The Response to Those Who Cite Scholarly Disagreement in Matters of Sacred Law
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Question:
He also has another question. He says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, how do we respond to those who say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left us on the clear, white path, and yet there are differences in some matters of sacred law?
Answer:
Differences do not prevent the fact that the Messenger left us on the clear, white path, whose night is like its day. We return to it and settle our differences by its ruling, for it is the judge between those who differ. Whoever is attested to have hit the mark, his statement is the correct one.
His statement is to be followed. And whoever contradicts the Sunnah of the Messenger, his statement is rejected against him. If he is a mujtahid who did not intentionally contradict it and is qualified for ijtihad, he is rewarded. If a judge exercises ijtihad and hits the mark, he has two rewards; and if he exercises ijtihad and errs, he has one reward. But we do not follow him in his error; rather, we take the correct one.
The one whose correctness is attested to by the Sunnah of the Messenger is attested to by the Qur'an and by the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)[An-Nisa 4:59] Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:1232 after me. Praise be to Allah, the truth is clear, and we do not remain in disagreement, but we end the disagreement by returning to the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
He also has another question. He says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, how do we respond to those who say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left us on the clear, white path, and yet there are differences in some matters of sacred law?
Answer:
Differences do not prevent the fact that the Messenger left us on the clear, white path, whose night is like its day. We return to it and settle our differences by its ruling, for it is the judge between those who differ. Whoever is attested to have hit the mark, his statement is the correct one.
His statement is to be followed. And whoever contradicts the Sunnah of the Messenger, his statement is rejected against him. If he is a mujtahid who did not intentionally contradict it and is qualified for ijtihad, he is rewarded. If a judge exercises ijtihad and hits the mark, he has two rewards; and if he exercises ijtihad and errs, he has one reward. But we do not follow him in his error; rather, we take the correct one.
The one whose correctness is attested to by the Sunnah of the Messenger is attested to by the Qur'an and by the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِWhoever among you lives will see much disagreement, so hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
من يعش منكم فسيرى اختلافا كثيرا فعليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديينThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-08-1434هـ مع معالي الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com (23:50)
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