Is it permissible to divide the religion into fundamentals and branches?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is it permissible to divide the religion into fundamentals and branches?
Answer:
In terms of leniency, if the intention behind this division is leniency, then it is not permissible, because one does not exercise leniency in the religion as a whole. However, if it is intended in terms of research, where the fundamentals are the beliefs and the branches are the juristic opinions, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is it permissible to divide the religion into fundamentals and branches?
Answer:
In terms of leniency, if the intention behind this division is leniency, then it is not permissible, because one does not exercise leniency in the religion as a whole. However, if it is intended in terms of research, where the fundamentals are the beliefs and the branches are the juristic opinions, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [31 -560] هل يجوز أن يقسم الدين إلى أصول وإلى فروع؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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