Who are the people of knowledge referred to in the verse (So ask the people of knowledge if you do not know)?

The Shaykh : The Exalted Allah said in the Noble Qur'an, addressing the general Muslim community: It may occur to the minds of many ordinary Muslims that the people of knowledge are those who frequently remember Allah, especially if they are among those who remember Allah in a manner contrary to the Sunnah, and who act upon some weak and denounced hadiths, such as the hadith that some of those people constantly repeat, who do not conduct themselves with proper etiquette before Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in their remembrance, where they dance in their dhikr, become agitated, and do not sit with complete etiquette and humility. They cite a hadith narrated in some books, but it is not authentic in terms of its chain of narration, namely their claim that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning, increase and exaggerate in the remembrance of Allah, and become agitated in this remembrance, until people say so-and-so is insane. Do you think that the best of people after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were like this? Far be it from Allah. I do not wish to digress on this specific point either; rather, I wanted to say that the people of knowledge are the people of the Qur'an, as evidenced by the aforementioned well-known verse: So the dhikr here is the Qur'an, and the dhikr there is also the Qur'an, meaning the people of the Qur'an. And the people of the Qur'an, as stated in the established hadith, are the people of Allah and His special ones. The people of the Qur'an are the people of Allah and His special ones. These are a group of the Ummah, and the other group are those who do not know, Our Lord has made two obligations obligatory upon the entire Ummah. The smaller section of them are the scholars of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. He made it obligatory for them that when they are asked, they should answer. And He made it obligatory for the general Muslim community, who know, to ask the people of knowledge. So who are the people of knowledge? Let us return to summarize what we mentioned. Is it the one who says there are two opinions on the issue and then leaves the person confused? Or is it the one who says Allah said so, and the Messenger of Allah said so? This is the beneficial knowledge. Therefore, the first and foundational step for Muslims to return to their religion, so that their honor and glory may return to them, is their return to beneficial knowledge, which is the Book and the Sunnah. Then, after that, comes righteous action. Righteous action cannot be known except through beneficial knowledge. For many people today, we see them performing actions, and they may consider themselves, or some people may think of them, as callers to Allah. They do deeds and perform actions, thinking them to be righteous, when in fact they are not righteous in any way. Why? Because they did not take the means, which is beneficial knowledge. They did not take it as a means to distinguish righteous action from evil action. And I will give you a very brief example here, and then perhaps I will try to suffice with what I have mentioned.The questioner : Is it the one who says there are two opinions on the issue and then leaves the person confused? Or is it the one who says Allah said so, and the Messenger of Allah said so? This is the beneficial knowledge. Therefore, the first and foundational step for Muslims to return to their religion, so that their honor and glory may return to them, is their return to beneficial knowledge, which is the Book and the Sunnah. Then, after that, comes righteous action. Righteous action cannot be known except through beneficial knowledge. For many people today, we see them performing actions, and they may consider themselves, or some people may think of them, as callers to Allah. They do deeds and perform actions, thinking them to be righteous, when in fact they are not righteous in any way. Why? Because they did not take the means, which is beneficial knowledge. They did not take it as a means to distinguish righteous action from evil action. And I will give you a very brief example here, and then perhaps I will try to suffice with what I have mentioned.