If a scholar or caller falls into an error, is speaking about it considered a criticism?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is defending the honor of the callers, and the honor of the scholars in whom some people may find fault, considered a form of jihad? If some of the callers or some of the scholars have fallen into an error, it must be clarified so that people are not deceived by them.
Answer:
No, and this is part of giving advice to Allah, His Book, and His Messenger. The aim is not to criticize the person, but rather to give advice to him and to others. So this is not a matter of criticism. Clarifying the truth is not a matter of criticism, and leaving this alone is a form of compromising in the religion of Allah. Therefore, the truth must be clarified, but this must be done by scholars and in the Shariah manner, not by way of publicizing, criticizing, and vilifying. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is defending the honor of the callers, and the honor of the scholars in whom some people may find fault, considered a form of jihad? If some of the callers or some of the scholars have fallen into an error, it must be clarified so that people are not deceived by them.
Answer:
No, and this is part of giving advice to Allah, His Book, and His Messenger. The aim is not to criticize the person, but rather to give advice to him and to others. So this is not a matter of criticism. Clarifying the truth is not a matter of criticism, and leaving this alone is a form of compromising in the religion of Allah. Therefore, the truth must be clarified, but this must be done by scholars and in the Shariah manner, not by way of publicizing, criticizing, and vilifying. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1061 -2802] إذا وقع العالم أو الداعية في خطأ، هل يعد الكلام عليه من الجرح؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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