What is the ruling on one who follows a person in matters of independent legal reasoning despite disagreeing with him in creed?
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Question:
What is meant by the shirk (associating partners with Allah) mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam regarding one who follows a person from among the scholars in matters of independent legal reasoning despite knowing that he differs in creed in that matter?
Answer:
If he knows that he is mistaken and that it is not permissible for him to follow him or to take his statement, then if he does take it, this is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah).[At-Tawbah 9:31] They took them as lords, and the lords are gods, so they took them as gods. And whoever takes a god alongside Allah has committed shirk. Yes.
What is meant by the shirk (associating partners with Allah) mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam regarding one who follows a person from among the scholars in matters of independent legal reasoning despite knowing that he differs in creed in that matter?
Answer:
If he knows that he is mistaken and that it is not permissible for him to follow him or to take his statement, then if he does take it, this is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah).
They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allah, and [also] the Messiah, the son of Mary
اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يتبع أحدا في المسائل الاجتهادية رغم مخالفته في العقيدة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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