What is the ruling on the errors of al-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar?
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Question:
Some students of knowledge are hesitant to say: "Imam al-Nawawi"; because an imam is one who is followed?
Answer:
There is no harm. He has errors. He is called an imam because he is followed in his knowledge, virtue, and jurisprudence. He has errors. May Allah forgive us and him. He has errors, and few are the imams who do not have errors. Every son of Adam errs.
Q: Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi are said to be Ash'ari?
The Shaykh: No. They have some figurative interpretation. He is not absolutely Ash'ari. He has some figurative interpretation. They have some errors.
Some students of knowledge are hesitant to say: "Imam al-Nawawi"; because an imam is one who is followed?
Answer:
There is no harm. He has errors. He is called an imam because he is followed in his knowledge, virtue, and jurisprudence. He has errors. May Allah forgive us and him. He has errors, and few are the imams who do not have errors. Every son of Adam errs.
Q: Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi are said to be Ash'ari?
The Shaykh: No. They have some figurative interpretation. He is not absolutely Ash'ari. He has some figurative interpretation. They have some errors.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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