Describing scholars as rigid and mocking the beard and shortening of garments
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
What is your opinion of a man who, when speaking about some of our guiding scholars, describes them as rigid and strict, and perhaps says that the religion is not about growing beards and shortening garments?
Answer:
This is the speech of hypocrisy; this is the speech of the hypocrites. So he must repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and he must not describe the believers who hold fast to the religion as rigid or strict, nor mock the beard and shortening of garments. He is mocking the Sunnah. This is from the speech of the hypocrites, so he must repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
What is your opinion of a man who, when speaking about some of our guiding scholars, describes them as rigid and strict, and perhaps says that the religion is not about growing beards and shortening garments?
Answer:
This is the speech of hypocrisy; this is the speech of the hypocrites. So he must repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and he must not describe the believers who hold fast to the religion as rigid or strict, nor mock the beard and shortening of garments. He is mocking the Sunnah. This is from the speech of the hypocrites, so he must repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [37] — alfawzan.live (48:27)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.