The Ruling on Seeking Dispensations in Fatwas
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! A questioner asks: What is the ruling on a person who seeks out dispensations, especially in fatwas and jurisprudential rulings?
Answer:
This is not permissible for him, and it does not clear his conscience of the obligations upon him. Seeking out erroneous dispensations, or erroneous fatwas, is not permissible to act upon. Nor is it permissible to act upon correct fatwas that are not in their proper place; they are not to be used outside their proper place, and doing so does not clear the conscience. For this reason, the scholars say: "Whoever seeks out dispensations becomes a Zindiq." Dispensations are only to be used with their conditions and their characteristics. As they say, a dispensation is not to be used outside the place for which it was legislated. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Honorable Shaykh! A questioner asks: What is the ruling on a person who seeks out dispensations, especially in fatwas and jurisprudential rulings?
Answer:
This is not permissible for him, and it does not clear his conscience of the obligations upon him. Seeking out erroneous dispensations, or erroneous fatwas, is not permissible to act upon. Nor is it permissible to act upon correct fatwas that are not in their proper place; they are not to be used outside their proper place, and doing so does not clear the conscience. For this reason, the scholars say: "Whoever seeks out dispensations becomes a Zindiq." Dispensations are only to be used with their conditions and their characteristics. As they say, a dispensation is not to be used outside the place for which it was legislated. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/286 — archive.org (11:09)
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