The Prohibition of Insulting Scholars and Insulting Other People
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Which of them is a greater sin: Insulting scholars or insulting ordinary people?
Insulting scholars is a greater sin; because the harm of insulting a scholar does not fall only on the person of the scholar, but on him and on the knowledge he carries; because when a scholar is insulted by someone, his status in the eyes of people diminishes, and when his status diminishes in their eyes, they do not accept from him, so there is harm in that to the religious law he carries, even though insulting is forbidden whether from a scholar or from a layperson;Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Al-Hujurat: 12] .
Insulting scholars is a greater sin; because the harm of insulting a scholar does not fall only on the person of the scholar, but on him and on the knowledge he carries; because when a scholar is insulted by someone, his status in the eyes of people diminishes, and when his status diminishes in their eyes, they do not accept from him, so there is harm in that to the religious law he carries, even though insulting is forbidden whether from a scholar or from a layperson;Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: