Following a scholar without seeking the evidence
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The questioner:
He asks: Is the one who follows another scholar, while he is able to search for the evidence, sinful for following him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is not permissible for him to follow a scholar when he is able to search and investigate the issue. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And it is not obligatory for you, if you see a statement among the statements, to search for its evidence. If you find for it valid evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, then act upon it. And if you find that it has no evidence, or that its evidence is the weaker position, then leave it. Yes.
He asks: Is the one who follows another scholar, while he is able to search for the evidence, sinful for following him?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is not permissible for him to follow a scholar when he is able to search and investigate the issue. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And it is not obligatory for you, if you see a statement among the statements, to search for its evidence. If you find for it valid evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, then act upon it. And if you find that it has no evidence, or that its evidence is the weaker position, then leave it. Yes.
Source
شرح تطهير الاعتقاد عن أدران الإلحاد للصنعاني، بداية من قوله : فإن قلت هذا أمر عم البلاد — islamhouse.com (56:43)
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