The Ruling on Answering What One Does Not Know
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The questioner:
He says: I asked a man about the people of the right hand and the loyalty of the world, and this is a positive matter, and in what
The Shaykh:
He asked him.
The questioner:
A man came to me regarding one of my colleagues at work, and this is the word of Allah regarding the matter of faith, so I told him that it does not exist, and he said to me that it does not exist, therefore he knows, and he said that it does not exist, therefore he knows, so it is a condition that it passed through his mind, but it is not so. Did you know anything?
The Shaykh:
Something, something, then I do not know about it. It is not required of you that you are arguing, and do not swear an oath or anything. Say: I do not know about it.
He says: I asked a man about the people of the right hand and the loyalty of the world, and this is a positive matter, and in what
The Shaykh:
He asked him.
The questioner:
A man came to me regarding one of my colleagues at work, and this is the word of Allah regarding the matter of faith, so I told him that it does not exist, and he said to me that it does not exist, therefore he knows, and he said that it does not exist, therefore he knows, so it is a condition that it passed through his mind, but it is not so. Did you know anything?
The Shaykh:
Something, something, then I do not know about it. It is not required of you that you are arguing, and do not swear an oath or anything. Say: I do not know about it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6 من 10 / شرح الأصول الثلاثة / معرفة دين الإسلام بالأدلة / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:08:51)
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