Is the one who interprets the Qur'an with his opinion a mujtahid in it?
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The student : ... ?
The Shaykh : If he exerted himself in independent legal reasoning, but the one who interprets the Qur'an with his opinion has not exerted himself in independent legal reasoning. And I have given you several examples of interpretation by opinion. The meaning of interpretation by opinion is not that you interpret the Qur'an according to what the Arabic language requires. Interpretation by opinion is that you impose your opinion on the meaning of the Qur'an, and this only happens with those who are fanatical about their schools of jurisprudence, who try to twist the necks of the texts to what they were accustomed to.
If a scholar exerts himself in independent legal reasoning and hits the mark, he has two rewards, and if he errs, he has one reward.
إذا اجتهد العلم فأصاب فله أجران وإن أخطأ فله أجرThe Shaykh : If he exerted himself in independent legal reasoning, but the one who interprets the Qur'an with his opinion has not exerted himself in independent legal reasoning. And I have given you several examples of interpretation by opinion. The meaning of interpretation by opinion is not that you interpret the Qur'an according to what the Arabic language requires. Interpretation by opinion is that you impose your opinion on the meaning of the Qur'an, and this only happens with those who are fanatical about their schools of jurisprudence, who try to twist the necks of the texts to what they were accustomed to.