They believe that the Quran is truly Allah’s Word, not created like the speech of men. Consequently, whoever hears it and claims that it is the speech of men will be committing Kufr (disbelief): Allah chastises and admonishes this type of person and promises them Saqar (Hell) as a consequence of their statement, {This (Quran) is but the speech of men} (74:25)
By definition, the Salafi Da`wah is not a personality cult where a teacher and his followers would, as Ibn Taimiyyah puts it, “Consider whoever agrees with them as their friend and supporter and whoever disagrees with them as the aggressor enemy” (Ibn Taimiyyah. Majmu`at Al-Fatawa, Vol. 28, Pg., 13).
Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, an excellent representative of the scholars of the Salafi Da`wah, filled his books with the opinions and statements of the Four Imams. His respect for the Four Imams and their efforts, is remarkable and substantial.
All three of these Imams were major scholars of Hadeeth, Fiqh (Islamic Law), and other Islamic topics. It should be noted that the word, musnad, shares the same root word as, isnad
Translated by: Amr Abualrub Shaykh `Abd al-`Azeez bin `Abdullaah bin Baaz:“I have not seen under the sky anyone more knowledgeable, in our current times, than
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