The Ruling on Backbiting Preachers, Men of Hisbah, and Students of Knowledge
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: Preachers, the men of the Hisbah (religious police), and students of knowledge play a great role in serving society, spreading Islamic sacred law, calling people to account for what is wrong, spreading good, and correcting the creed of people. He asks: What is the ruling on backbiting preachers, the men of the Hisbah, and students of knowledge?
Answer:
This is the way of the hypocrites. The hypocrites are those who[At-Tawbah 9:67]. Therefore, no one should mock the men of hisbah, or the preachers to Allah, or the people of knowledge, except the hypocrites, may Allah protect us from that. As for the believer, he prays for these people, assists them in carrying out their duties, and rejoices in that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: Preachers, the men of the Hisbah (religious police), and students of knowledge play a great role in serving society, spreading Islamic sacred law, calling people to account for what is wrong, spreading good, and correcting the creed of people. He asks: What is the ruling on backbiting preachers, the men of the Hisbah, and students of knowledge?
Answer:
This is the way of the hypocrites. The hypocrites are those who
The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands. They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.
الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ بَعْضُهُم مِّن بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمُنكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 06 / فتاوى على الهواء - 13 02 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (2:56)
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