Question:
What is the ruling on a person that is not a scholar and has debates and while he is debating because he is not a scholar does not quote a scholar to support his views?
Answer:
He is a fasiq who is committing a sin and should fear for the light of his faith to be extinguished by wrangling and disputation. One with simple ignorance i.e. with no knowledge is usually less far from admitting his error than one with compounded ignorance, i.e. with some knowledge. The latter may slide down from being a fasiq to being a mubtadi`.
Hajj Gibril
