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Question: Your Excellency, thank you for this clarification. I have a question. When someone asks me and says:
“You are Salafi”
– how should I respond to him?
Response: It’s an honour. Say [to him]:
“I am Salafi, and I am proud [to be].”
Yes, the answer is [that] simple.
What does ‘Salafi’ mean?
[Being] ‘Salafi’ means: I am with those who preceded me (Salaf) – namely the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ, his noble companions, and the Rightly Guided Caliphs, those whom Allaah ﷻ said about them:
{Allaah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him.} – at-Towbah 9:100
But should we [Salafis] think that everyone will be pleased with us? No!
Hold your head high and say:
“I am Salafi.”
There is no harm [in that].
Translation originally published on 27 October, 2025
