Dealing with media outlets that attack scholars and rulers
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Question:
He says: There are some people of innovation who use certain media outlets to attack the scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and the rulers. He says: I have heard this with my own ears from some of them. How do you direct people toward these media outlets that broadcast the words of these people?
Answer:
There is no doubt that there are callers to darkness, callers to Hell, as mentioned in the hadith. They exist in every time and place. This is a fullness and a trial for the servants, so that the one who lives may live with clear proof, and the one who perishes may perish with clear proof. This is part of the trial and test. So it is not strange that there are callers to misguidance on the channels, and those who curse Muslims and disparage Muslims. It is not strange. But it is upon us, if we are among the people of knowledge, to respond to these people and expose their flaws and their disgrace.
We expose them on the same channels. We ask the channels to give us an opportunity to speak, just as these people speak, and to respond to them. As for the common person and the one who does not have the knowledge to respond with, he should not open these channels at all; he should turn them off. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
He says: There are some people of innovation who use certain media outlets to attack the scholars of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and the rulers. He says: I have heard this with my own ears from some of them. How do you direct people toward these media outlets that broadcast the words of these people?
Answer:
There is no doubt that there are callers to darkness, callers to Hell, as mentioned in the hadith. They exist in every time and place. This is a fullness and a trial for the servants, so that the one who lives may live with clear proof, and the one who perishes may perish with clear proof. This is part of the trial and test. So it is not strange that there are callers to misguidance on the channels, and those who curse Muslims and disparage Muslims. It is not strange. But it is upon us, if we are among the people of knowledge, to respond to these people and expose their flaws and their disgrace.
We expose them on the same channels. We ask the channels to give us an opportunity to speak, just as these people speak, and to respond to them. As for the common person and the one who does not have the knowledge to respond with, he should not open these channels at all; he should turn them off. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-003-اجتماع الكلمة وأثره في دفع الفتن|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:01:43)
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