{"id":6277,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/differing-with-the-majority-scholars\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","slug":"differing-with-the-majority-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/differing-with-the-majority-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Differing With The Majority Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Mr  Ghamidi has different opinions on various matters like music and beard.  I follow his views because of his sound arguments. However, a question  comes in my mind that I am rejecting majority opinion for one person&#8217;s  opinions Is it logical? Please clarify. <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>We  believe that after the Prophet (sws) no individual or group is immune  to error. The views of the scholars is accepted or rejected on the basis  of arguments from the basic sources of the religion. We may abandon a  viewpoint for another sounder one. This decision should of course be  based on knowledge and not bias.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-14<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6277\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr  Ghamidi has different opinions on various matters like music and beard.  I follow his views because of his sound arguments. However, a question  comes in my mind that I am rejecting majority opinion for one person&#8217;s  opinions Is it logical? 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