Guidance for Those Who Disparage Some of the Scholars
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! A number of questions have come in regarding those who belittle some of the scholars, and they are asking for your guidance on this matter?
Answer:
They should fear Allah. I advise them to fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and not to belittle any of the Muslims. In general, a Muslim has sanctity, even if he is from the common people, so how much more so if he is from the scholars? So they should fear Allah. And if one of the scholars makes a mistake, it is not permissible to speak ill of him or to backbite him. Rather, the mistake is reported to him, and the error is clarified to him, and one’s conscience is cleared by that without backbiting him. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! A number of questions have come in regarding those who belittle some of the scholars, and they are asking for your guidance on this matter?
Answer:
They should fear Allah. I advise them to fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and not to belittle any of the Muslims. In general, a Muslim has sanctity, even if he is from the common people, so how much more so if he is from the scholars? So they should fear Allah. And if one of the scholars makes a mistake, it is not permissible to speak ill of him or to backbite him. Rather, the mistake is reported to him, and the error is clarified to him, and one’s conscience is cleared by that without backbiting him. Yes.
Source
الاستقامة على دين الله — alfawzan.live (58:59)
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