Taking Knowledge from a Sufi Shaykh in Grammar and Jurisprudence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A doctor at our university tells the students that he has taken his knowledge from a Sufi shaykh, and that there is no harm in taking knowledge from innovators, for their innovation is upon them, especially in the sciences of grammar and jurisprudence. Is what he mentions correct?
Answer:
How can he be allowed to teach at the university while he narrates from a Sufi shaykh? No one teaches at the university unless his shaykhs are known and it is known from where he took his knowledge. You should alert the university director or the dean of the faculty about this statement of his. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A doctor at our university tells the students that he has taken his knowledge from a Sufi shaykh, and that there is no harm in taking knowledge from innovators, for their innovation is upon them, especially in the sciences of grammar and jurisprudence. Is what he mentions correct?
Answer:
How can he be allowed to teach at the university while he narrates from a Sufi shaykh? No one teaches at the university unless his shaykhs are known and it is known from where he took his knowledge. You should alert the university director or the dean of the faculty about this statement of his. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده : أنه يُحسّن إلى أرباب التخلي والزهد والرياضة العمل بها — islamhouse.com (1:11:16)
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