisting in Allah’s essence. Whereas the Muʾtazilah say, the Speech of Allāh is created [and not subsisting in Allāh]. The Ashāʾirah do not consider it (the Qurʾān) the Speech of Allāh. Yes, they call it the Speech of Allāh, but only metaphorically, and that is the belief of the majority of their predecessors.”❞* والحاصِلُ أنَّ المُعْتَزِلَةَ مُوافِقَةٌ الأشْعَرِيَّةَ، والأشْعَرِيَّةَ مُوافِقَةٌ المُعْتَزِلَةَ فِي أنَّ هَذا القُرْآنَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ دَفَّتَيِ المُصْحَفِ مَخْلُوقٌ مُحْدَثٌ وإنَّما الخِلافُ بَيْنَ الطّائِفَتَيْنِ أنَّ المُعْتَزِلَةَ لَمْ تُثْبِتْ لِلَّهِ كَلامًا سِوى هَذا، والأشْعَرِيَّةَ أثْبَتَتِ الكَلامَ النَّفْسِيَّ القائِمَ بِذاتِهِ تَعالى، وأنَّ المُعْتَزِلَةَ يَقُولُونَ: إنَّ المَخْلُوقَ كَلامُ اللَّهِ، والأشْعَرِيَّةَ لا يَقُولُونَ أنَّهُ كَلامُ اللَّهِ، نَعَمْ يُسَمُّونَهُ كَلامَ اللَّهِ مَجازًا هَذا قَوْلُ جُمْهُورِ مُتَقَدِّمِيهِمْ 📚 (Lawāmiʾ al-Anwār al-Bahīyyah 1/165) Al-Saffārīnī criticises those who claim that we have no idea what the attributes mean. • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝And the proponents of tajhīl are those who claim that the Messenger did not understand the meanings of the verses of attributes revealed to him, nor did Jibrīl understand the meanings of the verses, nor did the early predecessors understand that. This is also their statement regarding the aḥādīth of the attributes, that the Messenger spoke with words whose meanings he did not understand. This is the statement of many who claim adherence to the Sunnah and following the predecessors. They say about the verses of attributes and their aḥādīth: None knows their true meanings except Allāh, and they base this on His saying, exalted is He: {But none knows its interpretation except Allāh}. [3:7] They say: They are to be taken at their apparent meaning, and the apparent meaning is intended along with their statement: These have an interpretation with a meaning that only Allāh knows.* (وأهْلُ التَّجْهِيلِ) هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: إنَّ الرَّسُولَ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ مَعانِيَ ما أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مِن آياتِ الصِّفاتِ، ولا جِبْرِيلُ يَعْرِفُ مَعانِيَ الآياتِ، ولا السّابِقُونَ الأوَّلُونَ عَرَفُوا ذَلِكَ، وكَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ فِي أحادِيثِ الصِّفاتِ، وأنَّ الرَّسُولَ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلامٍ لا يَعْرِفُ مَعْناهُ، وهَذا قَوْلُ كَثِيرٍ مِنَ المُنْتَسِبِينَ إلى السُّنَّةِ واتِّباعِ السَّلَفِ، فَيَقُولُونَ فِي آياتِ الصِّفاتِ وأحادِيثِها: لا يَعْلَمُ مَعْرِفَتَها إلّا اللَّهُ، ويَسْتَدِلُّونَ بِقَوْلِهِ - تَعالى: ﴿وما يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إلّا اللَّهُ﴾ [آل عمران ٧]، ويَقُولُونَ: تُجْرى عَلى ظاهِرِها، وظاهِرُها مُرادٌ مَعَ قَوْلِهِمْ: إنَّ لَها تَأْوِيلًا بِهَذا المَعْنى لا