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Originally Posted by snakelegs  who makes the decision as to which scholars are "kosher" and which ones are not? |
Sufficient knowledge; there are many self-proclaimed scholars of Islam in the west who possess not an atom's weight in knowledge of Usūl Al-Fiqh, Mustalah Al-Hadīth, Ulūm Al-Qur'ān, and other Islamic sciences. Evidently, such people are like the Mr. Smith on the street who tries to propagate his views on medicine, which happen to conflict with the conclusions of virtually all educated medical physcians!
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to use your medical analogy above - i want to be a heart surgeon (not really!). am i going to study under a few famous heart surgeons or am i going to learn from as many sucessful heart surgeons and books that i can and then decide for myself which ones i think have the best ideas, techniques etc.?
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So you have already decided that you would go to heart surgeons, those with a license and qualifications, not some guy on the street with a pair of scissors who wants to cut out your heart for surgery. Likewise, you need to look for the same education, qualifications, license when it comes to religious knowledge. For some reason when we switch from medicine to religion, all of a sudden everyone's standards drop.
Peace!
