What is the course of action regarding one who disparages and criticizes scholars in his gathering, and he is advanced in age?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: He is afflicted with a gathering in which there is a man advanced in age who disparages and criticizes the scholars. What is the course of action in forbidding this and clarifying the matter to this elderly man?
Answer:
The course of action is advice. You should present the evidence for the prohibition of backbiting, talebearing, and slandering the scholars. You should recite the story of those who said, "We have not seen anyone like these reciters of ours," and how Allah ruled upon them. If he repents and leaves this off, otherwise, get up from the gathering and do not sit with him; stay away from his gathering. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: He is afflicted with a gathering in which there is a man advanced in age who disparages and criticizes the scholars. What is the course of action in forbidding this and clarifying the matter to this elderly man?
Answer:
The course of action is advice. You should present the evidence for the prohibition of backbiting, talebearing, and slandering the scholars. You should recite the story of those who said, "We have not seen anyone like these reciters of ours," and how Allah ruled upon them. If he repents and leaves this off, otherwise, get up from the gathering and do not sit with him; stay away from his gathering. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [34 -858] ما السبيل فيمن يتعرض للعلماء بالتنقص والقدح فيهم في مجلسه، وهو كبير في السن؟ — youtube.com
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