You said in a previous lesson that one weighs the good deeds of the one being refuted against his bad deeds?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the previous lesson on tafsir, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that in one of the answers, what confused me and some of the brothers is that we understood you to say that one weighs the good deeds of the one being refuted against his bad deeds.
The Shaykh:
My brother, I told you: do not deny the truth that is with your opponent. Do not deny the truth that is with him and consider everything he has as error. This is not fairness; this is not fairness. So if he says something, part of which is correct and part of which is wrong, say: "He was correct in such-and-such and wrong in such-and-such." But if you say he was wrong entirely and has no truth with him, this is not justice. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We often hear this word, and it is not forgotten.
The Shaykh:
My intention is that you do not say everything he has is wrong. You say he has truth and he has error. You clarify or refute the error and remain silent; you do not say he has truth and remain silent on at least that. But if you deny the truth that is with him and say he has no truth at all, that it is all wrong, this is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the previous lesson on tafsir, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that in one of the answers, what confused me and some of the brothers is that we understood you to say that one weighs the good deeds of the one being refuted against his bad deeds.
The Shaykh:
My brother, I told you: do not deny the truth that is with your opponent. Do not deny the truth that is with him and consider everything he has as error. This is not fairness; this is not fairness. So if he says something, part of which is correct and part of which is wrong, say: "He was correct in such-and-such and wrong in such-and-such." But if you say he was wrong entirely and has no truth with him, this is not justice. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We often hear this word, and it is not forgotten.
The Shaykh:
My intention is that you do not say everything he has is wrong. You say he has truth and he has error. You clarify or refute the error and remain silent; you do not say he has truth and remain silent on at least that. But if you deny the truth that is with him and say he has no truth at all, that it is all wrong, this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3790- 4717] قلتم في درس سابق أنه يوازن بين حسنات المردود عليه وسيئاته؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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