Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (that you may harm a people in ignorance and then become regretful of what you have done)

Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (that you may harm a people in ignorance and then become regretful of what you have done)

Then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) explained the wisdom behind our being required to verify the news of the open sinner, saying: [Surah al-Hujurat: 6] Meaning: We commanded you to be cautious lest you harm a people in ignorance. For a person who rushes without verifying may transgress against others based on the news he heard from the open sinner. He may dislike them and speak about them in gatherings. Then, when it becomes clear that the open sinner’s news was a lie, he becomes regretful of what he did.

And in this verse: This is evidence that it is obligatory for a person to be cautious in what he transmits of news, especially when there is bias and fanaticism. If news comes to you about a person and you do not trust the reporter’s statement, you must verify it and not rush to judgment. For you may rush and build upon this false news, and then regret it later.And thus came the warning against talebearing: And that is to transmit people’s words from one to another to create discord between them.Until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (No talebearer will enter Paradise) -Meaning: a talebearer-, and it is authentic that he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by two graves being tortured and said: (Indeed, they are being tortured, and they are not being tortured for a major [sin] -Meaning: but for a difficult matter for them. As for one of them, he did not protect himself -or did not purify himself or did not cleanse himself, these are the narrations- from urine. And as for the other, he used to walk about spreading tales) He would walk among people to transmit speech to others in order to create discord among them. (Then he took a fresh date palm branch, split it in two, and stuck one in each grave,So they said: O Messenger of Allah! Why did you do this?He said: Perhaps Allah will lighten their punishment as long as they do not dry out) .
[Surah al-Hujurat: 6] And of this type is attributing to some scholars fatwas that they never spoke at all, or speaking the opposite of what is attributed to them. For some people may understand a word from a scholar in a way other than what the scholar intended. And a scholar may be asked a question that he imagines to be different from what is in the mind of this questioner, then he answers according to what he understood. Then this man comes and publishes this statement which is not correct. And how many statements have been attributed to distinguished scholars but had no basis. Therefore, it is obligatory to verify what is transmitted from scholars or others, especially in this time when biases and fanaticism have increased, and people have become as if they are walking in darkness.