Benefits of the Verse: And when a matter of security or fear comes to them, they spread it about
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Question:
The questioner asks: What are the benefits derived from this noble verse[An-Nisa 4:83]? And does it imply that a student of knowledge does not speak about current events, but rather studies the words of the scholars? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This verse indicates that general matters that concern the people, which are among the affairs of politics and the general matters that the ummah (the Muslim community) needs, are among the specific domains of research and consideration for the people of knowledge and the people of authority. The people of consideration among the scholars and the rulers who address these problems and derive solutions from them, which benefit the ummah and ward off harm from them.
As for the general public, it is not their affair to enter into these matters or to argue about them, because no solution to the problem results from their entering into them and arguing about them; no solution results from it. Rather, those who solve problems when they become intractable are the rulers and the scholars.[An-Nisa 4:83] This is what you are now good at: that these important and general matters are not the right of everyone to speak about, but rather they are the affair of the people of decision and binding (ahl al-hall wa al-'aqd) who take charge of the affairs of the ummah and manage them according to the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) and according to the interest of the people, because Allah has given them of opinion and of knowledge what He has not given to the common people and individuals. Yes.
The questioner asks: What are the benefits derived from this noble verse
And when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it.
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْAnswer:
This verse indicates that general matters that concern the people, which are among the affairs of politics and the general matters that the ummah (the Muslim community) needs, are among the specific domains of research and consideration for the people of knowledge and the people of authority. The people of consideration among the scholars and the rulers who address these problems and derive solutions from them, which benefit the ummah and ward off harm from them.
As for the general public, it is not their affair to enter into these matters or to argue about them, because no solution to the problem results from their entering into them and arguing about them; no solution results from it. Rather, those who solve problems when they become intractable are the rulers and the scholars.
But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it
وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنبِطُونَهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-021-التفقه في الدين سبيل المؤمنين|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:40)
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