When scholars disagree, the easier opinion is adopted if it aligns with the truth
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When scholars disagree, the easier opinion is adopted if it aligns with the truth
Your Eminence! In the case of disagreement among scholars regarding jurisprudential opinions, do we adopt the one who says the stricter ruling to clear one's conscience, or do we adopt the one who says the easier ruling, acting on the hadith: (That the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when given the choice between two matters, would take the easier of them) ?
What do you say if a person is sick and two doctors disagree,One of them said: take this treatment,And the other said: take this treatment, whose opinion does one follow?The questioner: The stronger one in medicine.
The Shaykh: Yes, the more reliable one, the one who has knowledge and understanding.
It is the same with religious matters; if two scholars disagree with you, follow the one you see as closer to the truth, whether it is stricter or easier.
If they are equal in your view, or you do not know,Some of the scholars say: take the more cautious one, which is the stricter.
And among them are those who say: Take the easier one.
And some of them said: You are given the choice; even if you act on the opinion of this scholar today and the opinion of the second scholar tomorrow, there is nothing wrong with that.
But the closest to me is that you take the easier one, unless you find your heart leaning toward the stricter opinion, then take that;Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Righteousness is what the soul is at peace with and the heart is at peace with, and sin is what nags in your soul) .
Your Eminence! In the case of disagreement among scholars regarding jurisprudential opinions, do we adopt the one who says the stricter ruling to clear one's conscience, or do we adopt the one who says the easier ruling, acting on the hadith: (That the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when given the choice between two matters, would take the easier of them) ?
What do you say if a person is sick and two doctors disagree,One of them said: take this treatment,And the other said: take this treatment, whose opinion does one follow?The questioner: The stronger one in medicine.
The Shaykh: Yes, the more reliable one, the one who has knowledge and understanding.
It is the same with religious matters; if two scholars disagree with you, follow the one you see as closer to the truth, whether it is stricter or easier.
If they are equal in your view, or you do not know,Some of the scholars say: take the more cautious one, which is the stricter.
And among them are those who say: Take the easier one.
And some of them said: You are given the choice; even if you act on the opinion of this scholar today and the opinion of the second scholar tomorrow, there is nothing wrong with that.
But the closest to me is that you take the easier one, unless you find your heart leaning toward the stricter opinion, then take that;Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Righteousness is what the soul is at peace with and the heart is at peace with, and sin is what nags in your soul) .