Clarifying the Misguidance of the People of Innovation and Refuting Them, and Uniting the Word
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is clarifying the misguidance of the people of innovation and the people of partisan groups, and refuting their falsehood with evidence, a provocation of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? And is remaining silent about their falsehood a means of uniting the word?
Answer:
This returns to the people of knowledge. The people of knowledge are those who undertake clarifying errors and refuting those who err. This is safer and further from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If the trusted scholars undertake clarifying the truth and refuting the error, then this is a good matter and is necessary. It is necessary to clarify the truth and refute falsehood, but this must be done through scholarly methods that only the people of knowledge and insight can perform. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is clarifying the misguidance of the people of innovation and the people of partisan groups, and refuting their falsehood with evidence, a provocation of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? And is remaining silent about their falsehood a means of uniting the word?
Answer:
This returns to the people of knowledge. The people of knowledge are those who undertake clarifying errors and refuting those who err. This is safer and further from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If the trusted scholars undertake clarifying the truth and refuting the error, then this is a good matter and is necessary. It is necessary to clarify the truth and refute falsehood, but this must be done through scholarly methods that only the people of knowledge and insight can perform. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-008-أصول أهل السنة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:19)
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