BENEFIT 157: How to distinguish between a scholar of Sunnah and a scholar of misguidance

The questioner asks, How do we distinguish between the scholars of the Sunnah and the scholars of misguidance? Sheikh Yahya Al-Hajoori, may Allah preserve him, responds: "Seek knowledge. Seek knowledge until you are able to distinguish between At-Tamrah and Al-Jamrah (a date and a live coal), between truth and falsehood. Seek knowledge, for 'Whoever Allah wants good for, He grants him understanding of the religion.' If you cannot differentiate between Sufis and Shias, between Sufis and Sunnis, between Shia and Sunnis, between Hizbees and Sunnis, it means you need to deepen your understanding of the religion. You need to gain understanding. Even the lay people have began to understand, so if you do not understand this, then you are in need of understanding these fundamentals in order to recognise the truth and its people and to reject falsehood and its people. Yes.