Recently, many tapes have been released narrating the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that occurred among the Companions. Is it permissible to listen to them?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Recently, many tapes have been released narrating the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that occurred among the Companions. Is it permissible to listen to them or to trade in them?

Answer:
It is obligatory to destroy them; it is obligatory to destroy these tapes. It is not permissible to promote them, sell them, buy them, or listen to them, because we are prohibited from doing so. The one who dictated these tapes is either a misleader who intends to mislead, or he is ignorant, or he is ignorant and does not know the 'aqidah (creed) or the warnings contained therein against delving into the matters of the Companions. In any case, these tapes are invalid (batil), and it is not permissible to promote them, sell them, buy them, or seek them out. It is obligatory to destroy them. Yes.