What is the guidance regarding one who disparages the creed of Imam al-Shawkani and speaks of it before students at the university?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are those who disparage the creed of Imam al-Shawkani and speak of it before the students at the university. Is this disparagement correct?

Answer:
The Shaykh: This disparagement of Imam al-Shawkani or anyone else, if one disparages someone, he must provide the evidence he has. As for merely attacking scholars without clarifying and proving it, he must also prove it from their words, meaning he must provide definitive statements attributed to the scholars. The scholars have their sanctity and their status. Imam al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) has a status in knowledge and verification, and he has words on the prohibition of building on graves, and he has a book on tawhid (the oneness of Allah) titled *al-Durr al-Nadid fi 'Aqidat al-Tawhid*. So he is a great Imam. What is this poor man attacking him for? Yes. And so on. Is it that al-Shawkani is being criticized because he was angry with him? No, it is not about his creed. Because al-Shawkani is upon the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the hadith scholars. And this anger was because he differed with him. Allah knows best. Yes.