What is the ruling on one who knows the correct evidence in a matter, then takes a weak evidence on the grounds that both are a responsibility on the one who issued the fatwa?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on one who knows the correct evidence from some of the scholars and takes a weak evidence from another scholar on the grounds that he issued him that fatwa and placed it on his neck?
The Shaykh : He places it on his neck before he ruins the correct hadith on his neck.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for after he has looked at the correct hadith, this contradicts faith.
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh :[An-Nisa 4:65]
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He places it on his neck before he ruins the correct hadith on his neck.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for after he has looked at the correct hadith, this contradicts faith.
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh :
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.
فلا و ربك لا يؤمنون حتى يحكموك فيما شجر بينهم ثم لا يجدوا في أنفسدهم حرجا مما قضيت و يسلموا تسليماThe questioner : Yes.
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