The ruling on warning against the books and tapes of some scholars and preachers due to their errors
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: If Ibn Hazm and al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on them) had errors, and the scholars of the Ummah did not warn against reading their books, why is there a warning against reading the books and tapes of some preachers entirely, and not listening to them or benefiting from them? They have errors, but does this mean warning against them absolutely? Is this justice and Islamic brotherhood and uniting the word, especially since many young people have been afflicted with laziness regarding da'wah and knowledge because of that? We ask for your advice and guidance for the youth of the Ummah.
Answer:
It is obligatory to benefit from knowledge, and the error is attributed to its owner. So, if a tape contains an error, one should clarify to its owner that he erred in this tape, by correcting it or removing the error. The sound tape of a scholar is beneficial to benefit from, and so are the books, the books of the imams of hadith, even if some of them had bad morals, may Allah cure the people of the Sunnah and the community from the ailments in their hearts and their sins. Allah the Exalted says:[Ash-Shuraa 42:10] And He the Exalted says: [An-Nisa 4:59] in Surat al-Imran, and He the Exalted says: . The people of the Sunnah and the community, and the books of the people of hadith, and the tapes that collect benefits, sermons, admonitions, and rulings, one benefits from them, and if an error is found in some of them, the error is corrected. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you reward and recompense,
May Allah reward you. He says: If Ibn Hazm and al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on them) had errors, and the scholars of the Ummah did not warn against reading their books, why is there a warning against reading the books and tapes of some preachers entirely, and not listening to them or benefiting from them? They have errors, but does this mean warning against them absolutely? Is this justice and Islamic brotherhood and uniting the word, especially since many young people have been afflicted with laziness regarding da'wah and knowledge because of that? We ask for your advice and guidance for the youth of the Ummah.
Answer:
It is obligatory to benefit from knowledge, and the error is attributed to its owner. So, if a tape contains an error, one should clarify to its owner that he erred in this tape, by correcting it or removing the error. The sound tape of a scholar is beneficial to benefit from, and so are the books, the books of the imams of hadith, even if some of them had bad morals, may Allah cure the people of the Sunnah and the community from the ailments in their hearts and their sins. Allah the Exalted says:
And in anything over which you disagree - its ruling is [to be referred] to Allah.
وَمَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ مِن شَيْءٍ فَحُكْمُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِAnd if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِIf a judge rules by ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and is correct, he has two rewards, and if he rules by ijtihad and is wrong, he has one reward
إذا حكم الحاكم اجتهاد فأصاب فله أجواب، وإذا حكم اجتهاد آخر فله أجرThe presenter:
May Allah grant you reward and recompense,
Source
فتاوى مهمة لابن باز — archive.org (1:20)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.