Is it the one who speaks ill of a Companion who is to be left alone, or is it the speech about him?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, we heard in one of your tafsirs that you said to the one who spoke ill of the Companion Ka'b ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), "Leave him alone." Do you mean the speaker or the speech? We mean the speaker and we mean the speech. Does anyone speak ill of any of the Companions?
Answer:
He is rebuked for it, and it is kept private, and no account is taken of his speech.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, we heard in one of your tafsirs that you said to the one who spoke ill of the Companion Ka'b ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), "Leave him alone." Do you mean the speaker or the speech? We mean the speaker and we mean the speech. Does anyone speak ill of any of the Companions?
Answer:
He is rebuked for it, and it is kept private, and no account is taken of his speech.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل من تكلعن الصحابي يترك نفسه أم الكلام عنه؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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