The ruling on publishing cases of those apprehended via the internet

Question:
There are questions that have come from the General Presidency for the Affairs of Promoting Good and Forbidding Evil. I will probably address some of them and mix that with some of the questions that come up here. The first question that came from you says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. Does publishing some of the cases of those apprehended by the Authority through announcements, such as the internet, count as spreading the scandal?

Answer:
Yes, without a doubt. It is obligatory to cover up. Whoever covers up a Muslim, Allah will cover him in this world and the Hereafter. And the one who publishes such matters is among those about whom Allah said: . So we must cooperate with them. We do not rejoice in their mistakes and publish them by any means. We do not publish them in gatherings, nor on the internet, nor in what you call it, nor in newspapers and journals. Because this means we are defaming ourselves. We are defaming ourselves. Because these are the best of the community and they are fulfilling a great obligation. So if we defame them, who will fulfill this obligation? Do you want angels to descend from the sky? . Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) made the messengers from among humans. He did not send angels to humans. He sent messengers from among humans who call them and teach them. So they are humans, and mistakes happen from them, and [mistakes happen from them]. But correction and cooperation is done by advising them in secret, so that no one becomes aware of it. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,