Principle: A well-known error is better than a neglected truth
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is this principle a correct and legitimate one, namely that a well-known error is better than a neglected truth?
Answer:
Who said this? The truth is the good, whereas there is no good in error.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is this principle a correct and legitimate one, namely that a well-known error is better than a neglected truth?
Answer:
Who said this? The truth is the good, whereas there is no good in error.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أعظم مكايده : ما نصبه للناس من الأنصاب والأزلام — islamhouse.com (55:48)
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