Is it said: The truth is confined to the four schools of jurisprudence?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it said that the truth is confined to the four schools of jurisprudence, meaning that it is not permissible to depart from this truth?
Answer:
This is what one of them said: that the truth is confined to the four schools of jurisprudence. No one has ever said that. But they were compelled to align themselves under the four schools of jurisprudence because knowledge became scarce and scholars became few; where else would they go? They had to align themselves under the four schools of jurisprudence, but without fanaticism. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it said that the truth is confined to the four schools of jurisprudence, meaning that it is not permissible to depart from this truth?
Answer:
This is what one of them said: that the truth is confined to the four schools of jurisprudence. No one has ever said that. But they were compelled to align themselves under the four schools of jurisprudence because knowledge became scarce and scholars became few; where else would they go? They had to align themselves under the four schools of jurisprudence, but without fanaticism. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [574 -939] هل يقال: إن الحق مقصور على المذاهب الأربعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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