He was asked about the rule he mentioned, which is: "Whoever believes in a hadith and rejects it because his mind does not grasp it is a disbeliever."

The questioner : You mentioned, O Shaykh, in your speech a rule that whoever believes in a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and then says that this hadith does not enter his mind, he is a disbeliever. Does this statement apply only to students of knowledge, or to the common people in general?

The Shaykh : Whoever believes in a hadith said by the Messenger, and then rejects it with his mind, is a disbeliever.

The questioner : Even if it is out of ignorance, if it is out of ignorance.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, if you had looked closely at my words, you would not have raised your question.

The questioner : O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Allow me, allow me.

The questioner : Many of the common people.

The Shaykh : Allow me, my brother, may Allah bless you.

The questioner : Please go ahead.

The Shaykh : I say that whoever believes that the Messenger (peace be upon him) said a certain hadith and then says, rejecting it, "It does not enter my mind," is a disbeliever. However, you are specifying the common people by name. If you are saying now, "It does not enter your mind that a common person believes in an authentic hadith and then rejects it," then he is not included, because you do not believe that a common person believes in the authenticity of a hadith said by the Messenger and then rejects it. And I know your question stems from a doubt, so I will address it now. We said earlier, what is al-Ghazali's means of knowing whether a hadith is authentic or weak? Is it his mind, or is it knowledge?

The questioner : His mind.

The Shaykh : Knowledge, no, what is it that should be, excuse me.

The questioner : Ah

The Shaykh : What is the way? Knowledge. He is not a scholar of hadith. If we say it is obligatory to apply the verse , I am now saying a man from the common Muslims asked a scholar of hadith, "Is this hadith authentic or not?" He said to him, "This is an authentic hadith." So this common person adopts this ruling and believes that this hadith is authentic, but he rejects it because it does not enter his mind. So if you say, "Even if he is a common person," yes, my brother, because the way to reach knowledge is either direct, and this is the function of the mujtahid, or indirect, and this is the function of the follower or the one who follows a scholar. So if you follow me in this image that I repeated the question about, the answer is clear.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And you as well.