The Necessity of Turning to Scholars to Correct Misconceptions
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Question:
Your Eminence, if you would be so kind as to offer advice to those who listen to tapes and attend seminars, so that there is focus and the understanding is not inverted?
Answer:
Yes, it is incumbent upon anyone who listens to tapes and doubts any part of their meaning to ask the scholars, whether by writing or by telephone. One should not remain silent about something one does not know, or if the owner of the tape is not known. The owner of the tape may make a mistake; he may not be known among the scholars; he may be one of the students who do not have insight into the knowledge. So if a man or a woman hears something that is unclear to him or her, or suspects it is an error, or that it is from a person not known among the scholars, he or she should ask. He or she should ask the well-known scholars, by correspondence or by telephone, about what is unclear to him or her; for Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Nahl: 43], and it was narrated from him (peace and blessings be upon him): .
Therefore, it is obligatory for the man and the woman, and for the student of knowledge, to be careful in matters and to ask about what is unclear to him, whether in person, by correspondence, or by telephone. He should not delay in asking, nor should he be shy (for Allah is not shy of the truth). Asking is required, benefit is required, and learning is obligatory, so that a person knows what Allah has made obligatory upon him and what Allah has forbidden, based on the evidence of the Shari'ah. The layperson asks the scholars and seeks details from them about what is unclear to him. He should seek out scholars known for their knowledge, virtue, and scrupulousness, and not ask just anyone he does not know, whose scrupulousness and knowledge he does not know. Rather, he should seek to ask the well-known scholars, either by traveling to them and asking them in person, or by correspondence, or by telephone, or by telegram, or by fax—any means he can use in this regard. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Your Eminence, if you would be so kind as to offer advice to those who listen to tapes and attend seminars, so that there is focus and the understanding is not inverted?
Answer:
Yes, it is incumbent upon anyone who listens to tapes and doubts any part of their meaning to ask the scholars, whether by writing or by telephone. One should not remain silent about something one does not know, or if the owner of the tape is not known. The owner of the tape may make a mistake; he may not be known among the scholars; he may be one of the students who do not have insight into the knowledge. So if a man or a woman hears something that is unclear to him or her, or suspects it is an error, or that it is from a person not known among the scholars, he or she should ask. He or she should ask the well-known scholars, by correspondence or by telephone, about what is unclear to him or her; for Allah the Exalted says:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَThat a group of people issued rulings without knowledge, so he (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) said: "Did they not ask when they did not know? Indeed, the cure for ignorance is asking."
أن قومًا أفتوا بغير علم، فقال -عليه الصلاة والسلام-: ألا سألوا إذ لم يعلموا؟! إنما شفاء العي السؤالTherefore, it is obligatory for the man and the woman, and for the student of knowledge, to be careful in matters and to ask about what is unclear to him, whether in person, by correspondence, or by telephone. He should not delay in asking, nor should he be shy (for Allah is not shy of the truth). Asking is required, benefit is required, and learning is obligatory, so that a person knows what Allah has made obligatory upon him and what Allah has forbidden, based on the evidence of the Shari'ah. The layperson asks the scholars and seeks details from them about what is unclear to him. He should seek out scholars known for their knowledge, virtue, and scrupulousness, and not ask just anyone he does not know, whose scrupulousness and knowledge he does not know. Rather, he should seek to ask the well-known scholars, either by traveling to them and asking them in person, or by correspondence, or by telephone, or by telegram, or by fax—any means he can use in this regard. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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