The Ruling on Scholarly Disagreement in Jurisprudential Issues
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Question:
Some of the general public repeat, “O Honorable Shaykh,” and say that scholarly disagreement in jurisprudential issues is a mercy.
Answer:
Disagreement is not a mercy; disagreement is not a mercy. Mercy lies in unity, but disagreement is of two types: disagreement of variety and disagreement of contradiction. Disagreement of variety is like the disagreement of exegetes regarding the meaning of a verse, where the verse has several meanings and each exegete takes one of its meanings. This is disagreement of variety. As for disagreement of contradiction, it is the disagreement that is not praiseworthy. Disagreement of contradiction is not praiseworthy, and Allah has protected this Ummah from it, praise be to Allah. Yes.
Some of the general public repeat, “O Honorable Shaykh,” and say that scholarly disagreement in jurisprudential issues is a mercy.
Answer:
Disagreement is not a mercy; disagreement is not a mercy. Mercy lies in unity, but disagreement is of two types: disagreement of variety and disagreement of contradiction. Disagreement of variety is like the disagreement of exegetes regarding the meaning of a verse, where the verse has several meanings and each exegete takes one of its meanings. This is disagreement of variety. As for disagreement of contradiction, it is the disagreement that is not praiseworthy. Disagreement of contradiction is not praiseworthy, and Allah has protected this Ummah from it, praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/128 — archive.org (2:00)
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