Category: Deviant Teachers

Yasir Qadhi vs. Salafiyyah

“The term Salafi is not a Quranic or Islamic term. It is not found in the Hadeeth. It is a term that has its good and bad. Because the term is something we are not obliged to use. Because the term has been associated with lots of things that are negative … terrorism, mistreatment, bombings and harshness and what not … the term is not holy.

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Yasir Qadhi on the Term ‘Salafi’

Jalal Abualrub says: the term, Salaf, was established by the Prophet Muhammad himself, when he, Allah’s blessings and mercy on him, described himself to his honorable daughter, Fatimah, as being the best ‘Salaf’ for her, by saying, “Fa-inni ni`ma As-Salafu ana laki” (Bukhari, and, Muslim)

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Yasir Qadhi: Does it Please Allah?

“But the concept of following the Salaf … the concept of considering the Sahabah, the Tabi’un and the Tabi` Tabi’un to be the best generations (of Muslims) … this is something that I firmly believe is a Fundamental Part of our Religion … And the theology that comes from them … of Allah’s Names and Attributes, and of Qadar, and of Eman … I have studied Islamic Theology. This is my expertise.

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