Is referring to the scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the community following a scholar without knowing his evidence?
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is referring to the scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the community considered following a scholar without knowing his evidence?
Answer:
What is considered following a scholar without knowing his evidence is referring to the people of knowledge. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[An-Nahl 16:43] It is considered asking the people of knowledge by one who does not know, and it is considered following and emulation, not following a scholar without knowing his evidence. It is following and emulation. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is referring to the scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the community considered following a scholar without knowing his evidence?
Answer:
What is considered following a scholar without knowing his evidence is referring to the people of knowledge. 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 تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الرجوع إلى علماء أهل السنة والجماعة تقليد؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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