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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Criterion for Designating a Man as a Scholar

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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what is the criterion for designating a man as a scholar?

Answer:
If he is a jurist based on the Book and the Sunnah, studying the books of Islamic jurisprudence and rulings, they call him a jurist, yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/102 — archive.org (5:58)

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