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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Taqlid (Following a Scholar Without Knowing His Evidence) in Matters of Belief

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence) permissible in matters of belief? And what is the meaning of what was mentioned in the hadith:
I heard the people saying something and I said it tooسمعت الناس يقولون قولا فقلته؟
Sunan Ibn Majah 4268Sahih (Darussalam)


Answer:
Taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence) is not permissible in matters of belief. A Muslim believes with his heart and is certain in his heart. It is not that he does it merely because people do it. No, there must be faith in his heart. There must be faith in his heart. However, there is no doubt that the common person is not like the scholar, but all of them must have faith in their hearts. They must have the foundation of faith in their hearts, in the hearts of the common people and the hearts of the scholars. Yes.

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

Answer:
He says: I heard the people saying something, so I said, "This is the hypocrite, may Allah protect us from that. The hypocrite is the one who backbites, and there is no faith in his heart. As for the common person among the monotheists, there is faith and religion in his heart."
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [893 -939] هل يجوز التقليد في الاعتقاد، وما معنى ما ورد في الحديث: سمعت الناس يقولون قولا فقلته؟ — youtube.com

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