The Scholars’ Inclusion Among Those in Authority
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, may Allah bless you. This questioner says: Are the scholars included among those in authority mentioned in the verse, even if they refer the matter to Allah and the Messenger and to those in authority among them?
Answer:
Those in authority are of two types: those in authority in politics, and those in authority in knowledge. The term[An-Nisa 4:83] includes them. Does this include them? Each has authority over what is appropriate to him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Your Excellency the Shaykh, may Allah bless you. This questioner says: Are the scholars included among those in authority mentioned in the verse, even if they refer the matter to Allah and the Messenger and to those in authority among them?
Answer:
Those in authority are of two types: those in authority in politics, and those in authority in knowledge. The term
referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them
رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب الأمانة في البيع والشراء والكيل والوزن — islamhouse.com (1:17:50)
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