Is it permissible to act upon some of the abandoned sunnahs and some narrations that people do not know?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I want to act upon some of the abandoned sunnahs and some narrations that people do not know, out of a desire to submit to all the matters of Allah and the command of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), am I rewarded for this or punished?
Answer:
If you confuse the people, you are punished and not rewarded. Do not surprise the people with something they do not know, then confusion results. If you have a limited number of people and you taught them first or explained it to them first, and they are a limited number and they desire that you act upon the sunnah, there is no harm. But as for people from here and there who know nothing, and you surprise them with this anomaly, that is not permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I want to act upon some of the abandoned sunnahs and some narrations that people do not know, out of a desire to submit to all the matters of Allah and the command of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), am I rewarded for this or punished?
Answer:
If you confuse the people, you are punished and not rewarded. Do not surprise the people with something they do not know, then confusion results. If you have a limited number of people and you taught them first or explained it to them first, and they are a limited number and they desire that you act upon the sunnah, there is no harm. But as for people from here and there who know nothing, and you surprise them with this anomaly, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [201 -560] هل يجوز العمل ببعض السنن المهجورة وببعض الروايات التي لا يعرفها الناس؟ — youtube.com
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