What is the ruling on one who acts upon the fatwas of some scholars regarding trimming the beard and listening to singing, and is his conscience cleared?
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May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: There are some people who act upon the fatwas of some scholars regarding trimming the beard, listening to singing, and other things, and they spread their opinions among the people. What is the ruling on their action? And is their conscience cleared by acting upon their fatwas?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. Allah has not left us to the fatwas of some scholars or the statements of some scholars, but rather He sent down to us a Book and sent to us a Messenger. So we follow what is in the Book and the Sunnah, and we do not follow the mistakes of scholars or the disagreement of scholars that contradicts the evidence. Whoever wants the safety of his soul and the clearing of his conscience should not take except what the evidence indicates, and he should not ask scholars except those in whose knowledge and religion he has trust, so that his conscience is cleared. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: There are some people who act upon the fatwas of some scholars regarding trimming the beard, listening to singing, and other things, and they spread their opinions among the people. What is the ruling on their action? And is their conscience cleared by acting upon their fatwas?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. Allah has not left us to the fatwas of some scholars or the statements of some scholars, but rather He sent down to us a Book and sent to us a Messenger. So we follow what is in the Book and the Sunnah, and we do not follow the mistakes of scholars or the disagreement of scholars that contradicts the evidence. Whoever wants the safety of his soul and the clearing of his conscience should not take except what the evidence indicates, and he should not ask scholars except those in whose knowledge and religion he has trust, so that his conscience is cleared. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [887 -1024] ما حكم من يعمل بفتاوى بعض العلماء في الأخذ من اللحية وسماع الغناء، وهل تبرأ ذمته؟ — youtube.com
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