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@FloidHidden @ali_aqeedah Assalamu alaikum brothers.

1/6) The hadiths by Abu Dawud and Khatib al-baghdad tell us that the 1 sect of out of the 73 that's saved is As-Sawadul Adham (The Vast Majority). The 4 schools of fiqh and the 3 schools of creed have always represented the majority.

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@FloidHidden @ali_aqeedah 2/6) Salafiyyah know they're a minority and to protect themselves they reproduce statements from the salaf to suggest that the minority in the Ummah can be the saved sect. Ibn Mas'ud's statement was said to ulema who lived in Baghdad during the emergence of an early heresy.

@FloidHidden @ali_aqeedah 3/6) He was reassuring them that even if the whole city falls under heresy, you two represent the majority which is spread all over the Muslim world. Just because one city or town falls into heresy does not mean the entire Ummah from China to Spain have sunk into heresy as well.

@FloidHidden @ali_aqeedah 4/6) This is the same for Muslims living in non-Muslims. Two believers amongst a town of unbelievers REPRESENT the jama'ah because they are still conected to the vast majority spread the world over. Regarding the Mu'tazila they were NEVER a majority in Baghdad!

@FloidHidden @ali_aqeedah 5/6) They gained prominence by political muscle. Their use of violence to gain conformity tells us they were a minority. The masses/laiety did not support them, which is why they had to force the ulema because they knew if they could get them on side, the public would follow.

@FloidHidden @ali_aqeedah 6/6) The only way they did this was to threaten the ulema to chop their heads off if they didn't publically declare their support of them. Those ulema simply paid lip service to save their necks, and formally declared their Sunnism as soon as the khalifa ended the inquisition.