What is your advice for the youth who attack the scholars?
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Question:
Is there any advice for the youth who enter the internet networks and attack the scholars and preachers? Is there any advice for the youth who enter via the internet networks and attack the scholars and preachers, especially the scholars of this country?
Answer:
The youth and others must fear Allah and not encroach upon the honor of Muslims. The common people and the scholars, every Muslim, it is not permissible to slander him, and it is not permissible to attack a Muslim, and the scholars in particular. Because if you attack the scholars, you make people lose interest in them and in their knowledge, and thereby corruption occurs. There is a separation between the scholars and the common people. This is a plot by Satan, the devils of mankind and jinn, who attack the scholars' honor and announce it in newspapers or magazines or on the internet or otherwise. They are among the corrupters who want to remove trust from the heirs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The scholars are the heirs of the prophets, as is authentic in the hadith from the MessengerMusannaf Abd al-Razzaq 2:194 Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2682Da'if (Darussalam) as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
So it is obligatory to respect them and make du'a for them, to encourage people to take from them and learn from them. This is the obligation.
Is there any advice for the youth who enter the internet networks and attack the scholars and preachers? Is there any advice for the youth who enter via the internet networks and attack the scholars and preachers, especially the scholars of this country?
Answer:
The youth and others must fear Allah and not encroach upon the honor of Muslims. The common people and the scholars, every Muslim, it is not permissible to slander him, and it is not permissible to attack a Muslim, and the scholars in particular. Because if you attack the scholars, you make people lose interest in them and in their knowledge, and thereby corruption occurs. There is a separation between the scholars and the common people. This is a plot by Satan, the devils of mankind and jinn, who attack the scholars' honor and announce it in newspapers or magazines or on the internet or otherwise. They are among the corrupters who want to remove trust from the heirs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The scholars are the heirs of the prophets, as is authentic in the hadith from the Messenger
(peace and blessings be upon him),
صلى الله عليه وسلم،And superiority of the scholar over the worshiper is like the superiority of the moon over the rest of the celestial bodies
وفضل العالم على العابد كفضل القمر على سائر الكواكبSo it is obligatory to respect them and make du'a for them, to encourage people to take from them and learn from them. This is the obligation.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما نصيحتكم للشباب الذين يطعنون في العلماء؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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