What is your response to those who say to you: If the Shaykh had gone out with the Tabligh group, he would have had a different opinion of them?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, when you spoke about the Tabligh group in the previous lesson, one of the brothers heard this statement and said, "If the Shaykh had gone out, he would have had a different opinion." What is your opinion of this statement?
The Shaykh : And what is this other opinion?
The questioner : The Shaykh says he has not gone out before this time.
The Shaykh : I mean, but what is the other opinion that he thinks I would say?
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, we do not know.
The Shaykh : In any case, we have nothing but what appears to us, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): Yes, on the right?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, there are students of knowledge who went out with them. Students of knowledge went out with them, and I wish students of knowledge would go out with them so that when they see what contradicts the Shari'ah, they would guide them to the truth. Yes, on the right?
The Shaykh : And what is this other opinion?
The questioner : The Shaykh says he has not gone out before this time.
The Shaykh : I mean, but what is the other opinion that he thinks I would say?
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, we do not know.
The Shaykh : In any case, we have nothing but what appears to us, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):
I only judge according to what I hear
إنّما أقضي بنحو ما أسمعThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, there are students of knowledge who went out with them. Students of knowledge went out with them, and I wish students of knowledge would go out with them so that when they see what contradicts the Shari'ah, they would guide them to the truth. Yes, on the right?