Refuting the Claim of Introducing a New School of Jurisprudence
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Question:
Our honorable Shaykh, how do we respond to those who claim that Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) introduced a new school of jurisprudence?
Answer:
We demand that he clarify for us what this new school of jurisprudence is; he should clarify it for us. As for his making such an accusation without basis, anyone can do that. But I challenge him to answer us: Did the Shaykh single out a new school of jurisprudence distinct from the people of knowledge, and indeed distinct from the Hanbali school, of which he is one of the scholars? Yes.
Our honorable Shaykh, how do we respond to those who claim that Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) introduced a new school of jurisprudence?
Answer:
We demand that he clarify for us what this new school of jurisprudence is; he should clarify it for us. As for his making such an accusation without basis, anyone can do that. But I challenge him to answer us: Did the Shaykh single out a new school of jurisprudence distinct from the people of knowledge, and indeed distinct from the Hanbali school, of which he is one of the scholars? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-102-واجب الطالب الجامعي بعد تخرجه|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:33)
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