Engaging in the classification of people among students of knowledge and preachers
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, for the beginner student of knowledge who has engaged in classifying people among the students of knowledge and preachers?
The Shaykh:
What are you engaged in?
The questioner:
Classifying people among the students of knowledge and preachers?
The Shaykh:
This is not seeking knowledge. Classifying people is not seeking knowledge; it is distortion. It is distortion, it is talebearing, and it is not permissible. So this description does not apply to the student of knowledge. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, for the beginner student of knowledge who has engaged in classifying people among the students of knowledge and preachers?
The Shaykh:
What are you engaged in?
The questioner:
Classifying people among the students of knowledge and preachers?
The Shaykh:
This is not seeking knowledge. Classifying people is not seeking knowledge; it is distortion. It is distortion, it is talebearing, and it is not permissible. So this description does not apply to the student of knowledge. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب قول الله - تعالى - : { ومن الناس من يتخذ من دون الله أندادا يحبونهم كحب الله } — islamhouse.com (1:02:20)
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