If the senior scholar contradicts the text, how should the common people act?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. If the senior scholar who contradicts the text, how are we common people to act upon it?
The Shaykh : No, if he contradicts the text. But the problem is that the common person does not know the text from what is not the text.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, this is a matter that returns to the common person's reassurance in the fatwa. Perhaps if a person issues a fatwa, he does not take it... and the common person does not act upon it. You will find the same fatwa issued by someone he trusts, and he acts upon it.
The questioner : The problem, O Shaykh, is if the scholar is a scholar and issues a fatwa that contradicts the evidence, then the common people...
The Shaykh : Do not be severe, O Salim.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, no, do not be severe. But, O men, the matter is broad, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : No, if he contradicts the text. But the problem is that the common person does not know the text from what is not the text.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, this is a matter that returns to the common person's reassurance in the fatwa. Perhaps if a person issues a fatwa, he does not take it... and the common person does not act upon it. You will find the same fatwa issued by someone he trusts, and he acts upon it.
The questioner : The problem, O Shaykh, is if the scholar is a scholar and issues a fatwa that contradicts the evidence, then the common people...
The Shaykh : Do not be severe, O Salim.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, no, do not be severe. But, O men, the matter is broad, if Allah wills.