Who is responsible for responding to those who deviate
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is responding to those who deviate restricted to scholars, or may students of knowledge clarify and respond with what Allah has opened up to them, and by conveying the words of the scholars on this matter?
Answer:
No, no, only scholars respond; scholars who know how to respond and how to respond. As for the one who is learning and the student of knowledge, he does not respond, because he has not reached this stage, and he may fall into an error greater than that of the one being responded to; he may fall into an error greater than the error of the one being responded to. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is responding to those who deviate restricted to scholars, or may students of knowledge clarify and respond with what Allah has opened up to them, and by conveying the words of the scholars on this matter?
Answer:
No, no, only scholars respond; scholars who know how to respond and how to respond. As for the one who is learning and the student of knowledge, he does not respond, because he has not reached this stage, and he may fall into an error greater than that of the one being responded to; he may fall into an error greater than the error of the one being responded to. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (56:24)
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