What is the ruling on one who backbites the authorities and belittles the scholars?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the one who backbites the authorities and belittles the scholars an innovator who commits open sinfulness?
The Shaykh:
This is backbiting, and it is the most severe type of backbiting. He must repent to Allah the Exalted. If he is advised and does not comply and continues, he must be boycotted and one must stay away from him. He must be boycotted and one must stay away from him so that those who sit with him or are his companions are not affected by this blameworthy trait. Yes. May Allah
The presenter:
reward you.
The questioner:
No one insults the scholars except a hypocrite. No one insults the people of knowledge except a hypocrite. Those who say, "We have not seen anyone like these scholars of ours; they are the most lying in tongue, the most full in belly, and the most beautiful in appearance when meeting people,"
The Shaykh:
Allah the Exalted said regarding them:[At-Tawbah 9:65-66] So no one insults the scholars except a known hypocrite. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the one who backbites the authorities and belittles the scholars an innovator who commits open sinfulness?
The Shaykh:
This is backbiting, and it is the most severe type of backbiting. He must repent to Allah the Exalted. If he is advised and does not comply and continues, he must be boycotted and one must stay away from him. He must be boycotted and one must stay away from him so that those who sit with him or are his companions are not affected by this blameworthy trait. Yes. May Allah
The presenter:
reward you.
The questioner:
No one insults the scholars except a hypocrite. No one insults the people of knowledge except a hypocrite. Those who say, "We have not seen anyone like these scholars of ours; they are the most lying in tongue, the most full in belly, and the most beautiful in appearance when meeting people,"
The Shaykh:
Allah the Exalted said regarding them:
(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" (66) Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [185 -954] ما حكم من يغتاب ولاة الأمر ويتنقص من قدر العلماء؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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