The extent of the obligation to learn the details of 'Aqeedah for the Muslim
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it obligatory for the Muslim to understand the details of 'Aqeedah, or is it sufficient to know it in general terms? For example, the issue of divine decree and destiny is a problem for many people?
Answer:
The one who is capable and able to learn must learn 'Aqeedah in detail. As for the common person and the one who does not have the ability to learn, it is sufficient for him to believe in general terms; he should believe in what is in the Book and the Sunnah, and what the Muslims are upon, what the people of the Sunnah and the community are upon. He should believe in that in general terms, and that is sufficient for him.[Al-Baqarah 2:286] Fear Allah as much as you are able. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is it obligatory for the Muslim to understand the details of 'Aqeedah, or is it sufficient to know it in general terms? For example, the issue of divine decree and destiny is a problem for many people?
Answer:
The one who is capable and able to learn must learn 'Aqeedah in detail. As for the common person and the one who does not have the ability to learn, it is sufficient for him to believe in general terms; he should believe in what is in the Book and the Sunnah, and what the Muslims are upon, what the people of the Sunnah and the community are upon. He should believe in that in general terms, and that is sufficient for him.
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-007-أصول اعتقاد أهل السنة والجماعة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:20:18)
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