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11. The ‘Return to the Scholars’ Issue: Regarding Calls to Refer Affairs Primarily to Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī and ʿArafāt al-Muḥammadī
This section will detail the behavior and exaggeration (ghuluww) exhibited by individuals who use tazkiyāt, ambiguous statements or actual narrations to insist that the affairs of al-jarḥ wa al-taʿdīl, or other matters, be referred back only to Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bukhārī and ʿArafāt al-Muḥammadī. It will also address the manhaj violations involved in such actions, based on the explanations of the major scholars.
A Common Misconception Amongst Students of Knowledge regarding the Principle “Return to the Scholars”, and the Response to Those Who Raise It in Matters of Clear Opposition to the Sunnah, from the Words of Shaykh Rabi‘ al-Madkhali, may Allah have mercy on him
Shaykh Rabi‘ al-Madkhali (رحمه الله) wrote in one of his refutations of Abul-Hasan al-Ma’ribi concerning the doubt: “Return to the scholars in every single matter”:
“Returning to the scholars is a great and very important matter in Islam however this happens in matters that are unclear to other than the scholars.
As for returning to them in clear matters, like the fundamentals Abul-Hasan opposed, then there is nothing upon the scholars except aiding and endorsing the truth and its people, and taking action against the oppressive wrongdoer who incites fitan.
Certainly, this call to seek judgment from the scholars in matters that are as clear as the sun is one of the heinous absurdities invented by this cunning al-‘Ar‘uri group (followers of ‘Adnan al-‘Ar‘ūr) and has deceived many from Ahl al-Sunnah.”
Source Article: ‘Bara’at Ahl al-Sunnah mimma nasabahu ilayhim dhul-fitnah.’ (Ahl al-Sunnah are innocent of the accusations made against them by the person of fitnah.)
Translation by: Markaz as-Sunnah
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