Put it on the neck of a mufti and you are not sinful
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: There are some fatwas regarding financial transactions and loans and so on. Some people say that the fatwa of certain shaykhs is to be followed, and the common people say, "Put it on the neck of a mufti and you are not sinful." Is what they mention correct regarding this saying?
Answer:
It is correct that you are not sinful. You are sinful. The scholar or the mufti is not one who carries the punishment for you on the Day of Resurrection. You are the one who entangled yourself in this. Yes. It is like what they say in the example: The questioner, keep a distance between yourself and the Fire. It is not correct. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: There are some fatwas regarding financial transactions and loans and so on. Some people say that the fatwa of certain shaykhs is to be followed, and the common people say, "Put it on the neck of a mufti and you are not sinful." Is what they mention correct regarding this saying?
Answer:
It is correct that you are not sinful. You are sinful. The scholar or the mufti is not one who carries the punishment for you on the Day of Resurrection. You are the one who entangled yourself in this. Yes. It is like what they say in the example: The questioner, keep a distance between yourself and the Fire. It is not correct. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ضعها في رقبة مفت وأنت ليس عليك ذنب لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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