The Ruling on Speaking About Preachers Under the Pretext of Critiquing and Vindicating Narrators
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Question:
A questioner says: There is a group that calls itself the Group of Critique and Vindication, or the Salafis. Their main occupation is searching for the mistakes of the shaykhs and preachers, and then they proceed to declare them innovators and warn people against them.
Answer:
Critique and vindication among the hadith scholars is part of the science of isnad, which is part of the science of chains of narration. However, speaking about people in this manner is not critique and vindication; it is backbiting and talebearing. They should repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and leave this practice. They should purify themselves first before searching for the faults of people.
A questioner says: There is a group that calls itself the Group of Critique and Vindication, or the Salafis. Their main occupation is searching for the mistakes of the shaykhs and preachers, and then they proceed to declare them innovators and warn people against them.
Answer:
Critique and vindication among the hadith scholars is part of the science of isnad, which is part of the science of chains of narration. However, speaking about people in this manner is not critique and vindication; it is backbiting and talebearing. They should repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and leave this practice. They should purify themselves first before searching for the faults of people.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [77] حكم الكلام في الدعاة بحجة الجرح والتعديل - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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