Did it reach the Shaykh that he made following the imams blindly obligatory without knowing the evidence?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: There are those who attribute to you the statement that we must follow the imams blindly, and that we are not required to know their evidence, because we do not know how they derive rulings from the evidence. He asks: Is what is being reported correct?
Answer:
This is a clear lie. The imams are followed by the layperson who is not skilled in knowing the evidence and knowing the rulings of the Shari'ah; it is permissible for him to follow the scholars of knowledge.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: There are those who attribute to you the statement that we must follow the imams blindly, and that we are not required to know their evidence, because we do not know how they derive rulings from the evidence. He asks: Is what is being reported correct?
Answer:
This is a clear lie. The imams are followed by the layperson who is not skilled in knowing the evidence and knowing the rulings of the Shari'ah; it is permissible for him to follow the scholars of knowledge.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1279- هل صح عن الشيخ أنه أوجب تقليد الأئمة تقليدًا أعمى دون معرفة الدليل؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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