Al-Shafi'i's Intention in Publicly Criticizing the People of Kalam
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: Does Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) speaking about publicly criticizing the people of kalam serve as a response to those who say these days that it is not permissible to warn people against the thinkers, fools, and storytellers who call to Allah, since this is considered backbiting?
Answer:
What is the answer to this statement of al-Shafi'i? This is not what al-Shafi'i meant. Al-Shafi'i is referring to those who replaced the evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah with the evidence of logic. That is al-Shafi'i's intention. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: Does Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) speaking about publicly criticizing the people of kalam serve as a response to those who say these days that it is not permissible to warn people against the thinkers, fools, and storytellers who call to Allah, since this is considered backbiting?
Answer:
What is the answer to this statement of al-Shafi'i? This is not what al-Shafi'i meant. Al-Shafi'i is referring to those who replaced the evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah with the evidence of logic. That is al-Shafi'i's intention. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [257 -560] مقصود الشافعي بالتشهير بأهل الكلام - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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