The Ruling on Seeking Dispensations
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Question:
The questioner says: We ask for guidance regarding those who follow dispensations and seek out certain dispensations in certain matters. How should we guide them?
Answer:
This is not permissible. The scholars say that one who follows dispensations becomes a Zindiq, so it is not permissible to follow dispensations, anomalous opinions, or erroneous independent legal reasoning. Rather, it is obligatory for a person to fear Allah the Exalted, preserve his religion, and not take from dispensations except the dispensations prescribed by the Shari'ah that Allah has permitted for those with excuses, such as shortening the prayer while traveling, combining two prayers for the traveler and the sick, and breaking the fast during the day of Ramadan for the traveler and the sick. Dispensations are the dispensations prescribed by the Shari'ah that Allah has permitted for His servants in their words. Dispensations are not the opinions of the scholars. The scholars do not have the authority to grant dispensations to anyone, but they may err in some opinions and some fatwas. So we do not take their fatwas or their opinions, because our religion is binding upon us. We fear Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: We ask for guidance regarding those who follow dispensations and seek out certain dispensations in certain matters. How should we guide them?
Answer:
This is not permissible. The scholars say that one who follows dispensations becomes a Zindiq, so it is not permissible to follow dispensations, anomalous opinions, or erroneous independent legal reasoning. Rather, it is obligatory for a person to fear Allah the Exalted, preserve his religion, and not take from dispensations except the dispensations prescribed by the Shari'ah that Allah has permitted for those with excuses, such as shortening the prayer while traveling, combining two prayers for the traveler and the sick, and breaking the fast during the day of Ramadan for the traveler and the sick. Dispensations are the dispensations prescribed by the Shari'ah that Allah has permitted for His servants in their words. Dispensations are not the opinions of the scholars. The scholars do not have the authority to grant dispensations to anyone, but they may err in some opinions and some fatwas. So we do not take their fatwas or their opinions, because our religion is binding upon us. We fear Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
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