Is following the Companions in matters of creed or in matters of jurisprudence?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding following the Companions, is it in the jurisprudential matters in which disagreement occurred among them, where following some of them is the standard, or is following in the matters of creed? In the matters of creed, primarily.
Answer:
Because they are the people of the model in that. As for the jurisprudential matters, the evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is followed in them. If no explicit evidence is found, the statements of the Companions are taken. So if the scholars differ on a matter and there are fatwas from the Companions, or statements from the Companions, this is what strengthens that opinion.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding following the Companions, is it in the jurisprudential matters in which disagreement occurred among them, where following some of them is the standard, or is following in the matters of creed? In the matters of creed, primarily.
Answer:
Because they are the people of the model in that. As for the jurisprudential matters, the evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is followed in them. If no explicit evidence is found, the statements of the Companions are taken. So if the scholars differ on a matter and there are fatwas from the Companions, or statements from the Companions, this is what strengthens that opinion.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 90- أيكون اتّباعُ الصحابة في مسائل الاعتقاد أم في مسائل الفقه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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