The ruling on seeking the help of students of knowledge in solving cultural competitions?
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The questioner : One of the brothers inquires about the competition, saying: Is it permissible for us to seek the help of the people of dhikr (remembrance of Allah)? He cited the saying of Allah the Exalted: [An-Nahl 16:43]
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The questioner asks: Is it permissible in a competition to seek the help of the people of dhikr (the remembrance of Allah) if we do not know? Citing the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nahl 16:43]
The Shaykh : Yes, the competition we mentioned. This questioner. And like a person sitting in an exam chair. So the supervising professor passed by him, and the student asked him about the ruling on the issue in the test. The supervisor said: I cannot inform you. The student said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3658Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) What does the supervisor say? He said: I am not concealing it from you, but hand over the paper. If you hand the paper to me, I will tell you the answer. But as long as the paper is in your hand, I will not tell you the answer. So who is right? The teacher or the student? No, may Allah forgive me, the student is not right.
Because the most he can do is delay the answer and say: I have no objection to telling you, but hand over the paper first, then I will tell you. This is the one asking us about the competition; he asked about the permissibility of seeking the help of a student of knowledge in solving the questions.
And the strange thing is that he asked and issued a ruling for himself, because he said: Is it permissible to seek the help of one of the students of knowledge based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nahl 16:43] So I say to the brother questioner: If you are at this level of excellence in deriving rulings, then there is no need to ask. Yes, but as for the reality, I see no harm in seeking help, but on the condition that the help is sought to obtain knowledge and benefit, not that he gives him a blank paper and says: Write the answer for me.
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The questioner asks: Is it permissible in a competition to seek the help of the people of dhikr (the remembrance of Allah) if we do not know? Citing the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe Shaykh : Yes, the competition we mentioned. This questioner. And like a person sitting in an exam chair. So the supervising professor passed by him, and the student asked him about the ruling on the issue in the test. The supervisor said: I cannot inform you. The student said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(ﷺ) said: He who is asked something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him
صلى الله عليه وسلم من سئل عن علم فكتمه ألجمه الله بلجام من نارBecause the most he can do is delay the answer and say: I have no objection to telling you, but hand over the paper first, then I will tell you. This is the one asking us about the competition; he asked about the permissibility of seeking the help of a student of knowledge in solving the questions.
And the strange thing is that he asked and issued a ruling for himself, because he said: Is it permissible to seek the help of one of the students of knowledge based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[29 من 46] حكم من يستعين بطلاب العلم في حل المسابقات الثقافية؟!! ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (0:09)
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