Clarification of the Truth in Branch Issues Contrary to the Prevailing School
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, there is a problem that every graduate faces, which is that the truth in a branch issue may lie in a school other than the prevailing school in his country. So how is the truth clarified when calling to a school other than the prevailing one? Or may Allah reward you for what is upon you.
Answer:
The most important thing is 'aqidah (creed). If the 'aqidah is sound, then disagreement in issues of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), which are matters of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and probability, is easy. If the people are following one of the four schools, if they are acting according to one of the four schools, they are upon good, if Allah wills. These are schools of the people of the Sunnah, schools of the people of the Sunnah. Even if some of the schools contain weaker positions, even if some of the weaker positions are issues of ijtihad, then unity of word and agreement of word is better than division. And if they clarify the stronger position, if they clarify the stronger position for the people, and if they accept it and transition to it, then this is undoubtedly the obligatory thing. And if they remain as they are, and it has a probability in the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) and has supporting evidence, then the matter in this is broad, and praise be to Allah.
Your Excellency the Shaykh, there is a problem that every graduate faces, which is that the truth in a branch issue may lie in a school other than the prevailing school in his country. So how is the truth clarified when calling to a school other than the prevailing one? Or may Allah reward you for what is upon you.
Answer:
The most important thing is 'aqidah (creed). If the 'aqidah is sound, then disagreement in issues of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), which are matters of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and probability, is easy. If the people are following one of the four schools, if they are acting according to one of the four schools, they are upon good, if Allah wills. These are schools of the people of the Sunnah, schools of the people of the Sunnah. Even if some of the schools contain weaker positions, even if some of the weaker positions are issues of ijtihad, then unity of word and agreement of word is better than division. And if they clarify the stronger position, if they clarify the stronger position for the people, and if they accept it and transition to it, then this is undoubtedly the obligatory thing. And if they remain as they are, and it has a probability in the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) and has supporting evidence, then the matter in this is broad, and praise be to Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-102-واجب الطالب الجامعي بعد تخرجه|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:15)
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