There are three
categories of scholars: true scholars, government scholars and scholars of the
masses
As regards the
true scholars - may Allah make us and you among them -, they are those who hold
unto the religion of Islaam and the ruling of Allaah and His messenger. And
they do not bother about anyone no matter who he is.
As for the
government scholars, they examine what the ruler wants; then they issue
verdicts based on his desires and strive hard to distort the texts of the Qur’aan
and Sunnah, so that it will conform to the desire of this ruler. These government
scholars are losers.
As regards the scholars
of the masses, they are those who examine the direction/inclination of the
people. If people are inclined towards the permissibility of something, they
will consider it permissible and if people are inclined towards its prohibition,
they will prohibit it. They will also strive hard to distort the texts of the
Qur’aan and Sunnah to what will conform to the desires of the masses.
Source: Fataawaa
Mu’aasirah, p. 323 by Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Uthaymeen (may Allaah have
mercy on him). Translated by Abdus-Samee Abdu-Salaam.
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