The Layman’s Learning of the Creed with Evidence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it obligatory for the layman to learn the creed with evidence?
Answer:
It is not obligatory for him, but his creed being the creed of his community, relatives, and fathers is permissible. Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
Answer:
[Yusuf 12:38]. He follows. Yes, he follows the correct creed of his fathers. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it obligatory for the layman to learn the creed with evidence?
Answer:
It is not obligatory for him, but his creed being the creed of his community, relatives, and fathers is permissible. Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
Answer:
the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
مِلَّةَ آبَائِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده وتلاعبه ما تلاعب بعباد النار حتى اتخذوها آلهة معبودة — islamhouse.com (58:16)
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