Is it permissible to mention scholarly disagreement to the common people in legal issues and to elaborate on it?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to mention scholarly disagreement to the common people, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible to elaborate on the disagreement in a legal issue for the common people?
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not. If a common person asks you for a ruling, give him the ruling that you consider to be the stronger position. If the stronger position contradicts what people are currently doing, give him that ruling in private, as long as the issue is a matter of independent legal reasoning and does not contradict an explicit text. Say to him: "This is a ruling between you and me." However, if the issue contradicts an explicit text, give him the ruling publicly and do not be concerned, but do not mention the disagreement to him. If the common people say: "If you want to confuse him, give him a choice", how did a matter of religion become like that?
And for this reason, we always tell the students: Do not explain the disagreement to the common people, for it will make them waver.
And we also say: The one who knows the seven canonical recitations should not recite with them in front of the common people, because if you recite with a recitation other than the one in the mushaf they have, it will confuse them. Yes, after that.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible to elaborate on the disagreement in a legal issue for the common people?
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not. If a common person asks you for a ruling, give him the ruling that you consider to be the stronger position. If the stronger position contradicts what people are currently doing, give him that ruling in private, as long as the issue is a matter of independent legal reasoning and does not contradict an explicit text. Say to him: "This is a ruling between you and me." However, if the issue contradicts an explicit text, give him the ruling publicly and do not be concerned, but do not mention the disagreement to him. If the common people say: "If you want to confuse him, give him a choice", how did a matter of religion become like that?
And for this reason, we always tell the students: Do not explain the disagreement to the common people, for it will make them waver.
And we also say: The one who knows the seven canonical recitations should not recite with them in front of the common people, because if you recite with a recitation other than the one in the mushaf they have, it will confuse them. Yes, after that.