The Ruling on Buying Books Containing Criticism and Backbiting of Scholars
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to buy books that contain criticism, backbiting, and rebuttals directed at some of the shaykhs and students of knowledge?
Answer:
If you buy them in order to respond to them and refute what is in them, that is fine. But if you buy them and leave them with you without responding to them, that is not permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to buy books that contain criticism, backbiting, and rebuttals directed at some of the shaykhs and students of knowledge?
Answer:
If you buy them in order to respond to them and refute what is in them, that is fine. But if you buy them and leave them with you without responding to them, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2889] حكم شراء الكتب المشتملة على قدح وغيبة للعلماء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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