The Ruling on Criticizing Scholars and Hating Them
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Question:
The second questioner says: I seek refuge in Allah from the blind and the shepherds. The scholars who verify texts know that this does not lead to much teaching. So what is the long-term plan for this?
Answer:
Yes, this falls under the category of criticizing narrators. This is also a criticism of the empty space. The one who speaks ill of scholars is one of two types of people.
Either he is one of the people of desires and open sinfulness, specifically those who follow forbidden desires, sins, and transgressions. He hates the scholars because they forbid him from doing so and prevent him from his sustenance, as they have authority over him. So he hates them because of his sinful desires and forbidden acts, because they stood between him and them or warned him against consuming them.
The second type is a man who follows his own inclination, having deviated tendencies and directions. The scholars do not agree with him on these, so he hates them for that reason, because they do not agree with his immersion in his ideas, his immersion in his school of thought, or his immersion in his directions. They forbid division and forbid partisanship, while he loves partisanship and division. So he hates them for this reason. The result is that the one who hates scholars and speaks ill of them has no good in him, because if there were any good in him, he would have loved the people of knowledge, the believers, and the awliya (close friends of Allah), Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
The second questioner says: I seek refuge in Allah from the blind and the shepherds. The scholars who verify texts know that this does not lead to much teaching. So what is the long-term plan for this?
Answer:
Yes, this falls under the category of criticizing narrators. This is also a criticism of the empty space. The one who speaks ill of scholars is one of two types of people.
Either he is one of the people of desires and open sinfulness, specifically those who follow forbidden desires, sins, and transgressions. He hates the scholars because they forbid him from doing so and prevent him from his sustenance, as they have authority over him. So he hates them because of his sinful desires and forbidden acts, because they stood between him and them or warned him against consuming them.
The second type is a man who follows his own inclination, having deviated tendencies and directions. The scholars do not agree with him on these, so he hates them for that reason, because they do not agree with his immersion in his ideas, his immersion in his school of thought, or his immersion in his directions. They forbid division and forbid partisanship, while he loves partisanship and division. So he hates them for this reason. The result is that the one who hates scholars and speaks ill of them has no good in him, because if there were any good in him, he would have loved the people of knowledge, the believers, and the awliya (close friends of Allah), Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
شرح ثلاثة الأصول وأدلتها، أدلة شهادة أن محمدا رسول الله - الإيمان يزيد وينقص — islamhouse.com (1:08:57)
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