Is refuting the one who disagrees and clarifying the error of those who are mistaken among the principles of the Sunnah?
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is refuting the one who disagrees and clarifying the error of those who are mistaken among the principles of the Sunnah?
Answer:
Yes, refuting the one who disagrees is part of the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community, but this is not undertaken by anyone except the scholars who know the error and the truth and know how to refute. As for the beginner in seeking knowledge and the ignorant one, he is not fit to refute, because he may believe that something is an error when it is not an error, and he may refute in an inappropriate manner. So this is only undertaken by the scholars.
The questioner asks: Is refuting the one who disagrees and clarifying the error of those who are mistaken among the principles of the Sunnah?
Answer:
Yes, refuting the one who disagrees is part of the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community, but this is not undertaken by anyone except the scholars who know the error and the truth and know how to refute. As for the beginner in seeking knowledge and the ignorant one, he is not fit to refute, because he may believe that something is an error when it is not an error, and he may refute in an inappropriate manner. So this is only undertaken by the scholars.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الرد على المخالف وبيان خطأ المخطئين من أصول السنة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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