Some of them say to the common people: Do not occupy yourselves with scholarly disagreements and minor details
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is your opinion regarding what some students of knowledge say to the common people: "Do not occupy yourselves with matters of scholarly disagreement and minor details, and do not ask too many questions about them"?
Answer:
We say: Engage in understanding the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. This is not a minor detail; this is among the matters of religion. This is among the matters of religion: issues of worship, issues of ritual purity, issues of worship, issues of transactions such as buying and selling, issues of inheritance, issues of marriage, issues of divorce. These are all matters of religion. Religion is composed of these issues. Religion is a collection of these matters.
So if we neglect the minor details, we neglect the general principles; we neglect the religion. Therefore, it is obligatory that we take the religion in its entirety, and not take some of it and leave some of it, saying, "These are minor details." Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He, says:[Al-Baqarah 2:208]. "The Islam" means Islam. Enter into Islam in its entirety, meaning take it all, and do not take some of it and leave some of it, according to your ability.
As for if a person leaves something because he is unable to do it, he is excused due to inability or ignorance. But if he leaves something intentionally and says, "This is a minor detail," that is a great error. And this means that we do not engage in understanding the religion. It means that we leave off jurisprudence, because it is all jurisprudential and scholarly issues, from the beginning of the book on ritual purity to the end of the book on inheritance, all are jurisprudential and scholarly issues that we need in our creed, in our worship, in our transactions, in our families, and in all our affairs. So if we leave the minor details as they say, we leave our religion. And what remains with us then? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: What is your opinion regarding what some students of knowledge say to the common people: "Do not occupy yourselves with matters of scholarly disagreement and minor details, and do not ask too many questions about them"?
Answer:
We say: Engage in understanding the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. This is not a minor detail; this is among the matters of religion. This is among the matters of religion: issues of worship, issues of ritual purity, issues of worship, issues of transactions such as buying and selling, issues of inheritance, issues of marriage, issues of divorce. These are all matters of religion. Religion is composed of these issues. Religion is a collection of these matters.
So if we neglect the minor details, we neglect the general principles; we neglect the religion. Therefore, it is obligatory that we take the religion in its entirety, and not take some of it and leave some of it, saying, "These are minor details." Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He, says:
O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةًAs for if a person leaves something because he is unable to do it, he is excused due to inability or ignorance. But if he leaves something intentionally and says, "This is a minor detail," that is a great error. And this means that we do not engage in understanding the religion. It means that we leave off jurisprudence, because it is all jurisprudential and scholarly issues, from the beginning of the book on ritual purity to the end of the book on inheritance, all are jurisprudential and scholarly issues that we need in our creed, in our worship, in our transactions, in our families, and in all our affairs. So if we leave the minor details as they say, we leave our religion. And what remains with us then? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-109-ولا تنازعوا فتفشلوا|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (19:53)
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