What is the difference between tanattu', ghuluw, and ijtihad?
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The questioner : And what is the difference, I mean, between tanattu', ghuluw, and ijtihad?
The Shaykh : Ghuluw is exceeding the limit, and tanattu' means exaggerating in a matter and delving deeply into it. It is one of the types of ghuluw; it is one of the types of ghuluw.
As for ijtihad, it is exerting effort to grasp the truth. There is no ghuluw in it, but a person strives in seeking the truth, unless his intention with ijtihad is, I mean, to increase in obedience.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Increasing in obedience may lead to ghuluw. If, for example, a person wanted to stand in night prayer and not sleep, and to fast during the day and not break his fast, and to isolate himself from all the comforts of this world, so that he does not marry, does not eat meat or fruit, and so on, we would say this is ghuluw, even if what drives him to it is ijtihad and righteousness. But this is contrary to the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The Shaykh : Ghuluw is exceeding the limit, and tanattu' means exaggerating in a matter and delving deeply into it. It is one of the types of ghuluw; it is one of the types of ghuluw.
As for ijtihad, it is exerting effort to grasp the truth. There is no ghuluw in it, but a person strives in seeking the truth, unless his intention with ijtihad is, I mean, to increase in obedience.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Increasing in obedience may lead to ghuluw. If, for example, a person wanted to stand in night prayer and not sleep, and to fast during the day and not break his fast, and to isolate himself from all the comforts of this world, so that he does not marry, does not eat meat or fruit, and so on, we would say this is ghuluw, even if what drives him to it is ijtihad and righteousness. But this is contrary to the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.