Classifying People and Scholars
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Question:
Our dear Shaykh, the practice of classifying people and classifying scholars has spread among some students of knowledge. What is your guidance? And what is your advice?
Answer:
It is not permissible, it is not permissible to belittle Muslims and classify Muslims, because this causes doubt and suspicions among Muslims and belittles Muslims. It is obligatory for the Muslim to restrain his tongue and his pen from Muslims, and to respond to the people of hypocrisy and the people of discord, and to respond as well to the error, clarifying it, whatever it is. This is what is praised for him: clarifying the truth without targeting a person or belittling a person. His aim is the truth only. As for the person, he prays for him to be guided. Yes.
Our dear Shaykh, the practice of classifying people and classifying scholars has spread among some students of knowledge. What is your guidance? And what is your advice?
Answer:
It is not permissible, it is not permissible to belittle Muslims and classify Muslims, because this causes doubt and suspicions among Muslims and belittles Muslims. It is obligatory for the Muslim to restrain his tongue and his pen from Muslims, and to respond to the people of hypocrisy and the people of discord, and to respond as well to the error, clarifying it, whatever it is. This is what is praised for him: clarifying the truth without targeting a person or belittling a person. His aim is the truth only. As for the person, he prays for him to be guided. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-001-أثر الإيمان على الفرد والمجتمع|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:27)
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