What is the Ruling on Listing to Unknown Speakers and Taking Knowledge from them?

‫ما حكم سماع أشرطة المجاهيل وأخذ العلم عنهم؟‬

Bismillah al-hamdulillaah wa salaatu wa salaam ‘alaa rasoolillaah wa ‘alaa aalihi wa sahbihi wa man tabi’a
hudaahu wa bad.  The trails of today are very many.  Innovations and mixing up innovators with the people of the
sunnah and their outward call to the sunnah and salafiyyah is wide spread, for this reason one should be
cautious.  ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Abbaas used to say, if a man said ‘I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam) or the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, we (used to) rush to him and went out
to seke him, listening to him, but when the fitnah occurred they began asking about the men (who were narrating
the knowledge) like how Ibn Seereen mentioned “we said: name to us your men”  meaning they were know by
whom they narrated from.  So from there they would know if they would listen and accept or refuse and not
listen.  If that was the case in that time, then our time has more priority.  It is a must that one determines and
limits those whom he listens to, and from whom he reads from, and who he takes from, and (the works he) issues,
and also who he sits with, this is very important.  As for being a haatib layl (one who gathers wood at nigh i.e.
blindly, heedlessly), listing to everyone and those who are unknown. No, it is feared that a trail will befall this
one.  Surely from the signs of success from Allaah and wanting good for his slave, it is uprightness and guidance
that he helps him to sit, mix with and take from the people of the Sunnah.  It is obligatory to have seriousness and
diligence towards seeking out that which brings about success and guidance from Allaah, and Allah is the one
who grants success.

,‫ والبدع كثيرة جدا‬,‫ الفتن اليوم كثيرة جدا‬، ‫بسم هللا والحمدهلل والصالة والسالم على رسول هللا وعلى آله وصحبه ومن تبع هداه وبعد‬
‫ وإذا كان عبدهللا بن عباس يذكر أنهم كانوا إذا قال‬.‫وتلبس المبتدعة بأهل السنة وإعالنهم للسنة والسلفية كثير جدا؛ لذلك ينبغي الحذر‬
‫ يسمعون منه‬,‫ يشرئبون إليه‬,‫يبادرونه‬، ‫ ابتدرناه‬, ‫ أو قال رسول هللا صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬,‫ رسول هللا صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬L‫ سمعت‬: ‫رجل‬
‫ ومن ثم من‬,‫ أي يعرفون عمن ينقلون‬.)‫ سموا لنا رجالكم‬: ‫ (قلنا‬:‫ لكن لما وقعت الفتنة صاروا يسألون عن الرجال كما ذكر ابن سيرين‬،
‫البد أن يحدد‬,‫ ففي زماننا أولى‬,‫ فهذا إذا كان في ذلك الزمان‬.‫أم يرفضون وال يسمعون‬,‫خالل النقلة يعرفون هل يسمعون ويقبلون‬
‫ أما أن يكون حاطب ليل يسمع للجميع‬,‫ هذا مهم جدا‬,‫ وعند من يجلس‬,‫ وعمن يأخذ ويصدر‬,‫ ولمن يقرأ‬,‫اإلنسان لمن يسمع‬
‫ وإن من عالمات وصور توفيق هللا وإرادته بعبده الخير والصالح والهداية أن يوفقه إلى مجالسة‬، ‫هذا تخشى عليه الفتنة‬,‫ال‬, ‫وللمجاهيل‬
‫ وهللا الموفق‬، ‫ فالواجب الجد واالجتهاد والتحري استجالبا لتوفيق هللا وهدايته‬، ‫ومخالطة واألخذ عن أهل السنة‬
Shaykh Falaah Ismaa'eel al-Mandakar

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wa salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaah