Salam alaykoum
I think the big problem in our days, is that muslim stoped following the first message of islam: sourat al alaq verse 1
اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Read in the name of your lord who created
This message wasnt for the prophete :saw2: directly, Or he should have learn reading, but to all muslims. A message that ask muslims to read, to learn.
And we are also a oumma ( nation ) of knowledge and logic. How many times in the koran, do we read ( Don't you think ? )
People are asked to search, to understand theire religion. Your faith cannot be strong if you believe in something just cause someone said it. Your faith is strong cause you have a conviction that it's the truth. And the conviction comes with the knowledge and the logic.
But then, when someone wants to give an opinion, it has to be with a proof.
If its his own opinion, he takes the responsability of sharing it, but also he has to explain the ( why ). And even if he takes that from some known scholars he has to understand that fully. Even scholars do not agree for many subjects.
About the hallal and haram. The prophet :saw2: said they are very known.
Al haramou bayine wa al halalou bayine. Witch means i don't need a scholar to tell me that smoking is not allowed in islam. Cause i already know that everything that harms the body is haram.
Also how can anyone know if he has a true or a false information if he doesnt share it? then people can reply telling him if they agree or not.
And we are not a nation that symbolises people. We have great scholars, but that doesnt mean that they are perfect. Ive seen many contraditions between some scholars so witch one of them shall i follow?
“Whoever was given a fatwaa with no proof, his sin will go back on the one who gave him the fatwaa.” (Saheeh; narrated by Imaam Ahmad, 2/321).
This mean you can give it but with a proof. The proof must be a hadith or a verse from the coran. So anyone who can give a proof of what he says can share his opinions. If he is wrong people can correct him, and he will learn.
Wa salam alayikoum wa rahmatou allah.