Is it permissible for a beginner student of knowledge to prefer one opinion over another in matters of jurisprudential disagreement?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a student of knowledge, and I have studied, praise be to Allah, several books of Islamic jurisprudence according to the views of various scholars. I want to convey this knowledge to the people, but sometimes there are several opinions on an issue. How do I prefer one over the others? And do I have the right to prefer one opinion when I am at the beginning of my studies?
Answer:
No. Take a concise book from the concise books, and if you have studied it and mastered it, then teach it to the people and explain it to them. Do not enter into disagreements and opinions. Take a book based on one opinion, understand it, and study it with one of the scholars. If you understand it and understand its phrasing, then teach it to the people. Do not enter into disagreements and preferences while you have not reached this level. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a student of knowledge, and I have studied, praise be to Allah, several books of Islamic jurisprudence according to the views of various scholars. I want to convey this knowledge to the people, but sometimes there are several opinions on an issue. How do I prefer one over the others? And do I have the right to prefer one opinion when I am at the beginning of my studies?
Answer:
No. Take a concise book from the concise books, and if you have studied it and mastered it, then teach it to the people and explain it to them. Do not enter into disagreements and opinions. Take a book based on one opinion, understand it, and study it with one of the scholars. If you understand it and understand its phrasing, then teach it to the people. Do not enter into disagreements and preferences while you have not reached this level. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل لطالب العلم المبتدئ أن يرجح في مسائل الخلاف الفقهية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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