The Ruling on Issuing Fatwas Without Knowledge
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What about one who takes on the task of issuing fatwas without being known for knowledge, and flounders to please a segment of the people? Is this action part of Satan’s plotting and his manipulation of some of the children of Adam?
The Shaykh:
This is speaking about Allah without knowledge. Speaking about Allah without knowledge is more severe than shirk (associating partners with Allah).[Al-A'raf 7:33] It is more severe than shirk, so it is not permissible to speak about Allah without knowledge. In this land, and praise be to Allah, and in every land of the Muslims, a mufti is appointed for it, to whom they go,
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Allahu Akbar. I am turning. May Allah welcome you. Yes.
The presenter:
Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh:
Yes. There is no god but Allah. O Allah, Lord of this perfect call, grant excellence and raise him to a praiseworthy station, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What about one who takes on the task of issuing fatwas without being known for knowledge, and flounders to please a segment of the people? Is this action part of Satan’s plotting and his manipulation of some of the children of Adam?
The Shaykh:
This is speaking about Allah without knowledge. Speaking about Allah without knowledge is more severe than shirk (associating partners with Allah).
and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know."
وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَأَن تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Allahu Akbar. I am turning. May Allah welcome you. Yes.
The presenter:
Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh:
Yes. There is no god but Allah. O Allah, Lord of this perfect call, grant excellence and raise him to a praiseworthy station, yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-22-07-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:04:00)
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