A university doctor says, “It is not permissible to forbid what is wrong in matters of scholarly disagreement.” What is the correctness of his statement?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is a doctor at a university in one of the Islamic countries who says, “It is not permissible to forbid what is wrong in matters of scholarly disagreement.” Is his statement correct?
Answer:
It is not correct in its absolute form. In matters of scholarly disagreement where the evidence has become clear in favor of one of the opinions, one forbids what is wrong in the person who adopted the opinion contrary to the evidence. As for matters of independent legal reasoning where the evidence has not become clear in favor of either of the disputing parties, there is no forbidding what is wrong in them, because the preponderance of one opinion over the other by evidence has not become clear. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is a doctor at a university in one of the Islamic countries who says, “It is not permissible to forbid what is wrong in matters of scholarly disagreement.” Is his statement correct?
Answer:
It is not correct in its absolute form. In matters of scholarly disagreement where the evidence has become clear in favor of one of the opinions, one forbids what is wrong in the person who adopted the opinion contrary to the evidence. As for matters of independent legal reasoning where the evidence has not become clear in favor of either of the disputing parties, there is no forbidding what is wrong in them, because the preponderance of one opinion over the other by evidence has not become clear. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [281 /641] دكتور في الجامعة يقول "لا يسوغ الإنكار في مسائل الخلاف" فما صحة كلامه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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