Departing from the Rulings of the Four Imams
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on departing from the rulings of the four Imams? If there is an issue on which none of them has spoken, is it permissible for me to hold a view contrary to theirs?
Answer:
By Allah, if you were more knowledgeable than them and reached a level of knowledge greater than theirs, becoming like the Tabi'un or the generation after the Tabi'un, there is no harm. But if you are like us, ignorant and not skilled, you have no choice but to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence and adhere to the four Imams. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on departing from the rulings of the four Imams? If there is an issue on which none of them has spoken, is it permissible for me to hold a view contrary to theirs?
Answer:
By Allah, if you were more knowledgeable than them and reached a level of knowledge greater than theirs, becoming like the Tabi'un or the generation after the Tabi'un, there is no harm. But if you are like us, ignorant and not skilled, you have no choice but to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence and adhere to the four Imams. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 16-10-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (1:03:26)
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