Prohibition of people attaching themselves to their scholars on the grounds that scholars make mistakes
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There are those who prohibit people from attaching themselves to their scholars on the grounds that scholars make mistakes.
Answer:
And you are correct, meaning if the scholars make a mistake, then you are the one who is correct. The scholars are those who are to be emulated and those from whom knowledge is taken, because they are the heirs of the Prophets, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So how do you belittle them? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There are those who prohibit people from attaching themselves to their scholars on the grounds that scholars make mistakes.
Answer:
And you are correct, meaning if the scholars make a mistake, then you are the one who is correct. The scholars are those who are to be emulated and those from whom knowledge is taken, because they are the heirs of the Prophets, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.
والعلماء ورثة الأنبياء
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده : أنه يُحسّن إلى أرباب التخلي والزهد والرياضة العمل بها — islamhouse.com (58:49)
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