The only use for fatwas are for modern inventions physical/ideological which conceal sin and war. Fatwas are used for political power (iran), there needs to be checks and balances in the way of scholarly oversight and for these scholars not seek power for themselves.
The “car” fatwa by ibn baz is to limit free-mixing, all gas stations/car washes/mechanics are operated by men and for women to drive cars they must use these amenities. There’s obvious work arounds but in the sheikh’s opinion the fitna created surpasses it.
Op’s attempt at delegitimising the salafi creed, like other detractors, focuses on the aesthetic and not the actual context of the dogma. You will never see genuine critique of the main bodies of text, like kitab-at-tawhid, as it will show the layman how fallacious their beliefs really are. Explosive quttubists are not salafi, nor did the advent of the nation state birth the salafi movement - it is instead the natural progression from harbouring cultural superstitions to taqwa and tawwakul, from worshiping and fearing men to worshiping the lord all mighty (alone), from having ignorance of the faith to understanding and practising it.
I don’t want to say sufi’s worship and call upon the dead, but they do “lol”. They’ve perpetuated an aurora of cleanliness, asceticism and intellectualism but no amount of airbrushing can hide the fact that they’ve set up partners with allah and play with magic.
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