Shaykh Wasee Allaah 'Abbaas, lecturer at the Ka'bah, instructor at Umm al-Quraa University, is asked about the permissibility of studying 'Arabic, Tajweed, or Medicine from the people of innovation.

QUESTION

Is it permissible to study the Arabic language, Tajweed, or other sciences, like Medicine [1], from people of innovation?

ANSWER by Shaykh Wasee Allaah 'Abbaas, lecturer at the Ka'bah, instructor at Umm Al-Quraa University in Makkah

If an instructor who has a proper, pure 'aqeedah is available to teach a certain branch of knowledge or field of study that he is qualified in, then knowledge must not be taken from other than him.

If such a person is not found, then the knowledge can be taken from anyone who possesses it, while being aware and guarding oneself against the errors of the one who does not have the correct 'aqeedah (ie. the people of innovation).

For if you were to study the 'Arabic language from someone who explains away the Attributes of Allaah, then he may give you an example of a verse (from the Qur'aan to explain a grammar point), and then explain away one of Allaah's Attributes.

For this reason, it is necessary to choose the best and most suitable teacher, and if he is not available, then we choose the next best after him, etc. This is from what the Salaf taught us about this affair (seeking knowledge) being Deen (Religion), so look to whom you take your Deen from!

FOOTNOTES

[1] The questioner asked about CPR specifically, however since CPR is one specific type of medical knowledge, we generalized the question to include all fields of medical study, rather than making the question specific to CPR.

SOURCE

This was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a handwritten answer provided by Shaykh Wasee Allaah, file no. AAWA007, dated 1423/6/24.

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