Using the hadith "He told you the truth while he was lying" as evidence for learning knowledge from the people of innovation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), is there evidence from it for the permissibility of learning knowledge from the people of innovation and sitting with them?
Answer:
No, there is no evidence for this. However, this is something that happened. As for you wanting to learn from the people of misguidance and saying that you are using the hadith "He told you the truth while he was lying" as evidence, no. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
He told you the truth while he was lying,
صدقك وهو كذوب،Answer:
No, there is no evidence for this. However, this is something that happened. As for you wanting to learn from the people of misguidance and saying that you are using the hadith "He told you the truth while he was lying" as evidence, no. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الصلح عن دم العمد بأكثر من الدية وأقل — islamhouse.com (1:01:03)
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