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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to take pride in Ibn Sina, al-Farabi, Ibn al-Farid, and Ibn Arabi on the grounds that they were Muslim scholars?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks: Is it permissible to take pride in and feel proud of Ibn Sina, al-Farabi, Ibn al-Farid, Ibn Arabi, and others on the grounds that they are among the scholars of the Muslims?

Answer:
They are not among the scholars of the Muslims, may Allah protect us from that. They are scholars of atheism and misguidance. They are not Muslims, and one does not take pride in them. One does not take pride in them. Whoever admires them has been pleased by their school of thought, and perhaps he will follow them. If he admires them, he will follow them in their school of thought and believe that they are people of thought, people of intellect, and people of excellence, and he will be deceived by them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [408 -858] هل يجوز الافتخار بابن سينا والفارابي وابن الفارض وابن عربي بحجة أنهم علماء مسلمين؟ — youtube.com

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