The Muslim's Position on Disagreement in Creed and Jurisprudence
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
And the Shaykh said: The questioner asks how a Muslim is to deal with this if he sees a difference of opinion on a matter of the teacher, whether in land, practice, or parties.
Answer:
In creed, there is no room for multiple valid positions. Creed is based on what is established from the texts. It is obligatory for us to follow what is established and authentic, and what the Salaf (the earliest generations) believed, where there is no scholarly disagreement. The one who opposes the creed is misguided. The one who opposes the creed of the Salaf is what we call misguided. As for jurisprudence, there is disagreement, yes. But the Muslim's position is: if he is a scholar, he takes what is supported by evidence, what is stronger by evidence. And if he is ignorant, he asks the people of knowledge. He asks the people of knowledge and takes what they rule for him.
And the Shaykh said: The questioner asks how a Muslim is to deal with this if he sees a difference of opinion on a matter of the teacher, whether in land, practice, or parties.
Answer:
In creed, there is no room for multiple valid positions. Creed is based on what is established from the texts. It is obligatory for us to follow what is established and authentic, and what the Salaf (the earliest generations) believed, where there is no scholarly disagreement. The one who opposes the creed is misguided. The one who opposes the creed of the Salaf is what we call misguided. As for jurisprudence, there is disagreement, yes. But the Muslim's position is: if he is a scholar, he takes what is supported by evidence, what is stronger by evidence. And if he is ignorant, he asks the people of knowledge. He asks the people of knowledge and takes what they rule for him.
Source
شرح العقيدة السفارينية [9] — alfawzan.live (1:17:54)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.