يَعْلَمُهُ إلّا اللَّهُ. *Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyyah said in al-Ḥamawīyyah: “The interpretation that only Allāh knows is the reality to which speech is interpreted. Therefore, the interpretation of the attributes is the reality that Allāh has singled out with His knowledge, and it is the unknown manner about which the early generations like Mālik said: ‘The istiwāʾ is known, but the modality is unknown.’ So, the modality of the attributes is the interpretation that only Allāh knows.”❞* قالَ شَيْخُ الإسْلامِ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ فِي «الحَمَوِيَّةِ»: التَّأْوِيلُ الَّذِي لا يَعْلَمُهُ إلّا اللَّهُ، هُوَ الحَقِيقَةُ الَّتِي يَئُولُ الكَلامُ إلَيْها، فَتَأْوِيلُ الصِّفاتِ هُوَ الحَقِيقَةُ الَّتِي انْفَرَدَ اللَّهُ - تَعالى - بِعِلْمِها، وهُوَ الكَيْفُ المَجْهُولُ الَّذِي قالَ فِيهِ السَّلَفُ كَمالِكٍ وغَيْرِهِ: الِاسْتِواءُ مَعْلُومٌ، والكَيْفُ مَجْهُولٌ، فَكَيْفِيَّةُ الِاسْتِواءِ مَثَلًا هُوَ التَّأْوِيلُ الَّذِي لا يَعْلَمُهُ إلّا اللَّهُ - جَلَّ وعَلا. 📚 (Lawāmiʾ al-Anwār al-Bahīyyah 1/117) Al-Saffārīnī says interpreting Allāh’s attributes away from the apparent meaning is a reprehensible opposition to what the Salaf were upon. • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝Everyone who metaphorically interprets the divine attributes, does so based on assumptions and without evidence. He has exceeded the limits, overreached and ventured into the abyss of destruction, and has fabricated falsehood. Have you not noticed the differences among those who contemplate this matter, and how good the argument of those who rely on the authentic sources is? They have followed the path of the Prophet and his companions, and that is sufficient.* «فَكُلُّ مَن أوَّلَ فِي الصِّفاتِ … كَذاتِهِ مِن غَيْرِ ما إثْباتِ» «فَقَدْ تَعَدّى واسْتَطالَ واجْتَرى … وخاضَ فِي بَحْرِ الهَلاكِ وافْتَرى» «ألَمْ تَرَ اخْتِلافَ أصْحابِ النَّظَرْ … فِيهِ وحُسْنَ ما نَحاهُ ذُو الأثَرْ» «فَإنَّهُمْ قَدِ اقْتَدَوْا بِالمُصْطَفى … وصَحْبِهِ فاقْنَعْ بِهَذا وكَفى» *The meaning of the phrase “Everyone who metaphorically interprets the divine attributes” refers to those who attempt to interpret the divine attributes in a manner that contradicts their apparent meaning, or twist the wording to imply a different meaning, or interpret it metaphorically. This is considered by the scholars of the salaf as one of the reprehensible innovations in matters related to divine attributes.❞* «فَكُلُّ مَن أوَّلَ فِي الصِّفاتِ» الثّابِتَةِ لِلذّاتِ المُقَدَّسَةِ عَنْ سِماتِ المُحْدَثاتِ، والمُرادُ بِالتَّأْوِيلِ هُنا أنْ يُرادَ بِاللَّفْظِ ما يُخالِفُ ظاهِرَهُ، أوْ صَرْفُ اللَّفْظِ عَنْ ظاهِرِهِ لِمَعْنًى آخَرَ، أوْ عَنْ حَقِيقَتِهِ لِمَجازِهِ، وهُوَ فِي آياتِ الصِّفاتِ المُقَدَّسَةِ مِنَ المُنْكَراتِ عِنْدَ أئِمَّةِ الدِّينِ مِن عُلَماءِ السَّلَفِ المُعْتَبِرِينَ 📚 (Lawāmiʾ al-Anwār al-Bahīyyah 1/102)

