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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Taking knowledge from the people of innovation and the claim that Abu Hurayrah took knowledge from Satan

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This person is asking about the ruling on taking knowledge from the people of innovation. He says that on satellite channels, some innovators appear, some of whom are known to be from the Qadariyyah, and they say words that are eloquent and moving to the hearts. Some of them argue that Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) took knowledge from Satan, so since Abu Hurayrah took knowledge from Satan, he wants us to take knowledge from this innovator.

Answer:
Look, O servants of Allah, how ignorance affects its people. Abu Hurayrah, the noble Companion, takes knowledge from Satan? Far from it, and no. He must seek forgiveness for this ugly statement.
And this is a serious accusation. Abu Hurayrah did not take knowledge from Satan. The issue is that Satan said to him, and he was watching the dates for zakat, so Satan would come and mess with the dates, holding them, and then say, "I am the head of a family and I am poor, let me have these this time and I will not return." This happened repeatedly from him, so in the end he said, "I will not inform the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or I will not take you to the Messenger of Allah." He said to him, "Leave me and I will teach you words by which Allah will benefit you,"
When you go to bed, recite Ayat-ul- Kursi (2:255) for there willإذا أويت إلى فراشك فاقرأ آية الكرسي فإنه لا
Riyad as-Salihin 1020
"so that no Satan will come near you until you rise." So he mentioned that to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet was the one who approved it for him. So Abu Hurayrah took from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Verse of the Throne protects the one who reads it at sleep from any Satan coming near him.
He did not take the words of Satan, but rather he returned to the Messenger and asked him about it, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) approved the virtue of the Verse of the Throne, because this is what Allah revealed to him, not what Satan said. So he took it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So this speaker should fear Allah, and this is the result of ignorance; he derives it with his own thought without returning to the words of the scholars. This is from the evil, or from the fruits, of despising the scholars and despising their words, which has led him to say that the Companion takes from Satan. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-33-حقوق الراعي والرعية|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:45)

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