What is the validity of the claim that no one has authority over the call to Islam?
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Question:
The questioner says: There are those who say that the call of the people of the Sunnah has no authority, and that no scholar has jurisdiction over it. How valid is this statement?
Answer:
This statement is invalid. It means chaos. One must return to the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:59] "And those in authority" includes the scholars and the rulers. "And those in authority among you" means the scholars and the rulers. It is obligatory to obey the scholars, and it is obligatory to obey the rulers in what is right. Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:83] This is the authority to which they refer. They refer this authority to the people of knowledge, politics, and experience to clarify the correct view in it. Yes.
The questioner says: There are those who say that the call of the people of the Sunnah has no authority, and that no scholar has jurisdiction over it. How valid is this statement?
Answer:
This statement is invalid. It means chaos. One must return to the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:
obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you
أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْAnd when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it.
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما صحة أنه ليس لأحد على الدعوة وصاية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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