Questions asked to Shaykh Saleh ibn Ghunam as-Sadlaan [May Allaah preserve him] in his house after Salaat al-Jumu‘ah, ar-Riyadh
12/8/1434 – 21/6/2013
Question:
In the UK now there are many groups and sects and some of them are even
calling themselves Salafee when they are not, like the extremists etc.
the Kuffaar have also attached negativity to the name Salafee. Is it
permissible in our case to call ourselves moderate Muslims? This is
knowing that calling oneself a moderate Muslim usually is referred to
those who don’t pray or grow beards or for women who don’t wear Hijaab
or even for those who commit major sins but they refer to themselves as
being moderate.
Answer: This
is not necessary because the Kuffaar know what extremism is and they
know when something is not practicing and they know those who are
balanced. There is an incident that happened; a Muslim man wanted to
marry a Christian woman. She used to work in a hotel so one day the
Muslim man entered the hotel to see her and Muslims were there praying
in the lobby. Instead of going to join the Jamaa’ah he went to speak to
the woman instead and then later joined the Jamaa’ah. He joined it late
and thus he had to make up a Rak’ah. He then went back to the woman
after the Salaah to speak to her and she told him that she
was not interested in him anymore. The Muslim man was bemused and asked
why. To which she replied, “You preferred to come to talk to me instead
of praying with the others and you joined them late so you had to pray
some of it by yourself. If you are like this with you religion then how
will you be with me? I will not marry a Muslim except if he is
trustworthy. ” So she refused him. The point is, if you follow al-Islaam
then they will recognize what is correct from what is incorrect. They
will know the difference between those who bring goodness and those who
spread mischief. They know the difference between moderate and those who
are not. If we talk about extreme Christians then you will know who are
the extreme ones and those who are not. The same goes for the Jews. So
there is no need for such terminologies.
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