Is returning to the scholars one of the principles of the people of the Sunnah?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Is returning to the scholars one of the principles of the people of the Sunnah?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[An-Nahl 16:43] This is a command from Allah to return to the people of knowledge. And He (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [An-Nisa 4:83] Listen, or O nation. Therefore, it is obligatory to return to the people of knowledge, and it is not permissible for the ignorant, the common people, and those who are beginners in seeking knowledge to rely solely on their own understanding. They must return to the people of knowledge and ask them about whatever is difficult for them. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Is returning to the scholars one of the principles of the people of the Sunnah?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَAnd when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [173 -954] هل الرجوع إلى العلماء أصل من أصول أهل السنة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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