Is it true that the word "Shaykh" is not used for a memorizer of the Qur’an or for teachers of the Qur’an, but rather is used for "your jurist in religion and your elder in age"?
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There is no objection to saying "O Sheikh" to a memorizer of the Quran, as there is no legal impediment, and because the word is used for people of status and importance, and a memorizer of the Quran is most deserving of that. Allah Almighty said: "Then We caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants" (Quran 35:32), and in the : "Indeed, Allah raises some people by this Book and lowers others by it."
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