Presenting the scholars' words to the Book and the Sunnah and critiquing them is the concern of scholars, not the common people
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that we present the scholars' words to the Book and the Sunnah; whatever agrees with them we accept, and otherwise we do not. The question is: Who is capable of making this presentation? Is it exclusive to scholars? Or what do we do?
Answer:
Yes, this is exclusive to scholars. As for the common people, they refer to the scholars and ask the scholars. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:43]
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that we present the scholars' words to the Book and the Sunnah; whatever agrees with them we accept, and otherwise we do not. The question is: Who is capable of making this presentation? Is it exclusive to scholars? Or what do we do?
Answer:
Yes, this is exclusive to scholars. As for the common people, they refer to the scholars and ask the scholars. Allah the Exalted said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1107- عرض كلام العلماء على الكتاب والسنة ونقده هو من شأن العلماء لا العوام - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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