The scholars' disagreement is a calamity, and the difference between disagreement and unity
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The questioner:
He says: What is your opinion regarding what is attributed to Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), his statement that the scholars' disagreement is a calamity, and he placed two dots above it? What is the difference between disagreement, division, unity, and gathering? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
By Allah, I have not seen the Shaykh's words on this, but the disagreement that is disagreement in creed, there is no doubt that it is a calamity. And the disagreement that causes fighting among the Muslims, it is a calamity, there is no doubt. This gathering is mercy, and disagreement, there is no doubt, is a punishment, and division is a punishment. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: What is the difference between disagreement, division, unity, and gathering?
The Shaykh:
Unity and gathering are one thing, and division and disagreement are also one thing, except that disagreement may include something permissible, which is disagreement in matters of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and derivation.
He says: What is your opinion regarding what is attributed to Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), his statement that the scholars' disagreement is a calamity, and he placed two dots above it? What is the difference between disagreement, division, unity, and gathering? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
By Allah, I have not seen the Shaykh's words on this, but the disagreement that is disagreement in creed, there is no doubt that it is a calamity. And the disagreement that causes fighting among the Muslims, it is a calamity, there is no doubt. This gathering is mercy, and disagreement, there is no doubt, is a punishment, and division is a punishment. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: What is the difference between disagreement, division, unity, and gathering?
The Shaykh:
Unity and gathering are one thing, and division and disagreement are also one thing, except that disagreement may include something permissible, which is disagreement in matters of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and derivation.
Source
[و لا تتبعوا السبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيله] — alfawzan.live (1:14:52)
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