The Ruling on Criticizing the Renowned Imams
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, some of this questioner says: Some people criticize the renowned scholars, such as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and also Imam al-Nawawi, Ibn Hajar, and al-Dhahabi.
Answer:
The one who criticizes the imams is either ignorant and does not know the status of the imams, and he hears from those who insult them and follows them, or he is deliberate and knowledgeable. This is a misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. The one who criticizes the imams is considered to be in a state of misguidance. The imams are invoked for and followed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, some of this questioner says: Some people criticize the renowned scholars, such as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and also Imam al-Nawawi, Ibn Hajar, and al-Dhahabi.
Answer:
The one who criticizes the imams is either ignorant and does not know the status of the imams, and he hears from those who insult them and follows them, or he is deliberate and knowledgeable. This is a misguidance, may Allah protect us from it. The one who criticizes the imams is considered to be in a state of misguidance. The imams are invoked for and followed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4574] حكم الطعن في الأئمة المشهورين - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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