Sharh Kashf al-Shubuhat by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح كشف الشبهات) — Page 122

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أَمَّا عَمَلُ السَّلَفِ الصَّالِحِ: فَإِنَّ مِنْ أُصُولِ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ فِي الْمَسَائِلِ الْخِلَافِيَّةِ أَنَّ مَا كَانَ الْخِلَافُ فِيهِ صَادِرًا عَنْ اِجْتِهَادٍ وَكَانَ مِمَّا يَسُوغُ فِيهِ الِاجْتِهَادُ فَإِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ يَعْذِرُ بَعْضًا بِالْخِلَافِ وَلَا يَحْمِلُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ حِقْدًا، وَلَا عَدَاوَةً وَلَا بَغْضَاءَ بَلْ يَعْتَقِدُونَ أَنَّهُمْ إِخْوَةٌ حَتَّى وَإِنْ حَصَلَ بَيْنَهُمْ هَذَا الْخِلَافُ

Regarding the practice of the righteous predecessors: a core principle of the People of the Sunnah and the Community in matters of dispute is that when a disagreement arises from scholarly effort in an area where such effort is permissible, they excuse one another. They harbor no resentment, enmity, or malice, believing themselves to be brothers even when such disagreements occur.

حَتَّى إِنَّ الْوَاحِدَ مِنْهُمْ لَيُصَلِّي خَلْفَ مَنْ يَرَى أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ وَيَرَى الْإِمَامُ أَنَّهُ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ، مِثْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ خَلْفَ شَخْصٍ أَكَلَ لَحْمَ إِبِلٍ وَهَذَا الْإِمَامُ يَرَى أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُضُ الْوُضُوءَ، وَالْمَأْمُومُ يَرَى أَنَّهُ يَنْقُضُ الْوُضُوءَ فَيَرَى أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ خَلْفَ ذَلِكَ الْإِمَامِ صَحِيحَةٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ هُوَ لَوْ صَلَّاهَا بِنَفْسِهِ لَرَأَى أَنَّ صَلَاتَهُ غَيْرُ صَحِيحَةٍ،

They may even pray behind an Imam whom they believe to be without ablution, while the Imam believes he is in a state of purity. For instance, one might pray behind someone who has eaten camel meat; the Imam may not consider this to invalidate ablution, while the follower does. The follower still considers the prayer valid, even if he would have deemed his own prayer invalid had he performed it under the same circumstances.

كُلُّ هَذَا لِأَنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الْخِلَافَ النَّاشِئَ عَنْ اِجْتِهَادٍ فِيهَا يَسُوغُ فِيهِ الِاجْتِهَادُ لَيْسَ فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ بِخِلَافٍ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْمُخْتَلِفِينَ قَدْ تَبِعَ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ اتِّبَاعُهُ مِنَ الدَّلِيلِ الَّذِي لَا يَجُوزُ لَهُ الْعُدُولُ عَنْهُ،

This is because they view disagreements stemming from legitimate scholarly effort as not being true disagreements at all. Each party has followed the evidence they were obligated to follow and from which they could not deviate.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 44 nouns)

• سَاغَ — to be permissible
• عَذَرَ — to excuse
• حَمَلَ — to attribute/impose
• عَمَلٌ — work
• سَلَفٌ — predecessor
• صَالِحٌ — righteous man