Discussion of the Tahrir Party regarding their position on ahad reports in matters of creed

The Shaykh: And today, with great regret, there is a party among the Islamic parties that established a bad precedent and spread in some of their letters, under the title "The Path of Faith," the statement: "It is not permissible to act upon ahad reports in matters of creed." It is not permissible to act upon ahad reports in matters of creed.
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The Shaykh: I said, in the context of this topic, that they established a bad precedent. They stated under this title, "The Path of Faith": "It is not permissible to act upon ahad reports in matters of creed." And after years, they printed the same book with the same title, but they replaced "it is not permissible" with "it is not obligatory." This is a double policy of words... They do not clarify the creed, and the ruling has changed. Previously, it was "not permissible," but now it is "not obligatory." What does that mean? What is the difference? "Not permissible" means it is forbidden for you to act upon an authentic report concerning a matter of the unseen or creed; it is forbidden. As for "not obligatory," you have the choice; it is permissible if you wish to act upon it, and it is permissible if you wish to leave it. It is permissible to act upon it and permissible not to act upon it. And they placed their opinion at the end that it is obligatory to act upon it as verification, not as faith. This is also playing with words: "as verification, not as faith." They said, what... we accept it based on preponderant probability. Glory be to Allah.