Advice for those who speak ill of the scholars among the students of knowledge

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is your advice to some of the students of knowledge who speak ill of the scholars, mention their mistakes, and categorize them?

Answer:
These are not students of knowledge; they are students of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). They are not students of knowledge, may Allah protect us from that. Students of knowledge respect the scholars, learn from them, and praise them. This is the right of the scholars. So the one who speaks ill of the scholars and claims to be a student of knowledge is a student of evil, not a student of knowledge. Yes, a student of fitnah. Yes.