The Ruling on Slandering Scholars and Preachers
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Question:
And this person says that among the characteristics of these people is cursing the scholars, mocking them, and enumerating their faults. So if we see one person speaking about the scholars, or the sincere preachers, or the established scholars of this land, do we classify him among these people?
Answer:
Without a doubt, the one who speaks ill of the scholars who call to Allah, the scholars who are the heirs of the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them), and who slanders them, is slandering the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Because if one slanders the heir, he has slandered the one who bequeathed, and the one who bequeathed is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
And the heir is the Muslim, and the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets. The one who slanders the scholars who are the heirs of the Prophets, there is no doubt that he is among the hypocrites who are[An-Nisa 4:145]. Allah the Exalted said: [At-Tawbah 9:65-66]. The verse regarding faith was revealed concerning a group who sat, and one of them said it was not all of them, one of them, but they did not rebuke him. One of them said: "We have not seen anyone like these reciters of ours; they are the most greedy in their bellies, the most lying in their tongues, and the most cowardly in the encounter." They meant the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions.
So Allah revealed this verse regarding them, to be recited until the Day of Resurrection, so that people may be warned against those like them. The one who slanders the scholars who are the heirs of the Prophets is slandering the religion and slandering the knowledge they possess. He did not slander them for the sake of their persons, but rather he slandered them for the sake of the knowledge and for the fact that they call to Allah with insight.
And they teach people good, and one does not hate them except for this. So we must beware of these people and not sit with them[Al-An'am 6:68].
[An-Nisa 4:140] We avoid gatherings where there is mockery of the scholars and mockery of the religion. And the religion is being strict, and what is this religion? It is being overly strict, and so on, whatever they say. This is superficial, this is such and such, this is such and such, and what is this stubbornness? This is slandering the religion and the people of the religion. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And this person says that among the characteristics of these people is cursing the scholars, mocking them, and enumerating their faults. So if we see one person speaking about the scholars, or the sincere preachers, or the established scholars of this land, do we classify him among these people?
Answer:
Without a doubt, the one who speaks ill of the scholars who call to Allah, the scholars who are the heirs of the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them), and who slanders them, is slandering the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Because if one slanders the heir, he has slandered the one who bequeathed, and the one who bequeathed is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
And the heir is the Muslim, and the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets. The one who slanders the scholars who are the heirs of the Prophets, there is no doubt that he is among the hypocrites who are
in the lowest depths of the Fire
فِي الدَّرْكِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" (66) Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَSo Allah revealed this verse regarding them, to be recited until the Day of Resurrection, so that people may be warned against those like them. The one who slanders the scholars who are the heirs of the Prophets is slandering the religion and slandering the knowledge they possess. He did not slander them for the sake of their persons, but rather he slandered them for the sake of the knowledge and for the fact that they call to Allah with insight.
And they teach people good, and one does not hate them except for this. So we must beware of these people and not sit with them
And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَAnd it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them.
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
الفوزان - لقاء مفتوح - الجديد في الإرهاب — archive.org (44:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.