Guidance for those who disparage scholars in newspapers and the media
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Question:
The questioner says: There is a group of people today who disparage scholars in newspapers and the media. When we tell them that the flesh of scholars is poisoned, they say there is no evidence for this, and that it is merely a stumbling block you place before us so that we do not engage in dialogue with them. So what guidance do you offer us, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
Read the verse to him, read the verse to him[At-Tawbah 9:65] and mention to him the reason for its revelation. The reason for its revelation was that a group of people spoke about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions, accusing them of cowardice, accusing them of being driven by the desire for food and drink, and accusing them of lying.
And this is what is found now among these people who chew, who chew on the flesh of scholars, accusing them of lying and that they are not truthful in their knowledge, and accusing them of cowardice, that they do not fulfill the obligatory duties, do not forbid what is wrong, and so on. It is as if tonight resembles last night. So read the verse to him and mention the reason for its revelation. And Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, as is not hidden from you, established a chapter on this: a chapter on one who jokes with something in which Allah or the Qur'an is mentioned. He cited this verse and its reason for revelation, and it was explained in the commentaries on the book, so make this matter clear to him. Yes.
The questioner says: There is a group of people today who disparage scholars in newspapers and the media. When we tell them that the flesh of scholars is poisoned, they say there is no evidence for this, and that it is merely a stumbling block you place before us so that we do not engage in dialogue with them. So what guidance do you offer us, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
Read the verse to him, read the verse to him
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?"
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَAnd this is what is found now among these people who chew, who chew on the flesh of scholars, accusing them of lying and that they are not truthful in their knowledge, and accusing them of cowardice, that they do not fulfill the obligatory duties, do not forbid what is wrong, and so on. It is as if tonight resembles last night. So read the verse to him and mention the reason for its revelation. And Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, as is not hidden from you, established a chapter on this: a chapter on one who jokes with something in which Allah or the Qur'an is mentioned. He cited this verse and its reason for revelation, and it was explained in the commentaries on the book, so make this matter clear to him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-19-العلماء ورثة الأنبياء|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:31)
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