Is learning the science of refutations against the people of innovation considered part of seeking knowledge?
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The questioner:
Yes. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is learning the science of refutations against the people of desires and innovations considered part of seeking knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The one who seeks knowledge does not start with refutations; he seeks knowledge, the principles, and the rules first. So, if he becomes proficient and becomes a scholar, he reads the refutations. But if he occupies himself with refutations and it becomes his main concern, and they say so-and-so refuted so-and-so, this confuses his mind and breeds enmity and hatred because he is ignorant and does not know. Yes.
Yes. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is learning the science of refutations against the people of desires and innovations considered part of seeking knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The one who seeks knowledge does not start with refutations; he seeks knowledge, the principles, and the rules first. So, if he becomes proficient and becomes a scholar, he reads the refutations. But if he occupies himself with refutations and it becomes his main concern, and they say so-and-so refuted so-and-so, this confuses his mind and breeds enmity and hatred because he is ignorant and does not know. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1888- 4717] هل تعلم علم الردود على أهل البدع يعد من طلب العلم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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