Accusing Scholars and Students of Knowledge of Partisanship and Religious Innovation
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Question:
Is it permissible to accuse a scholar or a student of knowledge of being partisan or belonging to the people of innovation (bid'ah) due to an error or a doubtful matter?
Answer:
We do not judge people except by their words, by their words. Or their writings; we judge them based on that. As for rumors and accusations that have not been proven, it is not permissible for us to act upon them. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hujurat 49:6] But if we hear a person speaking, or if he writes something we read, we judge him based on that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Is it permissible to accuse a scholar or a student of knowledge of being partisan or belonging to the people of innovation (bid'ah) due to an error or a doubtful matter?
Answer:
We do not judge people except by their words, by their words. Or their writings; we judge them based on that. As for rumors and accusations that have not been proven, it is not permissible for us to act upon them. Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَن تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب ما جاء من التغليظ فيمن عبد الله عند قبر رجل صالح، فكيف إذا عبده ؟ — islamhouse.com (52:00)
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