The ruling on erasing the Shaykh's name from his books and insulting the people of knowledge
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Question:
And other things of this kind, complete in their ending and occurrence, which do not exist except that they are first written, and a complete ending and occurrence is not read from them, and it is not that one should master them, then not read them, so is this a sin with Allah?
Answer:
It is not permissible to erase the Shaykh's name, and this is a bad action, erasing the author, erasing his name from the author, this is not permissible, rather it remains, and praise be to Allah, so the good is for him, and whoever does not accept, then guidance is in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and for those whom the Shaykh's name misleads, and indeed what misleads them is Satan and desire.
So this phenomenon, which is erasing the Shaykh's name, they say Muhammad al-Tamimi, this is wrong, this is a great error, one does not erase the author's name from his book, otherwise this opens the door for tampering with books also, tampering with the books of the Salaf and erasing their names from them, and erasing some of their words that the eraser sees as repulsive or the like, so we do not tamper with it, this is a betrayal of knowledge, this is a betrayal of knowledge, the Shaykh's name remains on his book, and whoever accepts the truth, praise be to Allah, and whoever does not accept, the proof is established against him, and the Shaykh did not come with words from himself, he says Allah said and His Messenger said, the people of knowledge said, he did not come with words from himself, and opposed the scholars of the Muslims in it, rather he is, praise be to Allah, on the path of the righteous Salaf scholars. And he sat in his book, may Allah have mercy on him, with the most severe scholars in their memorization of the books of the minority, and yet he had the highest acceptance and repentance.
If they insult them because of their creed, then this affects the creed, but if they insult them for a personal purpose and envy, then this is a major sin among the major sins, even the general Muslims, the common people of the Muslims, it is forbidden to insult them or abuse them, the Muslim's blood, wealth, and honor are forbidden, so how about the scholars?
The scholars have a greater right than the common people, and when a group in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, claiming that they were joking and playing, "We have not seen like these our reciters, they are the most marked in their bellies, the most lying in their tongues, and the most eloquent in their speech when meeting," meaning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions, Allah revealed about them[At-Tawbah 9:65-66] the matter is very serious, the one who insults the people of knowledge because of their correct creed and their calling to Allah, this is
And other things of this kind, complete in their ending and occurrence, which do not exist except that they are first written, and a complete ending and occurrence is not read from them, and it is not that one should master them, then not read them, so is this a sin with Allah?
Answer:
It is not permissible to erase the Shaykh's name, and this is a bad action, erasing the author, erasing his name from the author, this is not permissible, rather it remains, and praise be to Allah, so the good is for him, and whoever does not accept, then guidance is in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and for those whom the Shaykh's name misleads, and indeed what misleads them is Satan and desire.
So this phenomenon, which is erasing the Shaykh's name, they say Muhammad al-Tamimi, this is wrong, this is a great error, one does not erase the author's name from his book, otherwise this opens the door for tampering with books also, tampering with the books of the Salaf and erasing their names from them, and erasing some of their words that the eraser sees as repulsive or the like, so we do not tamper with it, this is a betrayal of knowledge, this is a betrayal of knowledge, the Shaykh's name remains on his book, and whoever accepts the truth, praise be to Allah, and whoever does not accept, the proof is established against him, and the Shaykh did not come with words from himself, he says Allah said and His Messenger said, the people of knowledge said, he did not come with words from himself, and opposed the scholars of the Muslims in it, rather he is, praise be to Allah, on the path of the righteous Salaf scholars. And he sat in his book, may Allah have mercy on him, with the most severe scholars in their memorization of the books of the minority, and yet he had the highest acceptance and repentance.
If they insult them because of their creed, then this affects the creed, but if they insult them for a personal purpose and envy, then this is a major sin among the major sins, even the general Muslims, the common people of the Muslims, it is forbidden to insult them or abuse them, the Muslim's blood, wealth, and honor are forbidden, so how about the scholars?
The scholars have a greater right than the common people, and when a group in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, claiming that they were joking and playing, "We have not seen like these our reciters, they are the most marked in their bellies, the most lying in their tongues, and the most eloquent in their speech when meeting," meaning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions, Allah revealed about them
(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" (66) Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1/3/14شرح مسائل الجاهلية / الشريط الأول / جزء٣ — youtube.com (12:17)
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