What is the ruling on one who subjects scholars to abuse, mockery, and ridicule?
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The question is: What is the ruling on one who subjects scholars to some abuse, mockery, ridicule, and belittling?
Answer:
He is in danger of apostasy. Their honor is a deadly poison; the honor of scholars, the righteous, and the worshippers is a serious deadly poison.
Therefore, it is obligatory for one afflicted with any of this to hasten to repent, and to advise one he sees as falling short, or to confide in someone who will advise him if he is unable to advise directly. As for defaming honor and abusing, this is not from the boycott of the people of faith, but from the open sins and evils of one who claims affiliation with knowledge or otherwise. There is no backbiting regarding the evils he has displayed openly. However, abusing them and defaming their honor without right is the great calamity; because this drives people away from accepting their call, drives people away from seeking their legal rulings, and drives people away from emulating them in good. Its danger is great, and it is among the characteristics of the wicked and among the characteristics of the enemies of the prophets. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
The question is: What is the ruling on one who subjects scholars to some abuse, mockery, ridicule, and belittling?
Answer:
He is in danger of apostasy. Their honor is a deadly poison; the honor of scholars, the righteous, and the worshippers is a serious deadly poison.
Therefore, it is obligatory for one afflicted with any of this to hasten to repent, and to advise one he sees as falling short, or to confide in someone who will advise him if he is unable to advise directly. As for defaming honor and abusing, this is not from the boycott of the people of faith, but from the open sins and evils of one who claims affiliation with knowledge or otherwise. There is no backbiting regarding the evils he has displayed openly. However, abusing them and defaming their honor without right is the great calamity; because this drives people away from accepting their call, drives people away from seeking their legal rulings, and drives people away from emulating them in good. Its danger is great, and it is among the characteristics of the wicked and among the characteristics of the enemies of the prophets. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، ما حكم من تعرض للعلماء بالسب والاستهزاء والسخرية؟ للشيخ ابن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (0:11)
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