Is warning against the mistakes of some preachers among the greatest acts of drawing near to Allah, as some people claim?
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Question:
He asks another question, saying: Is warning against the mistakes of preachers among the greatest acts of drawing near to Allah, as some people claim?
Answer:
The one who has knowledge and understanding clarifies the mistakes and does not remain silent about them, lest those who hear or read them be deceived by them. This is obligatory. However, only the people of knowledge can clarify this. Not everyone can do it; each person responds in a way he does not know, does not understand, and does not know the evidence or the scientific rules. This is not acceptable. He must return to the people of knowledge and insight. Also, one should not take a person’s mistake, when it is refuted, as a means of mocking him or belittling his status, nor should one stir up discord among people. This is not permissible. One clarifies the mistake, but it must not become a means of stirring up discord and spreading enmity among people. Yes, just as some people are trying to do now. Yes. And this is a matter.
They hunt for statements and spread them for the sake of stirring up discord and dividing people. That is their concern. Their concern is not reform. The one whose concern is reform does not do this; he reconciles people. Yes.
He asks another question, saying: Is warning against the mistakes of preachers among the greatest acts of drawing near to Allah, as some people claim?
Answer:
The one who has knowledge and understanding clarifies the mistakes and does not remain silent about them, lest those who hear or read them be deceived by them. This is obligatory. However, only the people of knowledge can clarify this. Not everyone can do it; each person responds in a way he does not know, does not understand, and does not know the evidence or the scientific rules. This is not acceptable. He must return to the people of knowledge and insight. Also, one should not take a person’s mistake, when it is refuted, as a means of mocking him or belittling his status, nor should one stir up discord among people. This is not permissible. One clarifies the mistake, but it must not become a means of stirring up discord and spreading enmity among people. Yes, just as some people are trying to do now. Yes. And this is a matter.
They hunt for statements and spread them for the sake of stirring up discord and dividing people. That is their concern. Their concern is not reform. The one whose concern is reform does not do this; he reconciles people. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [193 -308] هل التحذير من أخطاء بعض الدعاة من أعظم القربات كما يزعم بعض الأشخاص؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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