Comparing Scholars: One of the Manners of a Student of Knowledge
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it among the manners of a student of knowledge to compare scholars, saying that so-and-so is better than so-and-so, and so on?
Answer:
No, that is not appropriate. It is not appropriate to compare them by saying that so-and-so is better, or that so-and-so has a virtue, or that so-and-so is a scholar whom Allah has granted knowledge, without mentioning the others and saying he is better than so-and-so or so-and-so. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it among the manners of a student of knowledge to compare scholars, saying that so-and-so is better than so-and-so, and so on?
Answer:
No, that is not appropriate. It is not appropriate to compare them by saying that so-and-so is better, or that so-and-so has a virtue, or that so-and-so is a scholar whom Allah has granted knowledge, without mentioning the others and saying he is better than so-and-so or so-and-so. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 08-01-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (54:29)
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