Advice to some students of knowledge who frequently raise obscure matters of belief
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is common among some of the youth to mention obscure matters of belief and to cite the words of some of the early scholars as evidence for this. What is the advice for these people, given that the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) has become great among them in this time?
Answer:
The advice is that they should learn what they are speaking about, for they only speak out of ignorance. The ignorant person says whatever he pleases and is not bound by any restraint, life, or religion, because he is ignorant. This is a compound ignorance, not a simple ignorance. A person with simple ignorance can learn, because he knows that he is ignorant. But this is an ignorant person who claims to be a scholar. This is the calamity. This is compound ignorance, and it is not accepted because he believes that he is a scholar. He believes that he understands, while others do not understand.
So my advice to these people is that they should fear Allah, that they should learn, and that they should start knowledge from the beginning, from the alphabet. They have nothing. They have to start knowledge[Al-Baqarah 2:189].
And knowledge is not taken all at once; it is taken bit by bit and one progresses with it bit by bit. This is the correct method of learning. As for these people, they rushed into knowledge without guidelines and without knowledge, and they claimed to be scholars. They began to speak and delve into what they babble about, what they do not know. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. But you must be cautious of them. As for advising them, whoever accepts it from them, advise him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is common among some of the youth to mention obscure matters of belief and to cite the words of some of the early scholars as evidence for this. What is the advice for these people, given that the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) has become great among them in this time?
Answer:
The advice is that they should learn what they are speaking about, for they only speak out of ignorance. The ignorant person says whatever he pleases and is not bound by any restraint, life, or religion, because he is ignorant. This is a compound ignorance, not a simple ignorance. A person with simple ignorance can learn, because he knows that he is ignorant. But this is an ignorant person who claims to be a scholar. This is the calamity. This is compound ignorance, and it is not accepted because he believes that he is a scholar. He believes that he understands, while others do not understand.
So my advice to these people is that they should fear Allah, that they should learn, and that they should start knowledge from the beginning, from the alphabet. They have nothing. They have to start knowledge
one who fears Allah. And enter houses from their doors.
مَنِ اتَّقَىٰ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَاAnd knowledge is not taken all at once; it is taken bit by bit and one progresses with it bit by bit. This is the correct method of learning. As for these people, they rushed into knowledge without guidelines and without knowledge, and they claimed to be scholars. They began to speak and delve into what they babble about, what they do not know. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. But you must be cautious of them. As for advising them, whoever accepts it from them, advise him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [730 -1024] نصيحة لبعض طلبة العلم الذين يكثرون من طرح المسائل الغريبة في المعتقد - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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