What is the position of a student of knowledge regarding a scholar whose opinion he does not consider correct in a particular issue?
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The questioner : What is the position, O Shaykh? The rest of the question.
The Shaykh : Yes, the rest of the question reminded me. May Allah reward you with good. I will state the answer to the rest of the question.
The position of this Muslim I mentioned earlier regarding the statement of the other scholar, which he did not lean toward and did not consider correct within the scope of what he chose, is that he should not speak about it, because he would be speaking about it without knowledge. Therefore, such a difference of opinion should not be a cause for division between one Muslim and another. One of them chose the statement of the first scholar, and the other chose the statement of the second scholar, and neither of them has knowledge of the matter; rather, they did what was possible within the limits of what we mentioned earlier. It is not permissible for either of them to speak ill of the other scholar whose statement he considered the weaker position, which he did not adopt and did not act upon. This is the position that every Muslim must take regarding the statements of scholars who differ. We know from the biography of the righteous Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) that they differed on some issues, and there was no one among the Companions who relied on his own knowledge, and they numbered thousands, except for about two hundred scholars from among the Companions. So every one of the general body of Companions would take the statement of whichever of those two hundred scholars reached him. And yet, the difference that existed among the Companions was not a cause of division among them, nor did it sow enmity and hatred in the ranks of the general Muslims. This is because they knew that one who exerts effort and errs is excused, and in fact, he is rewarded, as you heard in the previous hadith. What is permissible for the one who preferred the statement of one scholar over the other to criticize that other scholar? This is contrary to what every Muslim should be.
Yes
The Shaykh : Yes, the rest of the question reminded me. May Allah reward you with good. I will state the answer to the rest of the question.
The position of this Muslim I mentioned earlier regarding the statement of the other scholar, which he did not lean toward and did not consider correct within the scope of what he chose, is that he should not speak about it, because he would be speaking about it without knowledge. Therefore, such a difference of opinion should not be a cause for division between one Muslim and another. One of them chose the statement of the first scholar, and the other chose the statement of the second scholar, and neither of them has knowledge of the matter; rather, they did what was possible within the limits of what we mentioned earlier. It is not permissible for either of them to speak ill of the other scholar whose statement he considered the weaker position, which he did not adopt and did not act upon. This is the position that every Muslim must take regarding the statements of scholars who differ. We know from the biography of the righteous Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) that they differed on some issues, and there was no one among the Companions who relied on his own knowledge, and they numbered thousands, except for about two hundred scholars from among the Companions. So every one of the general body of Companions would take the statement of whichever of those two hundred scholars reached him. And yet, the difference that existed among the Companions was not a cause of division among them, nor did it sow enmity and hatred in the ranks of the general Muslims. This is because they knew that one who exerts effort and errs is excused, and in fact, he is rewarded, as you heard in the previous hadith. What is permissible for the one who preferred the statement of one scholar over the other to criticize that other scholar? This is contrary to what every Muslim should be.
Yes