Is the disagreement among scholars a mercy for the Ummah?
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Question:
He asks: Is the disagreement among scholars a mercy for the Ummah?
Answer:
Mercy lies in agreement, mercy lies in unity, not in disagreement. Disagreement is not mercy. For this reason, He, the Exalted and Majestic, said:[Hud 11:118-119] Those whom Allah has shown mercy to did not differ among the factions; rather, it was those who differed who are the ones...
As Allah mentioned:[Al-Bayyinah 98:4] Indeed, those who divided their religion and became sects are not of any concern to you. Disagreement is not permissible, but disagreement...
If it is in matters of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and the evidence is not clear for any one of the opinions, and all the opinions are possible, then there is no denunciation in matters of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) where the evidence is not clear for any one of the opinions, and rather every opinion is possible that it is the correct one. As for what the evidence is clear for, it is obligatory to act according to what the evidence is clear for and to leave what contradicts it. Yes.
He asks: Is the disagreement among scholars a mercy for the Ummah?
Answer:
Mercy lies in agreement, mercy lies in unity, not in disagreement. Disagreement is not mercy. For this reason, He, the Exalted and Majestic, said:
but they will not cease to differ. (119) Except whom your Lord has given mercy
وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَAs Allah mentioned:
Nor did those who were given the Scripture
وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَIf it is in matters of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and the evidence is not clear for any one of the opinions, and all the opinions are possible, then there is no denunciation in matters of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) where the evidence is not clear for any one of the opinions, and rather every opinion is possible that it is the correct one. As for what the evidence is clear for, it is obligatory to act according to what the evidence is clear for and to leave what contradicts it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل خلاف العلماء رحمة للأمة؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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