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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Conditions for the Permissibility of Taking Knowledge from the People of Innovation Who Deny the Self-Exaltedness of Allah

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Question : And to Allah you return. Yes. That we say of them that they have knowledge, they have knowledge in terms of language and in terms of jurisprudence,

Answer : Do we permit what? He says of them that they have knowledge, knowledge. Huh? I mean, is it permissible to take knowledge from an innovator, generally, whether this is the case or not?
There is a distinction here. If a person has knowledge that enables him to repel what this innovator inserts into his teaching. This is one condition. And if his attendance at this innovator’s circles does not become a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) whereby people are tempted and say, “This man attends the circles of so-and-so, so-and-so, and so-and-so, so he is on the right path.”
This is a religion. The third condition is that he does not seek to establish his bid'ah (religious innovation) in his circles. So there is nothing wrong with it. These are three conditions that are necessary; otherwise, avoid him.
Because some innovators are intelligent, as Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “These theologians were granted intelligence but not spiritual insight. An intelligent person can introduce bid'ah to you from where you do not suspect it.” Al-Faqihani (may Allah have mercy on him) even said, “I extracted something from al-Kashshaf’s tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) regarding its Mu'tazilah views using tongs.” Al-Zamakhshari is, in reality, the imam of the mufassirun (commentators) regarding the Arabic language, eloquence, and clarity, but he was a Mu'tazili. When the word of Allah the Exalted came:
So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ
[Ali 'Imran 3:185]
. He asked: What greater victory is there than being saved from the Fire and entering Paradise?
Our own selves. The one who reads it says this is correct, but he intended to deny what is greater than this, which is seeing Allah (Mighty and Majestic). That is, seeing Allah is greater for the people of Paradise than the settling and dwelling in Paradise.
Did you understand the three conditions? Perhaps the one you are studying with in the Arabic language will illustrate to you that the modified noun takes the place of the modifier when it is deleted, and an example of that is the word of Allah the Exalted: “And your Lord comes”
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [960] شروط جواز أخذ العلم عند أهل البدع ممن ينكر علو الله الذاتي - شرح الكافية الشافية - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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