Working on disputed issues when the stronger position is unknown
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: When there is a disputed issue and we do not know which opinion is the stronger one, which opinion should we adopt? And which opinion should we act upon?
Answer:
He should ask the people of knowledge. Ask the people of knowledge, and as for what the people of knowledge have issued a ruling on, act upon it[An-Nahl 16:43]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: When there is a disputed issue and we do not know which opinion is the stronger one, which opinion should we adopt? And which opinion should we act upon?
Answer:
He should ask the people of knowledge. Ask the people of knowledge, and as for what the people of knowledge have issued a ruling on, act upon it
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حضور النساء المساجد وفضل صلاتهن في بيوتهن — islamhouse.com (1:05:08)
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