Explaining the etiquette of disagreement in scholarly issues? And what is the ruling on praying behind the people of innovation?
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The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And in you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : We received a cassette recently, and the last thing on it was your speech on the jihad of the Afghans and your fatwa regarding the permissibility of praying behind the grave-worshippers? - He laughsThe Shaykh : AndThe questioner - .
The questioner : So the people differed, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh :[Hud 11:118-119] This is a text in the Noble Qur'an [Hud 11:118-119] So disagreement is very natural, and there is no salvation or escape from it except by holding fast to the Book and the Sunnah; therefore, if a disagreement occurs, the disputants must do two things. The first is that the disagreement must not become a cause of discord and division that leads to schism and factionalism; and the second is that they should return to Allah and His Messenger in that matter, as Allah the Mighty and Majestic said in the Qur'an: [An-Nisa 4:59] I believe that in many issues, there is excess and deficiency.
The Shaykh : And in you, if Allah wills.
The questioner : We received a cassette recently, and the last thing on it was your speech on the jihad of the Afghans and your fatwa regarding the permissibility of praying behind the grave-worshippers? - He laughsThe Shaykh : AndThe questioner - .
The questioner : So the people differed, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh :
but they will not cease to differ. (119) Except whom your Lord has given mercy
ولا يزالون مختلفين إلا من رحم ربك(118) And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ. (119) Except whom your Lord has given mercy, and for that He created them. But the word of your Lord is to be fulfilled that, "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and men all together."
وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ * إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ رَبُّكَAnd if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
فإن تنازعتم في شيء فردوه إلى الله والرسول إن كنتم تؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر ذلك خير وأحسن تأويلا
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