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Al-Saffārīnī says the Salaf opposed those who engaged in ʿIlm al-Kalām, then takes a leaf out of Ibn Taymīyyah’s book claiming that the allegorical interpretations of Ashʾarī scholars like Ibn Fūrak and al-Rāzī are identical to those of Bishr al-Marīsī. • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝The righteous predecessors have criticised engaging in the study of kalām, and in scrutinising what they claimed to be issues of conclusive proof and certain evidence. They criticised this approach as it relied heavily on logical arguments, philosophical insights, mystical speculations, and heretical debates. Religious scholars such as Mālik, Sufyān, Ibn al-Mubārak, Abū Yūsuf, al-Shāfiʾī, Aḥmad, Isḥāq, al-Fuḍayl Ibn ʿIyāḍ, and Bishr al-Ḥāfī were particularly harsh in their criticism of theology and its advocates, such as Bishr al-Marīsī, whom even Hārūn al-Rashīd, the fifth caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, threatened to kill him if he persisted in his claim that the Qurʾān was created. Bishr went into hiding for nearly twenty years during Hārūn’s reign.* قَدْ ذَمَّ السَّلَفُ الصّالِحُ الخَوْضَ فِي عِلْمِ الكَلامِ، والتَّقَصِّيَ والتَّدْقِيقَ فِيما زَعَمُوا أنَّهُ قَضايا بُرْهانِيَّةٌ، وحُجَجٌ قَطْعِيَّةٌ يَقِينِيَّةٌ، وقَدْ شَحَنُوا ذَلِكَ بِالقَضايا المَنطِقِيَّةِ، والمَدارِكِ الفَلْسَفِيَّةِ، والتَّخَيُّلاتِ الكَشْفِيَّةِ، والمَباحِثِ القِرْمِطِيَّةِ. وكانَ أئِمَّةُ الدِّينِ مِثْلَ مالِكٍ وسُفْيانَ وابْنِ المُبارَكِ، وأبِي يُوسُفَ، والشّافِعِيِّ، وأحْمَدَ، وإسْحاقَ، والفُضَيْلِ بْنِ عِياضٍ، وبِشْرٍ الحافِي، يُبالِغُونَ فِي ذَمِّ الكَلامِ وفِي ذَمِّ بِشْرٍ المَرِيسِيِّ وتَضْلِيلِهِ، حَتّى أنَّ هارُونَ الرَّشِيدَ خامِسَ خُلَفاءِ بَنِي العَبّاسِ قالَ يَوْمًا: بَلَغَنِي أنَّ بِشْرًا المَرِيسِيَّ يَقُولُ: إنَّ القُرْآنَ مَخْلُوقٌ، ولِلَّهِ عَلَيَّ إنْ أظْفَرَنِي بِهِ اللَّهُ لَأقْتُلَنَّهُ قِتْلَةً ما قَتَلْتُها أحَدًا. فَأقامَ بِشْرٌ مُتَوارِيًا أيّامَ الرَّشِيدِ نَحْوًا مِن عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. *Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyyah stated: “These taʾwīlāt mentioned by Ibn Fūrak, which al-Rāzī also mentioned in his book “Taʾsīs al-Taqdīs,” and can be found in the speech of the majority of the speakers, including the Jubbāʾīyyah, ʿAbd al-Jabbār, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, and others, are the same interpretations mentioned by Bishr al-Marīsī. Imām al-Dārimī, ʿUthmān Ibn Saʾīd, one of the prominent figures of the scholars from Ahl al-Sunnah from the Salaf era in the third century, responded to the false interpretations attributed to Allāh’s Oneness in the book he named “Radd ʿUthmān Ibn Saʾīd ʿAlā al-Kadhib al-ʿAnīd Fī Mā Iftarā ʿAlā Allāh Min al-Tawḥīd.” He mentioned these interpretations in detail, citing the words of Bishr al-Marīsī, which implied that al-Marīsī was more well-versed in the rational and transmitted knowledge than these later scholars who he influenced. The Imāms of guidance unanimously condemned the followers of Bishr al-Marīsī, with most of them considering them disbelievers and misguided, and they denounced their speech and their followers with stern expressions and comprehensive words.”