Is it appropriate for Muslims to call themself other then Muslims?
There is no doubt that it is Allaah Who called us Muslims, and this is the religious name to which every person who believes in Allaah and His Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, should be affiliated with. Allaah says (which means): {…it is the religion of your father Ibraaheem (Abraham) (Islamic Monotheism). It is He (Allaah) Who has named you Muslims both before and in this (the Qur’an).}[22:78]. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “A Muslim is one from whose tongue and hands his fellow Muslims are secure.” [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim] So, this is the principle, a Muslim should affiliate himself to Islam and say ‘I am a Muslim’. However, if he affiliates himself to As-Salaf (the righteous predecessors) and says ‘I am a Salafi’, then there is no harm on him. Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: ‘There is no blame on whomever shows the methodology of As-Salaf and is affiliated to it and proud of it; rather we must accept that from him and there is no differenc
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