Likewise, He denounced those who dispute and argue without knowledge, saying:

“Among mankind are those who argue about Allah without knowledge, without guidance, and without an enlightening Book.” (Al-Hajj 8)

He also said:

“And among mankind are those who argue about Allah without knowledge and follow every defiant devil,” (Al-Hajj 3)

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“About whom it has been decreed that whoever takes him as an ally, he will lead him astray and guide him to the punishment of the Blaze.” (Al-Hajj 4)

The Exalted further says:

“There you are—those who have already argued about matters of which you had knowledge; so why do you now argue about that of which you have no knowledge? Allah knows, whereas you do not know.” (Āl ʿImrān 66)

His, exalted is He, statement:

“If a fāsiq (brazen sinner) comes to you with news, verify it,” (Al-Ḥujurāt 6)

applies to the report of any fāsiq. Even if he is a kāfir (unbeliever), it is impermissible to reject his statement except with evidence, just as it is impermissible to accept it except with evidence.

In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī it is narrated from Abū Hurayrah that:

“The People of the Scripture used to recite the Torah in Hebrew and then explain it in Arabic, whereupon the Prophet…"