Rebuking a scholar in public and its connection to arrogance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does it fall under arrogance if one rebukes a scholar in public, for example, by refuting his backbiting?
Answer:
You are the one who is wrong to rebuke him in public. Advice is not given in public. It is between you and him. Because this may provoke anger against you, and he may reject your advice out of anger. You are the one who is at fault in this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does it fall under arrogance if one rebukes a scholar in public, for example, by refuting his backbiting?
Answer:
You are the one who is wrong to rebuke him in public. Advice is not given in public. It is between you and him. Because this may provoke anger against you, and he may reject your advice out of anger. You are the one who is at fault in this. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حكم ما فيه صورة من الثياب والبسط والستور والنهي عن التصوير — islamhouse.com (1:05:42)
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