The Ruling on Reading the Gospels
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on reading the Gospel under the pretext of benefiting from it in a debate with the Christians? And is it permissible to debate them?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to read the Gospel except for a knowledgeable scholar who is well-versed and intends to refute it. As for reading it merely for information when one is not well-versed in knowledge, it is not permissible for him to do so, for it poses a danger to him. Therefore, it is not permissible to look into the books of the Christians or the Jews except for a knowledgeable scholar who is well-versed and intends to refute them and invalidate their arguments, because how can he refute them if he has not read what they have? Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The one who reads them for the sake of information, as they say, or for the sake of culture, this is not permissible; because some of their misguidance and arrogance may deceive him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on reading the Gospel under the pretext of benefiting from it in a debate with the Christians? And is it permissible to debate them?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to read the Gospel except for a knowledgeable scholar who is well-versed and intends to refute it. As for reading it merely for information when one is not well-versed in knowledge, it is not permissible for him to do so, for it poses a danger to him. Therefore, it is not permissible to look into the books of the Christians or the Jews except for a knowledgeable scholar who is well-versed and intends to refute them and invalidate their arguments, because how can he refute them if he has not read what they have? Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The one who reads them for the sake of information, as they say, or for the sake of culture, this is not permissible; because some of their misguidance and arrogance may deceive him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 56- حكم مطالعة الأناجيل - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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