Report: One scholar is more severe for Satan than a thousand worshippers
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Question:
Shaykh, he says: Did this hadith come from a single scholar,Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2681Da'if (Darussalam) a hundred worshippers?
Answer:
The Shaykh: From a thousand worshippers, yes, this report came down. This is because the scholar subdues the devils with knowledge and repels them, and they do not prevail over him, unlike the ignorant worshipper, over whom they prevail; because he has no knowledge to repel them from him. Yes.
Shaykh, he says: Did this hadith come from a single scholar,
harder on Ash-Shaitan than
أشد على الشيطان منAnswer:
The Shaykh: From a thousand worshippers, yes, this report came down. This is because the scholar subdues the devils with knowledge and repels them, and they do not prevail over him, unlike the ignorant worshipper, over whom they prevail; because he has no knowledge to repel them from him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (129) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1437-08-25] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:52)
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