26. THE CONCLUSION OF ‘UMDAT AL·SALIK
And Allah Most High and Glorious knows best what is correct (meaning that He knows best what actually corresponds to the truth, in word and deed, the author thereby denying the claim to know better. There is scholarly disagreement as to whether the truth (about the rule of Allah for a particular ruling) is really one or multiple (many scholars holding that all positions of qualified mujtahids on a question are correct).
In fact, it is one, the Imam who is right about it (Allah be well pleased with them all) receiving two rewards, one for his attempt and one for being correct, while the one who is not is mistaken, receiving a reward for his effort and being excused for his mistake. All of which applies to particular rulings of Sacred Law (furu’), as opposed to fundamentals of Islamic faith (usul), in which the person wrong about them is guilty of serious sin, as is anyone who contradicts the tenets of the orthodox Sunni Community (Ahl alSunna wa al-Jama’a».
(Source: The reliance of the traveller, revised edition, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
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