❞* قالَ شَيْخُ الإسْلامِ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ: وهَذِهِ التَّأْوِيلاتُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَها ابْنُ فُورَكٍ، ويَذْكُرُها الرّازِيُّ فِي (تَأْسِيسِ التَّقْدِيسِ)، ويُوجَدُ مِنها فِي كَلامِ غالِبِ المُتَكَلِّمَةِ مِنَ الجَبّائِيِّ وعَبْدِ الجَبّارِ وأبِي الحُسَيْنِ البَصْرِيِّ وغَيْرِهِمْ، هِيَ بِعَيْنِها التَّأْوِيلاتُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَها بِشْرٌ المَرِيسِيُّ، ورَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الإمامُ الدّارِمِيُّ عُثْمانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أحَدُ مَشاهِيرِ أئِمَّةِ السُّنَّةِ مِن عُلَماءِ السَّلَفِ فِي زَمَنِ البُخارِيِّ فِي المِائَةِ الثّالِثَةِ فِي كِتابِهِ الَّذِي سَمّاهُ (رَدُّ عُثْمانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَلى الكاذِبِ العَنِيدِ فِيما افْتَرى عَلى اللَّهِ مِنَ التَّوْحِيدِ)، فَحَكى هَذِهِ التَّأْوِيلاتِ بِأعْيانِها عَنْ بِشْرٍ المَرِيسِيِّ بِكَلامٍ يَقْتَضِي أنَّ المَرِيسِيَّ أقْعَدُ بِها وأعْلَمُ بِالمَعْقُولِ والمَنقُولِ مِن هَؤُلاءِ المُتَأخِّرِينَ الَّذِينَ اتَّصَلَتْ إلَيْهِمْ مِن جِهَتِهِ، وقَدْ أجْمَعَ أئِمَّةُ الهُدى عَلى ذَمِّ المَرِيسِيَّةِ، وأكْثَرُهُمْ كَفَّرُوهُمْ وضَلَّلُوهُمْ، وذَمُّوا الكَلامَ وأهْلَهُ بِعِباراتٍ رادِعَةٍ، وكَلِماتٍ جامِعَةٍ. 📚 (Lawāmiʾ al-Anwār al-Bahīyyah 1/108) Al-Saffārīnī defends Ibn Taymīyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim from the accusations of tajsīm by Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (without naming him). • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝I have witnessed someone’s [writings] who Allāh has deprived of insight, corrupted his character, and put on a show of piety and righteousness, and yet his words are filled with confusion. He said it due to his ʿaqīdah and degraded Shaykh al-Islām [Ibn Taymīyyah] and his student [Ibn al-Qayyim]. He claimed to be championing the cause of truth through his criticism, but despite all that, he was immersed in his own desires. Both he (Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī) and they (Ibn Taymīyyah and Ibn-al Qayyim) will stand in front of Allāh one day and that day all the secrets will be opened and hidden things will come out. I do not think about those who passed away even though their sayings are misguided and false.❞* قُلْت: ورَأيْت بَعْضَ مَن أعْمى اللَّهُ بَصِيرَتَهُ، وأفْسَدَ سَرِيرَتَهُ، وتَشَدَّقَ وصالَ، ولَقْلَقَ فِي مَقالَتِهِ وقالَ هَذا عَلى اعْتِقادِهِ، وأخَذَ فِي الحَطِّ عَلى شَيْخِ الإسْلامِ وتِلْمِيذِهِ، وزَعَمَ أنَّهُ نَصَرَ الحَقَّ فِي انْتِقادِهِ، وهُوَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ هَوى فِي مَهاوِي هَواهُ، ولَهُ ولَهُما مَوْقِفٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ اللَّهِ، وحِينَئِذٍ تَنْكَشِفُ السُّتُورُ، ويَظْهَرُ المَسْتُورُ. وأمّا أنا فَلا أخُوضُ فِي حَقِّ مَن سَلَفَ، وإنْ كانَتْ مَقالَتُهُ أقْرَبَ إلى الضَّلالِ والتَّلَفِ. 📚 (Ghadhāʾ al-Albāb Fī Sharḥ Manẓūmat al-Ādāb 2/193)

