When is “consult your heart” to be acted upon?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people, when a difficulty arises in a legal issue or in the rulings of the Shari'ah, say, “Consult your heart.” What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
“Consult your heart” applies to matters that are doubtful, lying between the clear halal and the clear haram. There is clear halal and clear haram, and between them are matters that are doubtful. These are the ones for which you consult your heart. As for making your heart the one who issues the ruling for you and leaving the scholars, that is not permissible. Yes.[An-Nahl 16:43]. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people, when a difficulty arises in a legal issue or in the rulings of the Shari'ah, say, “Consult your heart.” What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
“Consult your heart” applies to matters that are doubtful, lying between the clear halal and the clear haram. There is clear halal and clear haram, and between them are matters that are doubtful. These are the ones for which you consult your heart. As for making your heart the one who issues the ruling for you and leaving the scholars, that is not permissible. Yes.
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 754- متى يُعمل بـ(استفتِ قلبك)؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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