The ruling on publishing books that disparage scholars
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Question:
He says: Recently, some books have become widespread that contain blood, blame, and disparagement of some of the scholars, both past and present. What is our duty toward these books? Do we seize them, or do we preserve and publish them? And is it permissible for the senior scholars to encourage their publication and distribution? May Allah bless you. I hope you will inform me, as this concerns many of the young people in my country. It seems the brother is not from the local area.
Answer:
Yes. I mentioned to you at the beginning of the talk that there are callers to misguidance. When they saw this community united upon its scholars, imams, and leaders, they sought to divide the Muslims. So they began to curse the imams and scholars and to cast doubt on them. They spoke about Imam Ahmad. They spoke about Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, and Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. They spoke about the imams of the Muslims. Indeed, they spoke about the Companions before them. They spoke about the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). These people want to divide the Muslims and make them doubt their Salaf.
They make them doubt their righteous Salaf and sever the connection between the Khalaf and the Salaf. This is their mission; may Allah curse them. We must not pay attention to the propaganda of these people and their books. They must be presented to the scholars so that they may respond to them and expose their falsehood and misguidance. It is not permissible for a person who is not proficient in knowledge to read them or to possess them. These are like poisons that are presented to doctors so that they may know their danger and warn against them. Likewise, these books are presented to the scholars so that they may know the misguidance and evil contained in them, in order to warn against them. Yes.
He says: Recently, some books have become widespread that contain blood, blame, and disparagement of some of the scholars, both past and present. What is our duty toward these books? Do we seize them, or do we preserve and publish them? And is it permissible for the senior scholars to encourage their publication and distribution? May Allah bless you. I hope you will inform me, as this concerns many of the young people in my country. It seems the brother is not from the local area.
Answer:
Yes. I mentioned to you at the beginning of the talk that there are callers to misguidance. When they saw this community united upon its scholars, imams, and leaders, they sought to divide the Muslims. So they began to curse the imams and scholars and to cast doubt on them. They spoke about Imam Ahmad. They spoke about Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, and Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. They spoke about the imams of the Muslims. Indeed, they spoke about the Companions before them. They spoke about the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). These people want to divide the Muslims and make them doubt their Salaf.
They make them doubt their righteous Salaf and sever the connection between the Khalaf and the Salaf. This is their mission; may Allah curse them. We must not pay attention to the propaganda of these people and their books. They must be presented to the scholars so that they may respond to them and expose their falsehood and misguidance. It is not permissible for a person who is not proficient in knowledge to read them or to possess them. These are like poisons that are presented to doctors so that they may know their danger and warn against them. Likewise, these books are presented to the scholars so that they may know the misguidance and evil contained in them, in order to warn against them. Yes.
Source
[و لا تتبعوا السبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيله] — alfawzan.live (29:46)
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