Explanation of the hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "Do you know what al-'Adh is?"

The Shaykh : Now he is narrating it with another chain of narration. From Anas from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: . But in this chain of narration and this version, there is another benefit, where he said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: : Do you know what al-'Adh is, with a dhad and a hah? : In this hadith, the Messenger (peace be upon him) asks his companions about a word that is Arabic, but perhaps it is an Arabic word that is not well known among them, so he said to them: . They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. So he answered (may the prayers and peace be upon him) that it is namimah, which is the transmission of speech from these people to those people with the intention of causing corruption between the two groups. So al-'Adh is namimah. Then the explanation of namimah is also, as it came in this hadith: "The transmission of speech from some people to others in order to sow discord between them."
And in this phrase : This phrase is an explanatory clause, meaning it clarifies that the transmission of speech from some people to others is only considered al-'Adh and forbidden namimah if the transmitter, from these to those and from those to these, intends thereby to cause enmity and corruption between them. So by this explanation, it is excluded if the transmission is not intended to cause corruption. For example, if we suppose a man came to a scholar and asked him about an issue, and he answered with a ruling, and this man returned to another scholar and asked him the same question, and he answered with a different ruling, and he said to him: So-and-so the scholar, so-and-soThe questioner : did not say something like your report; he said such and such, explaining to him what he has, for example, that this ruling is based on a mistaken understanding of the verse or a mistaken understanding of the hadith, or is based on a hadith with a weak chain of narration, or any ruling from his own opinion. The questioner himself returns to the first scholar and says to him: I went to so-and-so and he told me such and such, and he said such and such, meaning he responded to your ruling. This second one may answer with a ruling contrary to the second one's ruling, and so on. So if thisThe Shaykh : continues to move from one scholar to another with the intention of causing corruption between them, then it is namimah, and it is al-'Adh. No, if his purpose is only to understand the viewpoint of this one and the viewpoint of that one so that he can be reassured, and his intention is not to cause enmity between them, then in that case, this is not forbidden. And both of these scenarios actually occur today; they occur today and before today. That is, a person seeks a ruling from a scholar, and he gives him the answer, and he transmits the answer to a second scholar, and the second scholar responds to the first, and he returns to transmit the response to the first scholar, and so on. So if his purpose is to cause corruption between the two scholars and to incite the hearts of both, then this is undoubtedly forbidden, and it is namimah and al-'Adh. And if he does not intend any of that at all, and his only purpose and desire is to understand why that one said, for example, it is forbidden, and this one said it is permissible, so that his heart is reassured and he gains knowledge of his religion. So al-'Adh is: "The transmission of speech from some people to others in order to sow discord between them, and this is namimah."The questioner : Moving from one scholar to another with the intention of causing corruption between them is talebearing, and it is al-'adhdh. No, his purpose is merely to understand this person's viewpoint and that person's viewpoint so that he may be reassured, and his intention is not to sow discord between them. In that case, this is not forbidden. Both of these scenarios actually occur today, and they occurred before today. For example, a person seeks a ruling from a scholar who gives him an answer, then he conveys that answer to a second scholar. The second scholar responds to the first, and he goes back to convey the response to the first scholar, and so on. If his purpose is to cause corruption between the two scholars and to incite the hearts of both, then this is undoubtedly forbidden, and it is talebearing and al-'adhdh. But if he does not intend any of that at all, and his only purpose and desire is to understand why that one said, for example, that it is forbidden, while this one said it is permissible, so that his heart may be reassured and he may gain understanding in his religion. Thus, al-'adhdh is: "Conveying speech from some people to others in order to cause corruption between them, and this is talebearing."