The Ruling on Speaking About Scholars Under the Pretext of Critique and Vindication
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Question:
The questioner says: Many people today speak about the shaykhs, preachers, and scholars under the pretext of critique and vindication. Are there conditions for critique and vindication? Critique and vindication in the sciences of hadith is not backbiting or talebearing. Backbiting and talebearing are forbidden, and they are not critique and vindication.
Answer:
It is not permissible to speak about people, about scholars, students of knowledge, and people of good, even if you notice something in them. It is not permissible for you to speak about them in their absence. This is forbidden; it is backbiting and talebearing. If you notice something in them, you convey that thing to them. You say to him: “Hold your tongue and be silent, praise be to Allah.” This is not critique and vindication; this is backbiting.
The questioner says: Many people today speak about the shaykhs, preachers, and scholars under the pretext of critique and vindication. Are there conditions for critique and vindication? Critique and vindication in the sciences of hadith is not backbiting or talebearing. Backbiting and talebearing are forbidden, and they are not critique and vindication.
Answer:
It is not permissible to speak about people, about scholars, students of knowledge, and people of good, even if you notice something in them. It is not permissible for you to speak about them in their absence. This is forbidden; it is backbiting and talebearing. If you notice something in them, you convey that thing to them. You say to him: “Hold your tongue and be silent, praise be to Allah.” This is not critique and vindication; this is backbiting.
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