The obligation toward those who distort the image of scholars
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The questioner:
May Allah bless you. The brother Yasin Abd al-Moneim from Sudan says: There is a group that distorts the image of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and opposes him, so I do not know why, and what is our obligation.
The Shaykh:
My brother, they opposed the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the noblest of creation, so how could they not oppose Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab or any other scholar? But, praise be to Allah, this does not harm them; rather, the harm returns to the one who did it. Yes.
The questioner:
He asks: What is our obligation toward them?
The Shaykh:
Advise them against backbiting Muslims, and especially the dead, and especially the imams in knowledge and the callers to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
May Allah bless you. The brother Yasin Abd al-Moneim from Sudan says: There is a group that distorts the image of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and opposes him, so I do not know why, and what is our obligation.
The Shaykh:
My brother, they opposed the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the noblest of creation, so how could they not oppose Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab or any other scholar? But, praise be to Allah, this does not harm them; rather, the harm returns to the one who did it. Yes.
The questioner:
He asks: What is our obligation toward them?
The Shaykh:
Advise them against backbiting Muslims, and especially the dead, and especially the imams in knowledge and the callers to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7518 — youtube.com (4:45)
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