What is the ruling on disagreeing with the four Imams?
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The Shaykh : If you please, hold your question until we see the brother here regarding the topic of scholarly consensus, or should we finish so that we can answer the subsequent questions?
The questioner : Some people say, in the context of apostasy, that I attended a lesson with them, and they say that Ibn Taymiyyah... and we touched on the matter of divorce, and they say that whoever disagrees with the Imams has committed disbelief, based on the consensus of the Imams. So they declare Ibn Taymiyyah a disbeliever in this
The questioner : issue?
The Shaykh : No, no one says this, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : I say that I sat in a gathering...
The Shaykh : No, you sit in gatherings and hear all sorts of things, but I say that no one among the scholars of the Muslims says that whoever disagrees with the four Imams has committed disbelief.
The questioner : Is there no example of a consensus that whoever disagrees with them has committed disbelief?
The Shaykh : Therefore, I tell you that no one says this. As for if you mean some people who say this in this time, then wait for Rajab and you will see wonders.
The questioner : Some people say, in the context of apostasy, that I attended a lesson with them, and they say that Ibn Taymiyyah... and we touched on the matter of divorce, and they say that whoever disagrees with the Imams has committed disbelief, based on the consensus of the Imams. So they declare Ibn Taymiyyah a disbeliever in this
The questioner : issue?
The Shaykh : No, no one says this, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : I say that I sat in a gathering...
The Shaykh : No, you sit in gatherings and hear all sorts of things, but I say that no one among the scholars of the Muslims says that whoever disagrees with the four Imams has committed disbelief.
The questioner : Is there no example of a consensus that whoever disagrees with them has committed disbelief?
The Shaykh : Therefore, I tell you that no one says this. As for if you mean some people who say this in this time, then wait for Rajab and you will see wonders.
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