The claim that those who committed acts of desecration in the mosques were exercising independent legal reasoning

Question:
He says: May Allah reward you. Some students of knowledge, or those who claim to be students of knowledge, say that those who committed acts of desecration in the mosques in the Kingdom were exercising independent legal reasoning and made a mistake, and that the severity in condemning them is an exaggeration. What is your guidance?

Answer:
This means that they are correct and that they will be rewarded, and that they did not err, meaning they have a reward. This is a false statement. The houses of Allah are protected from this. They commit acts of desecration against the praying people who are bowing and prostrating, and they make excuses for it, saying, "This one is exercising independent legal reasoning," and "This one is exercising independent legal reasoning." How can he be exercising independent legal reasoning? Yes.