The Shaykh al-Albani has views on the hijab and on women's adornments, and likewise on the prayer, as this questioner mentioned. What is the view of Shaykh Salih?
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The questioner:
The Shaykh: As for Shaykh al-Albani, he has views on the hijab and on women's adornments, and likewise on the prayer, as this questioner mentioned, and as I mentioned that in one of his books. What is the view of Shaykh Salih? Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah preserve him).
The Shaykh:
He is a noble man and a good scholar, without doubt, and he has made an effort in calling to the correct creed and fighting religious innovations (bid'ah), so may Allah reward him with good. But he has independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in which he may err, and he may make mistakes, so he is like others. He makes mistakes, so we take the correct from Shaykh al-Albani and from others, and we leave the error.
Good. Good. This is the Muslim's position regarding the statements of the people of knowledge: to take from them what is supported by evidence and to leave what contradicts the evidence, even if its author is a scholar qualified to derive rulings (mujtahid). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a judge exercises independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) and is correct, he has two rewards, and if he exercises independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) and is wrong, he has one reward."
The questioner:
Good. May Allah reward you with good. What is the position of the reader or the student in that case, Shaykh Salih, if he reads such views and acts upon them, and then discovers that they are not the stronger position among the scholars' statements? What is the guidance in that case? What is obligatory for the reader and the student who reaches a state where he knows the stronger position from the weaker position and knows the evidence?
The Shaykh:
So he must take the weaker position, considering that he loves its author or is inclined toward its author, whereas the truth is more deserving of being followed.
As for if this reader or student is a beginner and does not know how to derive evidence or determine the stronger position, he must ask the people of knowledge, he must ask the trustworthy among the people of knowledge, and take their statements, the people of knowledge who know the stronger and weaker positions and know the evidence, and take their statements. And if it happens that a person takes the views of a person and it becomes clear to him that he is wrong in them, or in some of them, Allah forgives him for that, because he did not intend the error. But he must, after the truth becomes clear to him, take the truth, and for those who have passed, Allah forgives them. May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: As for Shaykh al-Albani, he has views on the hijab and on women's adornments, and likewise on the prayer, as this questioner mentioned, and as I mentioned that in one of his books. What is the view of Shaykh Salih? Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah preserve him).
The Shaykh:
He is a noble man and a good scholar, without doubt, and he has made an effort in calling to the correct creed and fighting religious innovations (bid'ah), so may Allah reward him with good. But he has independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in which he may err, and he may make mistakes, so he is like others. He makes mistakes, so we take the correct from Shaykh al-Albani and from others, and we leave the error.
Good. Good. This is the Muslim's position regarding the statements of the people of knowledge: to take from them what is supported by evidence and to leave what contradicts the evidence, even if its author is a scholar qualified to derive rulings (mujtahid). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a judge exercises independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) and is correct, he has two rewards, and if he exercises independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) and is wrong, he has one reward."
The questioner:
Good. May Allah reward you with good. What is the position of the reader or the student in that case, Shaykh Salih, if he reads such views and acts upon them, and then discovers that they are not the stronger position among the scholars' statements? What is the guidance in that case? What is obligatory for the reader and the student who reaches a state where he knows the stronger position from the weaker position and knows the evidence?
The Shaykh:
So he must take the weaker position, considering that he loves its author or is inclined toward its author, whereas the truth is more deserving of being followed.
As for if this reader or student is a beginner and does not know how to derive evidence or determine the stronger position, he must ask the people of knowledge, he must ask the trustworthy among the people of knowledge, and take their statements, the people of knowledge who know the stronger and weaker positions and know the evidence, and take their statements. And if it happens that a person takes the views of a person and it becomes clear to him that he is wrong in them, or in some of them, Allah forgives him for that, because he did not intend the error. But he must, after the truth becomes clear to him, take the truth, and for those who have passed, Allah forgives them. May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، للشيخ الألباني آراء في الحجاب وفي حلي النساء وهكذا في الصلاة كما ذكرت هذه السائلة ما رأي الشيخ صالح؟ — youtube.com
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