The Shaykh's statement that if a person contradicts the authentic Sunnah, we do not say he has departed from the methodology, but rather that he erred in applying the methodology.
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The Shaykh : Now, if a man contradicts the authentic Sunnah, do we say he has departed from the methodology? We do not say he has departed from the methodology, but rather that he erred in applying the methodology. Is this distinction correct in what you believe?
The questioner : Correct, but if the error is, for example, public.
The Shaykh : No, allow me, the word is "covered up."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because I want to build upon words we agree upon.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because this issue is of great importance to me, and unfortunately, since the last journey where it was facilitated for me to perform tawaf in some of the countries of the Kingdom for the first time,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : it has not been facilitated for me to perform 'Umrah or Hajj this year, but news keeps coming about something... and it is very sad. So I say, may Allah reward you, if a scholar or a student of knowledge, let us say, contradicts the Sunnah in a certain issue.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he agrees with us on the methodology that there is no speech for anyone other than the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but in reality he contradicts the Sunnah. Do we say he has departed from the methodology by this contradiction?
The questioner : We know that... he has departed from the methodology.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, excuse me, may Allah reward you, the word is "covered up" in our dialect in Syria.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The word is "covered up."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, well done, may Allah reward you, because he needs to build upon it, but if you allow me, I will proceed, I will move forward.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And when the time comes for elaboration in the answer, it is necessary.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : But in matters where we have no need, there is no necessity for elaboration. So if we are in agreement,
The questioner : Yes... yes.
The Shaykh : If we are in agreement that
The questioner : Yes...
The Shaykh : contradicting the Sunnah in a certain issue, while acknowledging the obligation to return to the Sunnah, does not mean that the man has departed from the Sunnah, but it means that he contradicted the Sunnah in a certain issue.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, in that case, we try to meet with this contradictor, either by convincing him of what we are upon, or by him convincing us of what he is upon. As for the methodology, we are in agreement now. I have finished what I have to explain.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you have something to add, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, we apologize for interrupting your speech.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, excuse me, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : I mean, the point is that we clarify the error of what is reported from a student of knowledge, for example. It is obligatory for him, if he returns to the truth or it becomes clear to him, to announce that. We do not leave him, for example, to spread it among the common Muslims, and the idea or statement or ruling grows and others adopt it, while it is a wrong ruling. This is what we intend in our discussion. There are some rumors, my Shaykh, regarding the rule of excuse due to ignorance.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, excuse me, we have not finished the issue.
The questioner : We have not finished the issue.
The Shaykh : No, we have not finished.
The questioner : Yes, this is what we intend: the one who, for example, publicizes an error, it is obligatory for him, if he acknowledges this error, to publish the correct one. This rule, I mean, is understood.
The Shaykh : So, so, we must now take
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : the word we agreed upon, and praise be to Allah, that Zayd, whether he is a scholar or a student of knowledge,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : if he is in agreement with us on the obligation to return to the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous predecessors, but he deviates from us in a certain issue, whether regarding the Sunnah or regarding what the righteous predecessors were upon,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : then we do not spread, also, among the people that he has departed from the methodology, but rather we say he erred in this issue. This is a word of truth that we say.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. And I agree with you that the one for whom it becomes clear that he was in error, it is obligatory for him to announce his error.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So that the correction reaches those who followed him in the error.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is also not a matter of disagreement at all.
The questioner : Correct, but if the error is, for example, public.
The Shaykh : No, allow me, the word is "covered up."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because I want to build upon words we agree upon.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because this issue is of great importance to me, and unfortunately, since the last journey where it was facilitated for me to perform tawaf in some of the countries of the Kingdom for the first time,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : it has not been facilitated for me to perform 'Umrah or Hajj this year, but news keeps coming about something... and it is very sad. So I say, may Allah reward you, if a scholar or a student of knowledge, let us say, contradicts the Sunnah in a certain issue.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he agrees with us on the methodology that there is no speech for anyone other than the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but in reality he contradicts the Sunnah. Do we say he has departed from the methodology by this contradiction?
The questioner : We know that... he has departed from the methodology.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, excuse me, may Allah reward you, the word is "covered up" in our dialect in Syria.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The word is "covered up."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, well done, may Allah reward you, because he needs to build upon it, but if you allow me, I will proceed, I will move forward.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And when the time comes for elaboration in the answer, it is necessary.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : But in matters where we have no need, there is no necessity for elaboration. So if we are in agreement,
The questioner : Yes... yes.
The Shaykh : If we are in agreement that
The questioner : Yes...
The Shaykh : contradicting the Sunnah in a certain issue, while acknowledging the obligation to return to the Sunnah, does not mean that the man has departed from the Sunnah, but it means that he contradicted the Sunnah in a certain issue.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, in that case, we try to meet with this contradictor, either by convincing him of what we are upon, or by him convincing us of what he is upon. As for the methodology, we are in agreement now. I have finished what I have to explain.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if you have something to add, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, we apologize for interrupting your speech.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, excuse me, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : I mean, the point is that we clarify the error of what is reported from a student of knowledge, for example. It is obligatory for him, if he returns to the truth or it becomes clear to him, to announce that. We do not leave him, for example, to spread it among the common Muslims, and the idea or statement or ruling grows and others adopt it, while it is a wrong ruling. This is what we intend in our discussion. There are some rumors, my Shaykh, regarding the rule of excuse due to ignorance.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, excuse me, we have not finished the issue.
The questioner : We have not finished the issue.
The Shaykh : No, we have not finished.
The questioner : Yes, this is what we intend: the one who, for example, publicizes an error, it is obligatory for him, if he acknowledges this error, to publish the correct one. This rule, I mean, is understood.
The Shaykh : So, so, we must now take
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : the word we agreed upon, and praise be to Allah, that Zayd, whether he is a scholar or a student of knowledge,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : if he is in agreement with us on the obligation to return to the Book and the Sunnah and the methodology of the righteous predecessors, but he deviates from us in a certain issue, whether regarding the Sunnah or regarding what the righteous predecessors were upon,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : then we do not spread, also, among the people that he has departed from the methodology, but rather we say he erred in this issue. This is a word of truth that we say.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. And I agree with you that the one for whom it becomes clear that he was in error, it is obligatory for him to announce his error.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So that the correction reaches those who followed him in the error.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is also not a matter of disagreement at all.
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