If a Companion errs in his independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and that is established, does he clarify this error?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) exerts his independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in a matter and finds evidence, while other Companions have a different view, does he clarify the error in which the Companion fell?
Answer:
The evidence is followed, and the Companion who made the error is not targeted, as you say; he is not targeted. The evidence is followed, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) exerts his independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in a matter and finds evidence, while other Companions have a different view, does he clarify the error in which the Companion fell?
Answer:
The evidence is followed, and the Companion who made the error is not targeted, as you say; he is not targeted. The evidence is followed, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل إذا أخطأ صحابي في اجتهاده، وثبت ذلك، يبين هذا الخطأ؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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