“I am Salafi, and I am proud to be”

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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.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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