—then such a person, having referred the knowledge of whatever is unclear to the One who knows it,

The footing of Islam can never stand firm except upon the ground of submission and surrender. Whoever seeks to uncover that which he has been barred from knowing and is not content to let his understanding submit,

whenever something perplexes him he should turn to the people of learning, for “above everyone endowed with knowledge stands the All-Knowing.” If the scholars themselves possess no knowledge of the matter, it must be consigned to Allah, Glorified and Exalted.

For this reason, whenever the Prophet ﷺ asked his Companions about something they did not know, they would reply, “Allah and His Messenger know best,” neither drifting into bewilderment nor indulging in conjecture.

If you find a trustworthy scholar who can clarify the issue, then all praise is due to Allah; if not, remain upon your submissiveness, convinced that it is true and that it has a meaning, though that meaning has not become clear to you.

Sound Islam is established only through submission to Allah. The Exalted said: “But no—by your Lord! They will not truly believe until they make you the judge in all that is in dispute between them, then find within themselves no discomfort concerning what you have decided, and submit with full submission” (4:65).

Surrender means yielding and obeying whatever has come from Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.

Whoever fails to believe in matters whose knowledge has been withheld from him—such as the knowledge of modality—must still affirm them and consign their knowledge back to Allah: “As for those who believe, they know that it is the truth from their Lord, whereas those who disbelieve…”