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The Ruling on Asking a Student of Knowledge Due to the Absence of Scholars – Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan


Questioner:

Is it permissible to ask a student of knowledge due to the absence of a scholar in the country that I reside?

Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān:

Yes, fear Allāh as much as you are able. Ask the best students of knowledge that you can find [who are] pious and upright. This is in regards to general issues, but as for major issues, divorce and so on, then not every person is asked in regards to such matters. [These issues must be] referred to religious courts or the Committee of Major Scholars.

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Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī

is in need of his Lords mercy.

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