What is the Muslim's position toward those who speak ill of the men of Hisbah?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the Muslim's position toward those who speak ill of the men of Hisbah who enjoin good and forbid evil?

Answer:
He should advise him and make it clear to him that it is not permissible for him to speak in this manner. It is possible that he is doing so out of jealousy, as he claims, or as is the case with some people who have jealousy and think that speaking about the men of Hisbah is an act of jealousy and forbidding evil. No, this is itself an evil. The very act is an evil. So make this clear to him. You say to him: My brother, it is not permissible for you to speak in this manner.
These men of Hisbah must be encouraged and praised, and one should not speak about them in gatherings; because this emboldens the foolish against them and diminishes their value in the eyes of people. And if you privately tell someone about an error you see in them, there is nothing wrong with that. But if you do so in gatherings, considering it an act of forbidding evil and jealousy, then no, this is the evil itself. It casts a bad light on the men of Hisbah, makes people hate them, and reduces trust in them. It has harms. Yes.