The ruling on using the silence of scholars as evidence regarding religious innovations
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Many people, or rather, they cite as evidence the silence of the majority of scholars, the scholars of the Sunnah, when religious innovations and desires spread, especially in our time. And if there is any condemnation, it is without the raising of the voices of the scholars and their explicit statements. He asks: What is the comment on what was mentioned?
Answer:
This is not correct. The people of the Sunnah do not all remain silent. Allah must establish from among the people of the Sunnah and the community someone who can [speak out], even if they are not many. It may be just one person by whom Allah establishes the proof against His servants. To say that they are silent—no, they did not all remain silent. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Many people, or rather, they cite as evidence the silence of the majority of scholars, the scholars of the Sunnah, when religious innovations and desires spread, especially in our time. And if there is any condemnation, it is without the raising of the voices of the scholars and their explicit statements. He asks: What is the comment on what was mentioned?
Answer:
This is not correct. The people of the Sunnah do not all remain silent. Allah must establish from among the people of the Sunnah and the community someone who can [speak out], even if they are not many. It may be just one person by whom Allah establishes the proof against His servants. To say that they are silent—no, they did not all remain silent. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما تعليقكم على قول البعض بسكوت غالب العلماء عند انتشار البدع والأهواء وإذا أنكروا فإنه يكون بلا... — youtube.com
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