Should we warn against those who declare Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on them both) to be disbelievers?
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Question:
Is it permissible for us to warn against those who declare Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on them both) to be disbelievers?
Answer:
Advise them to leave this practice; these people are ignorant. Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi are not disbelievers; they are imams among the imams of the Muslims and among the hadith scholars, and they have virtues. Even if some of them made a mistake in transmission, the transmitter may not be at fault. The transmitter of disbelief is not a disbeliever, as they claim. They transmit in commentaries and in the statements of people, and they are not to blame for this. Yes.
Is it permissible for us to warn against those who declare Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on them both) to be disbelievers?
Answer:
Advise them to leave this practice; these people are ignorant. Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi are not disbelievers; they are imams among the imams of the Muslims and among the hadith scholars, and they have virtues. Even if some of them made a mistake in transmission, the transmitter may not be at fault. The transmitter of disbelief is not a disbeliever, as they claim. They transmit in commentaries and in the statements of people, and they are not to blame for this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل نحذّر ممّن يكفّر ابن حجر والنووي رحمهما الله ؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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