What is the difference between advice and ta'ir (reminding someone of their faults)?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the difference between advice and ta'ir? Because some people consider them to be of the same kind, namely ta'ir?
Answer:
Advice is commanded by the Shari'ah. Allah the Exalted said: [Q1]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Religion is sincere advice."
The advice is to remind the one who is in error of his error and to make clear to him his mistake out of concern for him and care for him. This is what is commanded.Sunan an-Nasa'i 4197Sahih (Darussalam), and Allah described the messengers (peace be upon them) as being advisors because they are advisors to their nations. Advice is good.
It is commanded, whereas ta'ir (mocking or belittling) is prohibited.[Al-Hujurat 49:11] "Do not mock one another, do not mock yourselves," meaning that some of you mock others. [Al-Hujurat 49:11] Allah called that open sinfulness. Therefore, ta'ir is not permissible, mocking people is not permissible, belittling people is not permissible. The intention of the advisor is the benefit of the one being advised, while the intention of the one who belittles is to diminish the one being belittled, to reduce his status. And ghibah (backbiting); ghibah, all of these are things to be avoided.
Because ta'ir includes backbiting, where one backbites him and mentions his bad traits while he is absent. This is part of ta'ir, or belittling him by one of his actions or one of his characteristics. The blood, wealth, and honor of every Muslim are forbidden to every other Muslim.
The questioner asks: What is the difference between advice and ta'ir? Because some people consider them to be of the same kind, namely ta'ir?
Answer:
Advice is commanded by the Shari'ah. Allah the Exalted said: [Q1]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Religion is sincere advice."
The advice is to remind the one who is in error of his error and to make clear to him his mistake out of concern for him and care for him. This is what is commanded.
Religion is sincerity (An-Nasihah).' They said: 'To whom, O Messenger of Allah?' he said: 'To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the imams of the Muslims, and to their common folk
الدين النصيحة، قلنا لمن يا رسول الله؟ قال لله ولكتابه ولرسوله ولأئمة المسلمين وعامتهمIt is commanded, whereas ta'ir (mocking or belittling) is prohibited.
let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And
لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِّن نِّسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ وَلَاand do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience
وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُBecause ta'ir includes backbiting, where one backbites him and mentions his bad traits while he is absent. This is part of ta'ir, or belittling him by one of his actions or one of his characteristics. The blood, wealth, and honor of every Muslim are forbidden to every other Muslim.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الفرق بين النصيحة والتعيير؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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