Criticizing those who differ in jurisprudential ijtihad while agreeing on creed
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The questioner:
This questioner says: If a person agrees with us in creed, but has some errors and ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) that is disputed in jurisprudential matters,
The Shaykh:
Or that.
The questioner:
If a person agrees with us in creed, and has some errors and ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) that is disputed in jurisprudential matters and others, can we declare him an innovator or attribute him to one of the sects?
The Shaykh:
Can we
The questioner:
declare him an innovator or attribute him to one of the sects?
The Shaykh:
Yes. As for creed, it does not accept disagreement, and we do not approve of disagreement in it at all. As for jurisprudential ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), it is permitted for one who has the qualification, not for everyone; no, only for one who has the qualification for ijtihad and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). However, the mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings) errs and hits the mark, so we take what he got right and leave what he got wrong, and it is obligatory for him to leave the error as well.
This questioner says: If a person agrees with us in creed, but has some errors and ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) that is disputed in jurisprudential matters,
The Shaykh:
Or that.
The questioner:
If a person agrees with us in creed, and has some errors and ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) that is disputed in jurisprudential matters and others, can we declare him an innovator or attribute him to one of the sects?
The Shaykh:
Can we
The questioner:
declare him an innovator or attribute him to one of the sects?
The Shaykh:
Yes. As for creed, it does not accept disagreement, and we do not approve of disagreement in it at all. As for jurisprudential ijtihad (independent legal reasoning), it is permitted for one who has the qualification, not for everyone; no, only for one who has the qualification for ijtihad and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). However, the mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings) errs and hits the mark, so we take what he got right and leave what he got wrong, and it is obligatory for him to leave the error as well.
Source
وجوب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، المقدمة — islamhouse.com (52:35)
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