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Is the sun orbiting the earth according to the majority salafi view?

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In this youtube video , Sheikh salih al fawzan answers the question; "Does the sun orbit the earth?" > Without a doubt, this is what the Quran is saying. {Quotes verse 36:38 "وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا"} He also quoted the verse 2:258: > When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allah brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." He then continues explaining that the Quran, says that the Sun is moving, not the earth, and a muslim should not follow theories, a muslim must follow the Quran! ---------- I am not sure what Ibn Uthaymen and Bin Baz view was one this, but I heard it was something similar. At least they deny that the earth is rotating as stated in this article . If I am not mistaken, they said they do not make takfir one someone who believes the earth is rotating, which rumors said they did! But they say that the one denying that the sun is moving which it says in the quran (36:38) is a kafir (وإنما كفرت من قال إن الشمس ثابتة غير جارية). *Luckily the sun is moving through the galaxy so there is no need to deny that. (there are still other ways of interpreting the given verses, so even if the sun isn't moving, we wouldn't need to make takfir one someone who doesn't believe in that)* **Is the sun orbiting the earth according to the majority scholars of the salafi view?**
Asked by Kilise (2954 rep)
May 15, 2017, 11:23 PM
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