The Necessity of Conforming to the Understanding of the Salaf

Verily Allaah, Blessed and Exalted, encouraged the attainment of knowledge and praised its people the scholars. He clarified the rank of these scholars with Him (Exalted is He). He connected their testification along with His testification and the testification of the angels. This is a proof of the lofty rank of knowledge and its people. The scholars intended here are the scholars of the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace be upon him). They implement the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace be upon him). If one studies and propagates this knowledge but does not act upon it, then woe be unto him.