What is the position of the student of knowledge regarding the misleading imams?
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The questioner:
This questioner says: What is the position of the student of knowledge regarding the misleading imams?
The Shaykh:
Rather, the ordinary Muslim, the ordinary Muslim is better than the scholars of the disbelievers, better than the scholars of the tomb-worshippers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The story passed by you in which one of the scholars of misguidance was present. An ordinary person from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) said: You look down upon the awliya (close friends of Allah). He said: How do we look down upon them? He said: Allah the Exalted says:[Ali 'Imran 3:169] The ordinary person said: Glory be to Allah, did he say they provide sustenance, or did he say He provides sustenance? He said: They provide sustenance. He said: If I ask the One who provided them with sustenance to provide me with sustenance, is that so? Yes.
This questioner says: What is the position of the student of knowledge regarding the misleading imams?
The Shaykh:
Rather, the ordinary Muslim, the ordinary Muslim is better than the scholars of the disbelievers, better than the scholars of the tomb-worshippers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The story passed by you in which one of the scholars of misguidance was present. An ordinary person from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) said: You look down upon the awliya (close friends of Allah). He said: How do we look down upon them? He said: Allah the Exalted says:
And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما موقف طالب العلم من الأئمة المضلين؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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