How do we reconcile the fact that the death of scholars is one of the signs of the Hour with the lifting up of the Qur'an in the end times?
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Question : Yes. Yes.
Answer : Yes, because that refers to the knowledge of the scholars. It is not necessary that one who carries the Qur'an be a scholar. There may be a reader of the Qur'an who does not understand its meaning.
Answer : Yes, because that refers to the knowledge of the scholars. It is not necessary that one who carries the Qur'an be a scholar. There may be a reader of the Qur'an who does not understand its meaning.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [797] كيف نجمع بين كون موت العلماء من أشراط الساعة وبين رفع القرآن في آخر الزمان؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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