Transmitting the words of scholars about one another to sow discord between them
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, he says: What is your honorable opinion regarding what has spread these days of transmitting the words of scholars about one another with the intent of sowing discord between them, and publishing that on electronic sites, and diminishing their dignity in the eyes of the general public.
Answer:
This is not the work of the believers. The believers strive, as you have heard, to strive for reconciliation among people, to unite hearts, and to bring words together. This is the concern of the believers. This incitement and sowing of enmity among people is the work of the hypocrites who claim faith but have no faith in their hearts. This is their work, and they sow enmity. If they had come out among you, meaning the hypocrites,[At-Tawbah 9:47] and [At-Tawbah 9:47] This is the affair of the hypocrites. So do not do this work, and do not search for the mistakes of the scholars and spread them to turn people away from them and to disparage them in the eyes of the people, except for a hypocrite who wants to divide the Muslims. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Excellency the Shaykh, he says: What is your honorable opinion regarding what has spread these days of transmitting the words of scholars about one another with the intent of sowing discord between them, and publishing that on electronic sites, and diminishing their dignity in the eyes of the general public.
Answer:
This is not the work of the believers. The believers strive, as you have heard, to strive for reconciliation among people, to unite hearts, and to bring words together. This is the concern of the believers. This incitement and sowing of enmity among people is the work of the hypocrites who claim faith but have no faith in their hearts. This is their work, and they sow enmity. If they had come out among you, meaning the hypocrites,
Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion
لَوْ خَرَجُوا فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًاand they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
وَلَأَوْضَعُوا خِلَالَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-001-أثر الإيمان على الفرد والمجتمع|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (34:00)
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