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Al-Saffārīnī quotes Ibn Taymīyyah, affirming that those who claim that Allāh is neither in or out of the universe are the Jahmīyyah. • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyyah said: “As for the traditions and narrations from the Companions and the Successors, then no one knows how numerous they are except Allāh.” He (Ibn Taymīyyah) said: “Either, that which these texts contribute towards from affirming Highness of Allāh Taʾālā over His creation and Rising above the Throne, that it is the truth, or the truth is the opposite of that, since the truth must either be of the two opposing possibilities. Either He, Jalla Shāʾnuhu, Himself above the Creation, or He is not above the Creation as the Jahmīyyah say, those who say that He Subḥānahu is not above them, nor in them, nor inside the world, nor outside of it, nor separate, nor attached. Often they say, He is in Essence everywhere, while in both beliefs, they avoid saying that He Himself is above (fawq).❞* قالَ شَيْخُ الإسْلامِ: وأمّا الأحادِيثُ والآثارُ عَنِ الصَّحابَةِ والتّابِعِينَ فَلا يُحْصِيها إلّا اللَّهُ. قالَ: فَلا يَخْلُو إمّا أنْ يَكُونَ ما اشْتَرَكَتْ فِيهِ هَذِهِ النُّصُوصُ مِن إثْباتِ عُلُوِّ اللَّهِ تَعالى عَلى خَلْقِهِ واسْتِوائِهِ عَلى عَرْشِهِ هُوَ الحَقُّ أوِ الحَقُّ نَقِيضُهُ إذِ الحَقُّ لا يَخْرُجُ عَنِ النَّقِيضَيْنِ، وإمّا أنْ يَكُونَ هُوَ جَلَّ شَأْنُهُ نَفْسُهُ فَوْقَ الخَلْقِ أوْ لا يَكُونَ فَوْقَ الخَلْقِ كَما يَقُولُ الجَهْمِيَّةُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ هُوَ سُبْحانَهُ لا فَوْقَهُمْ، ولا فِيهِمْ، ولا داخِلَ العالَمِ، ولا خارِجَهُ، ولا مُبايَنٌ ولا مُحايَثٌ وتارَةً يَقُولُونَ هُوَ بِذاتِهِ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ، وفِي كِلا المَقالَتَيْنِ يَدْفَعُونَ أنْ يَكُونَ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ فَوْق 📚 (Lawāmiʾ al-Anwār al-Bahīyyah 1/193) After quoting Ibn Taymīyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim on the subject of Allāh’s highness above the throne, he recommends reading their books on the subject. • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝The scholars wrote numerous works, and greatly endeavoured to produce books, in affirmation of [Allāh’s] Highness and Rising, pointing it out using the verses and traditions and what they comprise of. Hence, from them is one who narrates the traditions with chains, whilst from them is one who excludes the chains bringing meaningful wording. From them is one who extensively elaborates, whilst from them is one who wrote small-sized, medium-sized works, or refined existing ones. From such works is Masʾalat al-ʿUlūw (the issue of Allāh’s elevation) by Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyyah, al-ʿUlūw by al-Imām al-Muwaffaq, the author of various Sunnī works, al-Juyūsh al-Islāmīyyah by al-Imām al-Muḥaqqiq Ibn al-Qayyim, Kitāb al-ʿArsh by al-Ḥāfiẓ Shams al-Dīn al-Dhahabī, the author of highly precious works, and other works which cannot be counted except with difficulty, while Allāh Taʾālā is the source of ability.