Criticizing scholars such as Ibn Hajar and al-Dhahabi
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Question:
What is your opinion of a man who criticizes scholars and claims that Ibn Hajar stole al-Dhahabi’s books, accuses some scholars of speaking ugly words, and accuses them of being Murji'ah, saying that they do not know the sound of the voice, and even the contemporary scholars have not been spared from them, such as Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen and Al-Albani?
Answer:
You know that the callers to misguidance are serious about deterring people from their scholars, in order to cut the connection between the scholars and the students and the common people. The one who insults the scholars and the imams, especially the great imams like Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi and those who came before them from the people of knowledge and the people of hadith, undoubtedly wants evil.
He wants evil and wants to cut off the end of this Ummah from its beginning. If people avoid the scholars, who will they remain with? They will remain with Satan, and they will not remain with the callers to misguidance, nor with the ignorant. This is what the enemies of Islam want. They want to separate the Muslims from their scholars. This is a plot, and no one is free from error.
I do not say that Ibn Hajar is free from error, or that al-Dhahabi is free from error, or that they have no mistakes, but their virtue is greater and their knowledge is more abundant, may Allah have mercy on them. The partial errors they have are not forgiven by the much good they have. But what does the one who insults Ibn Hajar have? Or what good does he have? I think, and Allah knows best, that he has nothing. Except insults, belittling, and searching for faults. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
What is your opinion of a man who criticizes scholars and claims that Ibn Hajar stole al-Dhahabi’s books, accuses some scholars of speaking ugly words, and accuses them of being Murji'ah, saying that they do not know the sound of the voice, and even the contemporary scholars have not been spared from them, such as Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen and Al-Albani?
Answer:
You know that the callers to misguidance are serious about deterring people from their scholars, in order to cut the connection between the scholars and the students and the common people. The one who insults the scholars and the imams, especially the great imams like Ibn Hajar and al-Nawawi and those who came before them from the people of knowledge and the people of hadith, undoubtedly wants evil.
He wants evil and wants to cut off the end of this Ummah from its beginning. If people avoid the scholars, who will they remain with? They will remain with Satan, and they will not remain with the callers to misguidance, nor with the ignorant. This is what the enemies of Islam want. They want to separate the Muslims from their scholars. This is a plot, and no one is free from error.
I do not say that Ibn Hajar is free from error, or that al-Dhahabi is free from error, or that they have no mistakes, but their virtue is greater and their knowledge is more abundant, may Allah have mercy on them. The partial errors they have are not forgiven by the much good they have. But what does the one who insults Ibn Hajar have? Or what good does he have? I think, and Allah knows best, that he has nothing. Except insults, belittling, and searching for faults. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { إنك لا تهدي من أحببت } — islamhouse.com (54:25)
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