Cassettes have circulated discussing the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) of the Companions, which has caused confusion among the common people. What is the ruling on listening to them and selling them?
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The questioner:
In recent times, cassettes of one of the doctors have circulated discussing the fitnah of the Companions and what occurred between them.
The Shaykh:
What does he mention? He mentions the fitnah of the Companions. The fitnah. Yes, indeed. Yes.
The questioner:
The fitnah of the Companions and what occurred between them, and confusion has spread among the common people. The question is: What is the ruling on listening to them, selling them, circulating them, and recording them?
The Shaykh:
The sin lies with the one who spread them, the one who spread them to the common people and the people; he bears the sin of it. It is not permissible for you to buy them, nor to promote them, because they incite bad suspicion among the common people and hatred toward one another, and the blaming of one another. In fact, the one who entered into this and spread it is a sinner and bears the sin. Yes.
In recent times, cassettes of one of the doctors have circulated discussing the fitnah of the Companions and what occurred between them.
The Shaykh:
What does he mention? He mentions the fitnah of the Companions. The fitnah. Yes, indeed. Yes.
The questioner:
The fitnah of the Companions and what occurred between them, and confusion has spread among the common people. The question is: What is the ruling on listening to them, selling them, circulating them, and recording them?
The Shaykh:
The sin lies with the one who spread them, the one who spread them to the common people and the people; he bears the sin of it. It is not permissible for you to buy them, nor to promote them, because they incite bad suspicion among the common people and hatred toward one another, and the blaming of one another. In fact, the one who entered into this and spread it is a sinner and bears the sin. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 406 - انتشرت أشرطة في ذكر فتنة الصحابة مما أدى إلى لبس بين العامة فما حكم الاستماع لها وبيعها؟ — youtube.com
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