What do you say about the one who says that disagreement is mercy?

The questioner : He says:The questioner : What do you say about the one who says: "Disagreement is mercy"?

The Shaykh : We say to the one who says that disagreement is mercy that this statement is not correct, for Allah the Exalted says: . As for what is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: , this has no validity and is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . However, the ruling regarding disagreement, or the ruling on differing, is mercy in the sense that if people differ, they do not commit a sin; they do not commit a sin, meaning they exerted effort and then differed, so they do not commit a sin. Rather, the mercy of Allah encompasses them and makes it so that no one who exerts effort has any sin upon him, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): . As for saying that disagreement itself is mercy, this is not correct.