Advice for those who attack the scholars and the rulers

Question:
There is a lot of criticism directed at the scholars of the Sunnah who follow the path of the righteous Salaf regarding these current events, claiming that they are compromising and that they are allies of the disbelievers. Is there any advice for these people? May Allah preserve you.

Answer:
First, is he criticizing the scholars, saying they are compromising and that they…? What has he himself done? What has he done regarding the disbelievers? Or is it just words he says without any action? That is the issue. The second point is: does he know what compromising (mudahanah) is and what being accommodating (mudarayah) is? There is a difference between the two. Does he know the difference between them, or is he speaking without knowledge?
The third point is that a person, in these events and trials, should hold his tongue so that he does not fall into backbiting and talebearing, or into inciting discord among the Muslims and dividing them. It is obligatory for a person to hold his tongue. These matters have people who handle them from among the scholars and the rulers, who deal with them. They are not delegated to these people; there are specific people who handle them, and it is part of their duties and their specialty. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said: So these matters are not the right of everyone to get involved in. This is the right of the rulers, who are the scholars and the princes, and Allah helps them with this. It is their responsibility, and it is obligatory for us to give them sincere advice, and for us to pray for them for success, correctness, and steadfastness upon the truth. This is our duty. As for us sitting and attributing things to so-and-so, attacking so-and-so, and saying things about so-and-so, this is not our right. This is evil. There is no good in it at all. This is pure evil with no benefit, except for dividing the Muslims, having a bad opinion of the scholars, having a bad opinion of the rulers, and increasing the trial. So one must be alert to this matter. Are the affairs to be in chaos, where everyone speaks, everyone says, and everyone does, and then the matter becomes chaos? The affairs of religion are organized and have references. If you have something that is clear to you, do not speak about it in gatherings. If you have something of knowledge or something of clarification, go to the responsible parties or write to them. As for you speaking in gatherings, this is not permissible. This is stirring up ideas. You are speaking to ignorant people who do not understand anything, then you incite them against their brothers and against their rulers, or you are speaking to people who have no power to solve or reject anything. What is the benefit? So if you have knowledge and something is clear to you, you convey it to the rulers. Advice is that you convey it to the one being advised. It is not advice that you backbite people, belittle them, accuse them of compromising, and throw serious charges at them. This is worse than what you are afraid of.