Is the opinion of Al-Qaradawi, and those scholars who agreed with him, such as Ibn Hazm, regarding music considered a deviation from the Sharia, and do they bear the burdens of those who acted upon their opinions?

Scholars who permit musical instruments, such as Ibn Hazm and Al-Qaradawi, hold that the hadiths prohibiting them are not authentic, and that the default ruling is permissibility. However, the preponderant view differs from theirs. Despite their disagreement, they are not considered outside the bounds of Islamic law, because disagreement on subsidiary, jurisprudential issues does not lead one outside the saved sect. Rather, deviation occurs by contravening a fundamental, overarching principle of the religion, as mentioned by Al-Shatibi. This disagreement does not necessitate that they bear the burden of those who imitate them, because a mujtahid (one who exercises independent reasoning) is rewarded for his ijtihad and is not sinful for his error.