What is your opinion of the one who says that the meaning of "the ones in authority" mentioned in the verse is only the scholars, and not the rulers?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is your opinion of the one who says that the meaning of "the ones in authority" mentioned in the verse is only the scholars, and not the rulers? Is this correct?
Answer:
This is from his own mind; this is an interpretation from his own mind. Are not the ones in authority the scholars and the rulers, as you have heard? The ones in authority, on the surface, are the rulers on the surface, but the people of knowledge are the people of authority in knowledge, and these are the people of authority in power. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is your opinion of the one who says that the meaning of "the ones in authority" mentioned in the verse is only the scholars, and not the rulers? Is this correct?
Answer:
This is from his own mind; this is an interpretation from his own mind. Are not the ones in authority the scholars and the rulers, as you have heard? The ones in authority, on the surface, are the rulers on the surface, but the people of knowledge are the people of authority in knowledge, and these are the people of authority in power. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [963 /1350] ما رأيكم فيمن يقول: إن معنى ولي الأمر المذكور في الآية هم العلماء فقط، وليس الأمراء؟ — youtube.com
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