The Ruling on Slander and Lying About Rulers, Scholars, and the General Muslim Population
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Question:
What is your opinion on slandering rulers, whether they are judges or scholars? Does the ruling on slandering any Muslim differ based on the person's professional title, lineage, wealth, or blessings, or not? Please provide us with information, may Allah guide you. Does the ruling on slandering any Muslim differ based on the person's professional title, lineage, wealth, or blessings, or not? Please provide us with information, may Allah guide you.
Answer:
The baseless accusation is lying, and lying is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:61] The liar deserves the curse of Allah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Sunan Abi Dawud 4989Sahih (Al-Albani), meaning, indeed, Sunan Abi Dawud 4989Sahih (Al-Albani). So a person and what he is accustomed to; every person has from his time what he is accustomed to. If you accustom yourself to truthfulness, it becomes familiar to you, you grow up with it, and you come to dislike lying. But if you do the opposite and accustom yourself to lying, you will then come to oppose truthfulness and make a profession of lying, and you will be recorded by Allah as a liar. The people will also speak ill of you and hate you, so you will be hated by Allah and by His creation. So you must adhere to truthfulness.
Truthfulness with Allah, truthfulness with yourself, truthfulness with people.[At-Tawbah 9:119] And in the hadith, among the signs of . Lying differs: lying about Allah and lying about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is more severe. Allah the Exalted said: "Aham." [Az-Zumar 39:32]?
So lying about Allah is the most severe form of lying, and there is a severe warning for it, and he is the most unjust of the unjust.[As-Saf 61:7] Lying about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is to say that the Messenger said such and such, when he did not say it, and you did not verify it.
You should review the authentic books, the authentic books of hadith, and say "The Messenger said" or "It came from the Messenger." Otherwise, this is lying about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Lying about me is not like lying about anyone else,"Sunan Abi Dawud 3651Sahih (Al-Albani). We ask Allah for safety. Then, after that, lying to people; this is among the most severe sins and crimes. We ask Allah for safety.
And lying about the innocent, and attributing accusations to them, is more severe, especially regarding those in authority. For this is lying, backbiting, and betrayal of those in authority. It is obligatory to give advice. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 4197Sahih (Darussalam).
This is what is obligatory. As for lying, it is the opposite of advice, and this entails much evil, and it is backbiting. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-Hujurat 49:12] Lying about the rulers, lying about the scholars, and lying about people in general, all of it is evil and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Is it permissible for a person to be lax in lying ever? No.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, Your Excellency the Shaykh
What is your opinion on slandering rulers, whether they are judges or scholars? Does the ruling on slandering any Muslim differ based on the person's professional title, lineage, wealth, or blessings, or not? Please provide us with information, may Allah guide you. Does the ruling on slandering any Muslim differ based on the person's professional title, lineage, wealth, or blessings, or not? Please provide us with information, may Allah guide you.
Answer:
The baseless accusation is lying, and lying is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:
and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us]."
فَنَجْعَل لَّعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَif a man continues to speak falsehood and makes falsehood his object, he will be recorded in Allah’s presence as a great liar
الرجل ليكذب ويتحرى الكذب حتى يكتب عند الله كذاباIf a man continues to speak the truth and makes truth his object, he will be recorded in Allah’s presence as eminently truthful.
الرجل ليصدق ويتحرى الصدق حتى يكتب عند الله صديقاTruthfulness with Allah, truthfulness with yourself, truthfulness with people.
O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with those who are true.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَThe hypocrite is that when he speaks, he lies.
المنافق أنه إذا حدث كذبSo who is more unjust than one who lies about Allah and denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a residence for the disbelievers?
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِالصِّدْقِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ أَلَيْسَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْكَافِرِينَSo lying about Allah is the most severe form of lying, and there is a severe warning for it, and he is the most unjust of the unjust.
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِYou should review the authentic books, the authentic books of hadith, and say "The Messenger said" or "It came from the Messenger." Otherwise, this is lying about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Lying about me is not like lying about anyone else,"
He who lies about me deliberately will certainly come to his abode in Hell.
من كذب علي متعمدا فليتبوأ مقعده من النارAnd lying about the innocent, and attributing accusations to them, is more severe, especially regarding those in authority. For this is lying, backbiting, and betrayal of those in authority. It is obligatory to give advice. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Religion is sincerity (An-Nasihah).' They said: 'To whom, O Messenger of Allah?' he said: 'To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the imams of the Muslims, and to their common folk
الدين النصيحة، الدين النصيحة، الدين النصيحة. قلنا لمن يا رسول الله؟ قال لله ولكتابه ولرسوله ولأئمة المسلمين وعامتهمThis is what is obligatory. As for lying, it is the opposite of advice, and this entails much evil, and it is backbiting. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful.
وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيمٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, Your Excellency the Shaykh
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الرس] — alfawzan.live (49:21)
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