The exoneration of the questioner’s responsibility by asking one of the senior scholars
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a questioner asks one of the trusted senior scholars and he issues a ruling on a matter, is his responsibility exonerated? Or must he ask other senior scholars to be certain of the ruling?
Answer:
No, no. Asking too many questions does not help; it confuses you. It confuses you. If you ask someone you trust in his knowledge and his religion, then you take his ruling and do not ask too many questions on the same subject. Yes. But many people do this to get rid of what they do not want. They do not want the first answer; they hope to find a lenient answer, meaning one that makes things easy for them. That is the intention of most of them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a questioner asks one of the trusted senior scholars and he issues a ruling on a matter, is his responsibility exonerated? Or must he ask other senior scholars to be certain of the ruling?
Answer:
No, no. Asking too many questions does not help; it confuses you. It confuses you. If you ask someone you trust in his knowledge and his religion, then you take his ruling and do not ask too many questions on the same subject. Yes. But many people do this to get rid of what they do not want. They do not want the first answer; they hope to find a lenient answer, meaning one that makes things easy for them. That is the intention of most of them. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الثالث في انقسام أدوية أمراض القلب إلى قسمين : طبيعية وشرعية — islamhouse.com (50:20)
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