Is it appropriate to describe a scholar who issues a ruling that deviates from the rest of the scholars as one who is misguided and misguides others?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it appropriate to describe a scholar who issues a ruling that deviates from the rest of the scholars as one who is misguided and misguides others?
Answer:
The one who issues a ruling based on a deviant opinion is certainly mistaken. If he is doing so intentionally, knowing that he is intending to mislead, then he is misguided. But if he did not know and thinks that this is the correct opinion, then he is mistaken; he is described as one who is mistaken.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it appropriate to describe a scholar who issues a ruling that deviates from the rest of the scholars as one who is misguided and misguides others?
Answer:
The one who issues a ruling based on a deviant opinion is certainly mistaken. If he is doing so intentionally, knowing that he is intending to mislead, then he is misguided. But if he did not know and thinks that this is the correct opinion, then he is mistaken; he is described as one who is mistaken.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [586 -939] العالم الذي يفتي بفتوى شاذة عن بقية العلماء هل يصلح القول بأنه ضال مضل؟ — youtube.com
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