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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the truth taken even from those who oppose, and falsehood left alone even if it comes from the people of the Sunnah?

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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on the one who says that the truth is taken from whoever brings it, even if he is among those who oppose, and falsehood is left alone even if it comes from the people of the Sunnah?

Answer:
This is correct: the truth is taken from whoever brings it.
Say: 'What Allah wills then what Muhammad willsقولوا ما شاء الله ثم شاء محمد
Sunan Ibn Majah 2118Da'if (Darussalam)
and do not say "and the Ka'bah." So the truth is accepted from whoever brings it, even if he is an enemy, even if he is a disbeliever, and falsehood is rejected from whoever brings it, even if he is a Muslim. This is a correct statement.
But I fear that the one who says this is using the truth to bring about falsehood; he intends by it to dislike the people of the Sunnah and to diminish their status. The people of the Sunnah, if Allah wills, if Allah wills, do not bring falsehood at all. And if something of error occurs from some of them, it is either out of ignorance or out of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). So the people of the Sunnah are upon good, if Allah wills, and they should not be thought of ill.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الحق يؤخذ حتى من المخالفين ويترك الباطل حتى لو كان من أهل السنة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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