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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If a hadith is in the two Sahihs and a person says, "If it agrees with my intellect, I will accept it," does he become a disbeliever?

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The Shaykh : Raise your voice, you.

The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah forgive you, if a person knows that a hadith in the two Sahihs is established with him, but he says, "I submit the hadith to my intellect."

The Shaykh : Approval of what?

The questioner : To my intellect.

The Shaykh : My creed?

The questioner : My intellect, my intellect. If it agrees with my intellect, I accept it. He knows it is established in the two Sahihs, and then he says, "My intellect did not approve of this hadith, so I reject it."

The Shaykh : This is disbelief. This is disbelief.

The questioner : I mean, does it not require, O Shaykh, that the proof be established against him?

The Shaykh : No, it does not require that the proof be established against him, because he says, "I bear witness that this is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it did not enter my intellect, so I do not accept it." What is more disbelieving than this? We ask Allah for safety. Yes, O...
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