Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Are There Any Guidelines for Using Various Islamic Q&A Sites

			There's a question
		

			that
		

			are there any guidelines for using
		

			various Islamic q and a sites?
		

			One should,
		

			you know, the the basis of taking knowledge
		

			is that you have to check 2 things.
		

			Is this person actually learned?
		

			And number 2,
		

			are they
		

			upright?
		

			Right? In general, these are the 2 criteria
		

			for sound transmission of knowledge.
		

			So one should be careful. One should not
		

			take knowledge from here and there. Someone's wearing
		

			a a topi and have a beard. Say,
		

			okay. This is a scholar. Therefore, I'm gonna
		

			listen to him. No.
		

			We confirm. Is this a recognized and reliable
		

			scholar specialized in what they're talking about? Number
		

			1. Number 2, are they a person of
		

			who is upright, who's reliable? And one of
		

			the ways to check that is to see
		

			what do the scholars say about this particular
		

			person.
		

			Do the scholars hold this person to be
		

			reliable?
		

			So one should do one's due diligence before
		

			taking one's religion from anyone. We don't spy
		

			on people. We don't think ill of people.
		

			We don't listen
		

			to
		

			unreliable people saying things about
		

			anybody, let alone the scholars. Right?
		

			But at the same time, we are careful
		

			about our religion
		

			and we take it from
		

			reliable sources by confirming first. Otherwise,
		

			save yourself a lot of hassle and headache,
		

			and don't go here and there. Right?
		

			Otherwise, is you know, one will have a
		

			lot of confusion and a lot of dismay
		

			in one's life.