❞* [وقَدْ أكْثَرَ العُلَماءُ مِنَ التَّصْنِيفِ، وأجْلَبُوا بِخَيْلِهِمْ ورَجْلِهِمْ مِنَ التَّأْلِيفِ، فِي ثُبُوتِ العُلُوِّ والِاسْتِواءِ ونَبَّهُوا عَلى ذَلِكَ بِالآياتِ والحَدِيثِ وما حَوى، فَمِنهُمُ الرّاوِي الأخْبارَ بِالأسانِيدِ، ومِنهُمُ الحاذِفُ لَها، وأتى بِكُلِّ مُفِيدٍ، ومِنهُمُ المُطَوِّلُ المُسْهِبُ، ومِنهُمُ المُخْتَصِرُ والمُتَوَسِّطُ والمُهَذِّبُ، فَمِن ذَلِكَ مَسْألَةُ العُلُوِّ لِشَيْخِ الإسْلامِ ابْنِ تَيْمِيَّةَ والعُلُوِّ لِلْإمامِ المُوَفَّقِ صاحِبِ التَّصانِيفِ السُّنِّيَّةِ، والجُيُوشِ الإسْلامِيَّةِ لِلْإمامِ المُحَقِّقِ ابْنِ القَيِّمِ الجَوْزِيَّةِ، وكِتابِ العَرْشِ لِلْحافِظِ شَمْسِ الدِّينِ الذَّهَبِيِّ صاحِبِ الأنْفاسِ العَلِيَّةِ، وما لا أُحْصِي عَدَّهُمْ إلّا بِكُلْفَةٍ، واللَّهُ تَعالى المُوَفِّقُ. 📚 (Lawāmiʾ al-Anwār al-Bahīyyah 1/196) Al-Saffārīnī says that the Ashʾarīs only affirm seven attributes, deny reported attributes and the attributes connected to Allāh’s will, and that by doing so they oppose the Salaf and the majority of the ummah. • Al-Saffārīnī said: *❝Due to the fact that the people of this religion have differed, for from them are those who negated all the Attributes but affirmed the Names, and they are the Muʾtazilah. And from them are those who negated the Attributes affirmed by reports (ṣifāt al-khabarīyyah), the action connected to Allāh’s will (afʾāl al-ikhtīyārīyyah) and affirmed 7 attributes, such as the Ashāʾirah and those who agreed with them. While the Madhab of the Salaf, the rest of the Imāms and the majority of the Ummah is to affirm the Attributes of Essence, the Beautiful Names, the Attributes affirmed by reports (ṣifāt al-khabarīyyah), and the Attributes connected to His will (ṣifāt al-ikhtiyārīyyah). He [referring to the original author being himself] encouraged you to follow the Salaf of this Ummah, and warned you from innovations, and opposing the Sunnah and the noble Imāms, thus he said: “So beware of descending (or sinking)” from the peak of Īmān, the spear of religion, the certainty, the climax of high rank and cognition, to the lowliness of innovation, the filth of novelty. For safety only lies in following the first generation, the group upon whom we trust, not that which the offspring of the Jahmites innovated, nor that which the masters of philosophy professed from the Mashāʾī or the Ishrāqī sects [of Philosophers].❞* ولَمّا كانَ أهْلُ المِلَّةِ مُخْتَلِفَةً فَمِنهُمْ، مَن نَفى الصِّفاتَ مِن أصْلِها وأثْبَتَ الأسْماءَ، وهُمُ المُعْتَزِلَةُ، ومِنهُمْ مَن نَفى الصِّفاتَ الخَبَرِيَّةَ والأفْعالَ الِاخْتِيارِيَّةَ أنْ تَقُومَ بِذاتِهِ تَعالى، وأثْبَتَ السَّبْعَ الصِّفاتَ كالأشْعَرِيَّةِ، ومَن وافَقَهُمْ، وكانَ مَذْهَبُ السَّلَفِ وسائِرِ الأئِمَّةِ وجُمْهُورِ الأُمَّةِ إثْباتَ الصِّفاتِ الذّاتِيَّةِ والأسْماءِ الحُسْنى والصِّفاتِ الخَبَرِيَّةِ وصِفاتِ الأفْعالِ الِاخْتِيارِيَّةِ لِلَّهِ تَعالى حَثَّكَ عَلى الِاتِّباعِ لِسَلَفِ الأُمَّةِ، وحَذَّرَكَ مِنَ الِابْتِداعِ ومُخالَفَةِ السُّنَّةِ وأعْيانِ الأئِمَّةِ، فَقالَ (فاحْذَرْ مِنَ النُّزُولِ) مِن ذُرْوَةِ الإيمانِ، وسَنامِ الدِّينِ والإيقانِ، وأوْجِ الرِّفْعَةِ والعِرْفانِ إلى حَضِيضِ الِابْتِداعِ وقاذُوراتِ الِاخْتِراعِ، فَإنَّ السَّلامَةَ كُلَّ السَّلامَةِ فِي اتِّباعِ الرَّعِيلِ الأوَّلِ، والسِّرْبِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ المُعَوِّلُ لا ما ابْتَدَعَتْهُ فُرُوخُ الجَهْمِيَّةِ وانْتَحَلَتْهُ أساطِينُ الفَلاسِفَةِ مِن فِرَقِ المَشّائِيَةِ والإشْراقِيَّةِ. 📚 (Lawāmiʾ al-Anwār al-Bahīyyah 1/257)

