Explanation of the author's statement: "Then he said: 'Not everyone whose words we have mentioned from among the theologians and others do we accept everything they say in this or other matters"
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The Shaykh : Then he said: "Not everyone whose words we have mentioned from among the theologians and others do we accept everything they say in this or other matters, but the truth is accepted from everyone who speaks it".
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted from the theologians, from their great ones and from those who are respected by their followers, in the book *Al-Fatawa al-Hamawiyyah*. He quoted a great deal; some he quoted from for pages, not just one page, and from others he quoted only a little. The important point is that in the course of the words he quotes, there are things we know with certainty that the Shaykh al-Islam does not approve of. For this reason, he said about himself: "Not everyone whose words we have mentioned from among the theologians and others do we accept everything they say in this or other matters". But from whom is the truth accepted? From everyone who speaks it, even if he is a disbeliever, yes? If he is a disbeliever, yes, if a person brings the truth, accept it, not because so-and-so brought it, but because it is the truth. Just as we reject falsehood even if the one who said it is from the people of truth, because it is obligatory for us to follow the truth wherever it is. Is the truth known by the men, or the men by the truth? Yes, the men are known by the truth, and the truth is not known by the men. But there is no doubt that if a person is trustworthy, his words have weight.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted from the theologians, from their great ones and from those who are respected by their followers, in the book *Al-Fatawa al-Hamawiyyah*. He quoted a great deal; some he quoted from for pages, not just one page, and from others he quoted only a little. The important point is that in the course of the words he quotes, there are things we know with certainty that the Shaykh al-Islam does not approve of. For this reason, he said about himself: "Not everyone whose words we have mentioned from among the theologians and others do we accept everything they say in this or other matters". But from whom is the truth accepted? From everyone who speaks it, even if he is a disbeliever, yes? If he is a disbeliever, yes, if a person brings the truth, accept it, not because so-and-so brought it, but because it is the truth. Just as we reject falsehood even if the one who said it is from the people of truth, because it is obligatory for us to follow the truth wherever it is. Is the truth known by the men, or the men by the truth? Yes, the men are known by the truth, and the truth is not known by the men. But there is no doubt that if a person is trustworthy, his words have weight.