Can you mention to us some of the names of scholars in the world who hold a status with you and whom you consider qualified to take knowledge from?
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The questioner : There is no doubt that a person can judge things if he has experience in them. For example, I cannot judge whether so-and-so is a swimmer or not unless I am proficient in swimming myself. So, no doubt, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has bestowed knowledge upon you. We ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to make it a cause for raising your ranks in the Hereafter.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : So we would like you to mention, for example, some of the names of scholars who hold a status with you, a status in your heart, or with whom you have interacted such that you testify to their knowledge. We should mention some of the names of scholars in the Arab world whom you consider qualified to take knowledge from, whether they specialize in a specific aspect of knowledge or in two aspects.
The Shaykh : Is the question specific to this topic, or is it general?
The questioner : How specific?
The Shaykh : Specific to the topic of the woman’s face, or is it general?
The questioner : No, we are done.
The Shaykh : I am asking so that I know how to answer you.
The questioner : No, no, we haven’t started.
The Shaykh : I mean, your question is general.
The questioner : This has been on my mind for a long time, and I have been asking about it.
The Shaykh: Good.
The questioner : But I remembered it now.
The Shaykh : The truth is, my connection with the Islamic world, the connection I infer from your words, is not to the extent that is understood from your words, but within the limits of what I know and have connected with from people, I always mention today two noble men who are still alive, and they areThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz in Riyadh, andThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri in Pakistan or in India. As for the other scholars, there is good and blessing among them, but they are not there in terms of the strength of their knowledge and their ability to derive Islamic legal rulings from the evidence of the Book and the Sunnah. Previously, there wasThe Shaykh : Ahmad Shakir in Egypt, andThe Shaykh : Hamid al-Faqi was also there, but they have passed to the mercy of Allah. My scope is, unfortunately, narrow, and this is something a person regrets. And this regret reminds one of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):, but there is indeed a very strong Salafi movement in the Islamic world now, and there are many young people emerging in the pursuit of knowledge, but they are still, approximately, at the beginning of the path of knowledge or in the middle of it, and they have not yet matured from the scientific aspect. This is what I have regarding this question.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : So we would like you to mention, for example, some of the names of scholars who hold a status with you, a status in your heart, or with whom you have interacted such that you testify to their knowledge. We should mention some of the names of scholars in the Arab world whom you consider qualified to take knowledge from, whether they specialize in a specific aspect of knowledge or in two aspects.
The Shaykh : Is the question specific to this topic, or is it general?
The questioner : How specific?
The Shaykh : Specific to the topic of the woman’s face, or is it general?
The questioner : No, we are done.
The Shaykh : I am asking so that I know how to answer you.
The questioner : No, no, we haven’t started.
The Shaykh : I mean, your question is general.
The questioner : This has been on my mind for a long time, and I have been asking about it.
The Shaykh: Good.
The questioner : But I remembered it now.
The Shaykh : The truth is, my connection with the Islamic world, the connection I infer from your words, is not to the extent that is understood from your words, but within the limits of what I know and have connected with from people, I always mention today two noble men who are still alive, and they areThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz in Riyadh, andThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri in Pakistan or in India. As for the other scholars, there is good and blessing among them, but they are not there in terms of the strength of their knowledge and their ability to derive Islamic legal rulings from the evidence of the Book and the Sunnah. Previously, there wasThe Shaykh : Ahmad Shakir in Egypt, andThe Shaykh : Hamid al-Faqi was also there, but they have passed to the mercy of Allah. My scope is, unfortunately, narrow, and this is something a person regrets. And this regret reminds one of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Indeed, Allah does not take away knowledge by force from the hearts of scholars, but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars; until when He leaves no scholar, the people take ignorant heads, so they are asked and they issue rulings with this knowledge, so they issue rulings, and they go astray and lead others astray.
إن الله لا ينتزع العلم انتزاعًا من صدور العلماء ، ولكنه يقبض العلم بقبض العلماء ؛ حتى إذا لم يُبْقِ عالمًا اتَّخذ الناس رؤوسًا جُهَّالًا ، فسُئِلوا فأفتوا بهذا العلم ، فأفتوا ، فضلُّوا وأضلوا
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