[@hahdgdgherfhx]

Finally an update to bro hajji’s intro lol

[@Abu-qitt]

💀💀💀

[@eldarkulic4834]

It's funny since BH was promoting sh Sultan Umayri while attacking salafis in same instance. May Allah reward you brother, I'm really happy that you're back on YT.

[@Hanbali164AH]

Barakallah feek akhi We need more translations of Sheikh Sultan al-Umayri in English.

[@SZ-mc7ch]

I lost it at the intro😂😂😂

[@iymuslim]

I’m happy you’re back Alhamdulillah. Faris Responds is the man for defending Islam against kuffar, and you are the man for defending the sunnah against biddah (on KZbin Ofcourse) جزاك الله خيرا

[@hahdgdgherfhx]

Farid

[@ibrahimelhusseinali7781]

Alhamdulillah, so good to see you back.

[@hassanibrahim14]

Jazakallahu khayran akhi

[@mhmdbulaix]

جزاك الله خيراً

[@theonesinacha4414]

YOU’RE BACK AKHI!

[@mzmi1422]

So u r back two years later Life is short

[@muxishine]

I don't think I've come across your videos before so the intro had me like "wait... what?" as I've watched bro hajji's videos in the past. Then I was like, oh they're mocking him... then a video of him talking started then I was back to thinking this is his channel with a name change... then I realised what was going on lol

[@Hilyatulilm]

Important matter!!

[@ExposingAhlulBidah]

Asalamu alaykum. What text to speech software do you use? I need a good one as I am working on a video based on the works of Sh Sultan Al Umayri

[@AbuAbdullahAlHanbali]

U need to drop more videos Akhi😅

[@FidanHasanzadeStudent]

assalamu alaykum. may i ask how did you research for this video? does simply googling bring out those videos of shuyukh speaking about it? or did you just see those videos before? please give some research tips.

[@Joker-fz5bt]

I think the Brother actually read the books for himself

[@FidanHasanzadeStudent]

@@Joker-fz5bt but how does he search for videos of shuyukh? arent some of them parts of long classes that wouldnt come up with a google search?

[@Joker-fz5bt]

@@FidanHasanzadeStudent I'm not sure about the videos but for the books generally anyone that knows Arabic can buy or read a pdf of them.

[@AbuAbdullahAlHanbali]

Imam Saffarini رضي الله عنه and Abdul Baqi Al Bali رضي الله عنه mentjoned them to be Ahlus Sunnah but from what’s clear is they differed regarding who takes the hukm of Firqatul Najjiyah Just watched it, the Sheykh agrees

[@ZackKimHateDemocracy]

I hate the way he said the name of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal as Imam Ahmad Bin Humble.

[@BF109G4]

Ash’aris are deviated

[@mzmi1422]

They r jahmiyya k¥ffar

[@ibshelby3643]

I never seen someone like brother hajj claimed to be athari and then say Asharis are ahl sunnah

[@LinorMilan]

Same. I can't believe I was such an active follower of this person subhan'Allah!!

[@ibshelby3643]

@@LinorMilan alhamdulilah now u are aware may allah guide us all . i also used to listent to these youtuber dawah bro instead of actual scholars

[@LinorMilan]

@@ibshelby3643 same, all of them, I was soo misguided. And I disliked salafiyya audhubillah. Now I especially listen to AbdulAziz Al Haqqan (and the brothers upon the Sunnah like Wajdi Akkari etc) and I stick to the big ulama. Amin !!

[@ibshelby3643]

@@LinorMilan same i would recommend joining amau very beneficial if u want to take deen seriously

[@LinorMilan]

@@ibshelby3643 you're right , already joined alhamdulillah. I am an admin at Garden of ilm and for shaykh Faris Al Hammadi btw, super beneficial جزاك الله خيرا وبارك الله فيك

[@zahidmuslim4110]

They have lots of kufr beliefs...a lot...