The Muslim's Position on Slandering Scholars and Students of Knowledge
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Question:
This questioner says: Many scholars and students of knowledge in these blessed lands have asserted that [they are] rigid and strict, and knowledgeable about new issues. What is your view of such people? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This refers back to the first answer: that the followers of the madhhabs, the followers of deviation, the followers of misguidance, and the followers of deviant ideas accuse the people of truth and disparage them. They accused the Messengers (peace be upon them) of things from which they were innocent, including the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). They accused him of being a liar, a sorcerer, and a madman, among other things they said. So we do not take heed of these people or their words. We do not doubt the people of good, and we do not doubt our scholars. This is what magnifies their reward in the sight of Allah: that the people of falsehood speak about them. This indicates their excellence, as the poet said: "And when Allah intends to spread a virtue, He provides for it the tongue of an envious person. Had the fire not burned what was near it, the fragrance of the good wood would not have been known." So their speech about them indicates their excellence and that they angered them, because they angered the people of falsehood. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: Many scholars and students of knowledge in these blessed lands have asserted that [they are] rigid and strict, and knowledgeable about new issues. What is your view of such people? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This refers back to the first answer: that the followers of the madhhabs, the followers of deviation, the followers of misguidance, and the followers of deviant ideas accuse the people of truth and disparage them. They accused the Messengers (peace be upon them) of things from which they were innocent, including the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). They accused him of being a liar, a sorcerer, and a madman, among other things they said. So we do not take heed of these people or their words. We do not doubt the people of good, and we do not doubt our scholars. This is what magnifies their reward in the sight of Allah: that the people of falsehood speak about them. This indicates their excellence, as the poet said: "And when Allah intends to spread a virtue, He provides for it the tongue of an envious person. Had the fire not burned what was near it, the fragrance of the good wood would not have been known." So their speech about them indicates their excellence and that they angered them, because they angered the people of falsehood. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-103-واجب المسلم تجاه الأفكار والآراء المضللة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (23:23)
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