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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the obligation of students of knowledge when a mistaken fatwa is exposed?

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The questioner : We were only recently calling on people to remove the satellite dishes from their homes, but now that has become widespread in the houses. The issue is not limited to the Kingdom; it is the whole world. And unfortunately, scholars and half-scholars have started appearing on those channels, humiliating people and feeding them strange fatwas we have never heard of before. So I say, O Shaykh, is it not time for people like you to measure the level of knowledge and plug these gaps that affect Muslims around the world, instead of these humiliators, so that the humiliation is cleared before Allah?

The Shaykh : This is an astonishing question for me, so I will not answer it. But I want to clarify that if a mistaken fatwa is exposed, it is obligatory for students of knowledge to clarify the error so that people are not misled by it. Then, which people have a channel called "Internet"? Do you understand?

The presenter : What?

The Shaykh : Computer, computer, that is enough. Yes.

The presenter : The Shaykh. The worst. Of course, I did not buy it.

The Shaykh : We ask Allah to keep us away from the bad and the worst. By Allah, it is trials, trials. I mean, he reads a film from a year ago by so-and-so. Between the example and the comprehensive answer.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 53 - 64 مع انتشار التلفزيون هناك أنصاف علماء يضلون الناس ويفتونهم فتاوى لم يسمع بها من قبل...؟ — youtube.com

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