The Ruling on Insulting One Another with Titles Among Students of Knowledge
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Question:
A questioner says: Some of the brothers, may Allah guide them, insult their brothers with titles. Is there a word to say on this matter?
Answer:
Why don’t we say and repeat that it is not permissible to insult one another with titles, engage in backbiting, talebearing, or incite discord among students of knowledge? They are brothers who love one another for the sake of Allah the Exalted and advise one another. There should be no grudges, hatred, or baseless differences between them. If they disagree on a jurisprudential issue, a matter of independent legal reasoning, this does not necessitate enmity between them. Rather, love exists and brotherhood exists alongside the permissible disagreement, which is the jurisprudential difference on legal issues.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
A questioner says: Some of the brothers, may Allah guide them, insult their brothers with titles. Is there a word to say on this matter?
Answer:
Why don’t we say and repeat that it is not permissible to insult one another with titles, engage in backbiting, talebearing, or incite discord among students of knowledge? They are brothers who love one another for the sake of Allah the Exalted and advise one another. There should be no grudges, hatred, or baseless differences between them. If they disagree on a jurisprudential issue, a matter of independent legal reasoning, this does not necessitate enmity between them. Rather, love exists and brotherhood exists alongside the permissible disagreement, which is the jurisprudential difference on legal issues.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/120 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (55:36)
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