Is independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) permissible in matters of creed?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is it true that it is permissible to exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in matters of belief, based on the scholarly disagreement regarding declaring those who abandon prayer to be disbelievers?
Answer:
Disagreement is not permissible in them. Matters of creed are not subject to independent legal reasoning (ijtihad); creed is based on definitive texts, and disagreement is not permissible in it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is it true that it is permissible to exercise independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in matters of belief, based on the scholarly disagreement regarding declaring those who abandon prayer to be disbelievers?
Answer:
Disagreement is not permissible in them. Matters of creed are not subject to independent legal reasoning (ijtihad); creed is based on definitive texts, and disagreement is not permissible in it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 33- هل يجوز الاجتهاد في مسائل العقيدة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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