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Salafiyyah is not a Hizbi (partisan) Madhhab - QSEP

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Munafiq (hypocrite) might speak a true word. So, accept the truth<br />

from whosoever it has come, for, there <strong>is</strong> light on the truth."<br />

They asked: "What <strong>is</strong> the slip of the w<strong>is</strong>e"<br />

He replied: "It <strong>is</strong> a word that you become frightened of, and you<br />

deny it, and you say, "What <strong>is</strong> th<strong>is</strong>' So beware of the slip, but DO<br />

NOT totally abandon him, for, he will sooner or later return to the<br />

truth."<br />

) لف ل م ٔ ( lecture Shaikh Saleh aal-Shaikh, in h<strong>is</strong><br />

mentioned the principle:<br />

: ل لتحص تقل<br />

"The Sharee'ah has come for<br />

bringing and increasing al-MasaaleH (interest/advantages)<br />

and averting of al-Mafaasid (harm/d<strong>is</strong>advantages of the people)."<br />

While elaborating upon th<strong>is</strong> principle, the Shaikh explained - with<br />

examples from the Imams of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah - how a scholar<br />

<strong>is</strong> <strong>not</strong> to be abandoned completely if he makes a m<strong>is</strong>take in some <strong>is</strong>sues;<br />

- even in <strong>is</strong>sues of Aqeedah - if he <strong>is</strong> in principle, upon the Sunnah.<br />

The Shaikh began by explaining that a Mufti (one, who gives<br />

fatawa) should keep th<strong>is</strong> principle in mind while giving Fatawa, and he<br />

should see to it that h<strong>is</strong> Fatawa brings about MaslaHa and averts<br />

Mafaasid, in all <strong>is</strong>sues; whether <strong>is</strong>sues of Aqeedah, <strong>is</strong>sues concerning the<br />

Hadd or <strong>is</strong>sues of Major sins, then he (hafidhahullah) said,<br />

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