A Response to the Claim of Taqlid (Following a Scholar Without Knowing His Evidence) in Matters of Bid'ah (Religious Innovation)
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The questioner:
And his evidence, may Allah grant you success, is that he says: If you innovate something for someone, you must follow a scholar (taqlid), and you are not required to mention the evidence. Is this a correct statement?
The Shaykh:
I don't know what this talk is about, when one of us innovates.
The questioner:
So you must follow a scholar (taqlid).
The Shaykh:
Taqlid.
The questioner:
And you are not required to mention the evidence.
The Shaykh:
What Allah willed, this is incoherent talk. I don't know what it means. Are innovations not permissible? And is blind following (taqlid) not permissible? This is not... Yes.
And his evidence, may Allah grant you success, is that he says: If you innovate something for someone, you must follow a scholar (taqlid), and you are not required to mention the evidence. Is this a correct statement?
The Shaykh:
I don't know what this talk is about, when one of us innovates.
The questioner:
So you must follow a scholar (taqlid).
The Shaykh:
Taqlid.
The questioner:
And you are not required to mention the evidence.
The Shaykh:
What Allah willed, this is incoherent talk. I don't know what it means. Are innovations not permissible? And is blind following (taqlid) not permissible? This is not... Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1018 -1024] ما الرأي فيمن يدعي أنه على الأثر ومنهج السلف.. — youtube.com (0:45)
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