When does a person consult his heart, whether he is a scholar or a layman?
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The Shaykh : Regarding its prohibition, let him say to him: The Messenger said: Sunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam), do you know that smoke is harmful or not? So, he has evidence, but we want it to be like yesterday's issue, this one with Abu... what is his name, the Libyan?
The questioner : Abu Firas al-Libyan.
The Shaykh : Abu Firas al-Libyan; the evidence regarding him was contradictory, and he was unable to comprehend it all. We continue the discussion until the healing of the heart when evidence becomes entangled and contradictory in the mind of the scholar. At that point, he consults his heart, and the heart of the righteous believer. However, this does not mean that the ruling is specific to the scholar; it applies to the general public as well, but after each individual has fulfilled his obligation to seek the truth in matters where people differ. If the evidence becomes entangled and contradictory for him as well, because the scholar's evidence is to return directly to the Book and the Sunnah, while the evidence of one who is not a scholar is to return to the people of knowledge, as stated in the verse we always recite.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as matters may differ for the scholar, they differ a fortiori for those below him in rank. So, in such a case, the questioner, even if he is from the general Muslims, returns to consulting his heart.
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارThe questioner : Abu Firas al-Libyan.
The Shaykh : Abu Firas al-Libyan; the evidence regarding him was contradictory, and he was unable to comprehend it all. We continue the discussion until the healing of the heart when evidence becomes entangled and contradictory in the mind of the scholar. At that point, he consults his heart, and the heart of the righteous believer. However, this does not mean that the ruling is specific to the scholar; it applies to the general public as well, but after each individual has fulfilled his obligation to seek the truth in matters where people differ. If the evidence becomes entangled and contradictory for him as well, because the scholar's evidence is to return directly to the Book and the Sunnah, while the evidence of one who is not a scholar is to return to the people of knowledge, as stated in the verse we always recite.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as matters may differ for the scholar, they differ a fortiori for those below him in rank. So, in such a case, the questioner, even if he is from the general Muslims, returns to consulting his heart.
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