Does the layperson sin if he adopts the opinion of a scholar that contradicts the evidence, and the layperson does not know that this opinion is contradictory?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner asks: Does the layperson sin if he adopts the opinion of a scholar that contradicts the evidence, and the layperson does not know that this opinion is contradictory?
Answer:
He asks, my brother, what is he taking on all the time without knowing its evidence? He asks the people of knowledge. Yes, the layperson asks the people of knowledge[An-Nahl 16:43], and he reads from the books and acts upon them, and he does not know what is valid and what is not valid. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner asks: Does the layperson sin if he adopts the opinion of a scholar that contradicts the evidence, and the layperson does not know that this opinion is contradictory?
Answer:
He asks, my brother, what is he taking on all the time without knowing its evidence? He asks the people of knowledge. Yes, the layperson asks the people of knowledge
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يأثم العامي إذا أخذ قول العالِم المخالف للدليل، والعامي لا يعرف أن هذا القول مخالف؟ #كبار_العلماء — youtube.com
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