The Meaning of the Statement: “Consult Your Heart in Matters of Islamic Jurisprudence”
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Question:
May Allah keep him safe and sound. It is not the Shaykh; this is Salim. He says: Some people, when a difficulty arises in a legal issue or in the rulings of Islamic law, say, “Make your matter heavy.” What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
“Consult your heart” applies to the permissible and the forbidden. Between them are doubtful matters. The permissible is clear, and the forbidden is clear, and between them are doubtful matters. These are the ones in which you consult your heart. However, leaving your heart to be the one who issues rulings for you and abandoning the scholars is not permissible. “Ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.”
May Allah keep him safe and sound. It is not the Shaykh; this is Salim. He says: Some people, when a difficulty arises in a legal issue or in the rulings of Islamic law, say, “Make your matter heavy.” What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
“Consult your heart” applies to the permissible and the forbidden. Between them are doubtful matters. The permissible is clear, and the forbidden is clear, and between them are doubtful matters. These are the ones in which you consult your heart. However, leaving your heart to be the one who issues rulings for you and abandoning the scholars is not permissible. “Ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.”
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية، العقيدة الطحاوية 09-07-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:05:36)
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