The Ruling on Identifying Individuals When Forbidding Evil in Public
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the context of a narration, “What is the matter with a group of people?” and this has become a principle. Does it have connections and limits? How do we apply it by linking it to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to AbuSahih Muslim 1661a. In the hearing of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), we hope to clarify the situation given that there are those who mix this with that.
Answer:
First, who said that the Messenger said this to Abu Dharr in the hearing of the people? This needs to be proven. There is no doubt that the Messenger said it to Abu Dharr, but did he say it in the hearing of the people? This requires proof. And secondly.
There is no doubt that the principle indicated by the hadith “What is the matter” is that the preacher, teacher, or orator points out errors but does not identify individuals by saying so-and-so did such-and-such and so-and-so did such-and-such, mentioning their names in front of people, because this leads to evil.
And they would hate each other and cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). But when one points out the error without identifying the individuals, the intended purpose is achieved: people avoid the error, they are warned against the error and sin, they are safe from ghibah (backbiting), and they are safe from evil and fitnah. This is the principle of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) would confront some individuals with their errors, but between him and them, not publicly. He would not announce it in public saying so-and-so, Abu Dharr, did such-and-such, and so-and-so. He would not announce this in public; rather, he would confront the individuals themselves and say to them, “Are you a hypocrite, O Mu'adh?” or “O Abu Dharr, you are a man in whom there is ignorance.” This was an address to them, not to the people. It was an address to them only.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the context of a narration, “What is the matter with a group of people?” and this has become a principle. Does it have connections and limits? How do we apply it by linking it to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to Abu
Abu Dharr, you are a person who still has (in him the remnants) of the days (of Ignorance)
ذر إنك امرؤ فيك جاهليةAnswer:
First, who said that the Messenger said this to Abu Dharr in the hearing of the people? This needs to be proven. There is no doubt that the Messenger said it to Abu Dharr, but did he say it in the hearing of the people? This requires proof. And secondly.
There is no doubt that the principle indicated by the hadith “What is the matter” is that the preacher, teacher, or orator points out errors but does not identify individuals by saying so-and-so did such-and-such and so-and-so did such-and-such, mentioning their names in front of people, because this leads to evil.
And they would hate each other and cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). But when one points out the error without identifying the individuals, the intended purpose is achieved: people avoid the error, they are warned against the error and sin, they are safe from ghibah (backbiting), and they are safe from evil and fitnah. This is the principle of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) would confront some individuals with their errors, but between him and them, not publicly. He would not announce it in public saying so-and-so, Abu Dharr, did such-and-such, and so-and-so. He would not announce this in public; rather, he would confront the individuals themselves and say to them, “Are you a hypocrite, O Mu'adh?” or “O Abu Dharr, you are a man in whom there is ignorance.” This was an address to them, not to the people. It was an address to them only.
Source
معنى قول : ما بال أقوام — alfawzan.live
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.