And this doubt has been answered by our Mashaayikh: Allaamah, ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Ibn Baz – the [former] mufti of Saudi Arabia was asked: What do you say about the o*!ne who calls himself ‘Salafi’ or ‘Athari’? Is this is a tazkiyah (purification) of his own self? So he replied – may Allaah have mercy upon him – “When he is being truthful [in his claim] that he is Salafi or Athari then there is not harm in that, [this is] similar to what the Salaf used to say, ‘So and so is a Salafi’, ‘So and so is Athari’. This is a tazkiyah (commendation) which is necessary, a tazkiyah that is obligatory.” (Cassette: Haqq ul-Muslim 16/1/1413 Ta’if)
Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan was asked “Is the o*!ne who gives himself the title of ‘as-Salafi’ considered to have set up a ‘hizb’?”. To which he replied, “There is no harm in labelling o*!neself with Salafiyyah when it is in truth. However, if it is merely a claim then it is not permissible to label o*!neself with Salafiyyah, whilst o*!ne is upon a manhaj other than that of the Salaf.” (Al-Ajwibah al-Mufidah p.16)
As for those who wish to discourage others from ascribing themselves to the Salaf and claim that it is a tazkiyah (self-praise) then their machinations are not hidden from us. Rather, Shaikh ul-Islaam refuted this false claim centuries ago and made it obligatory to accept the ascription of a person to the Salaf – and held it to be by unanimous agreement – since the aqidah and manhaj of the Salaf is nothing but the truth. But when it is the case that the manhaj of these people (the false claimants) is adulterated, then it should come as no surprise that they wish for the people to detach themselves from the Salaf – since that is the o*!nly way that their falsehood can remain undetected.
Shaikh Salih al-Fawzan was asked “Is the o*!ne who gives himself the title of ‘as-Salafi’ considered to have set up a ‘hizb’?”. To which he replied, “There is no harm in labelling o*!neself with Salafiyyah when it is in truth. However, if it is merely a claim then it is not permissible to label o*!neself with Salafiyyah, whilst o*!ne is upon a manhaj other than that of the Salaf.” (Al-Ajwibah al-Mufidah p.16)
As for those who wish to discourage others from ascribing themselves to the Salaf and claim that it is a tazkiyah (self-praise) then their machinations are not hidden from us. Rather, Shaikh ul-Islaam refuted this false claim centuries ago and made it obligatory to accept the ascription of a person to the Salaf – and held it to be by unanimous agreement – since the aqidah and manhaj of the Salaf is nothing but the truth. But when it is the case that the manhaj of these people (the false claimants) is adulterated, then it should come as no surprise that they wish for the people to detach themselves from the Salaf – since that is the o*!nly way that their falsehood can remain undetected.
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