What is the ruling on describing a Companion with attributes that contain some blame?
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The questioner : ... the Companion ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Describing the Companions with attributes that contain some blame?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... bad character and such as saying ... about him ... so what is the ruling ... .
The Shaykh : Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if it concerns his innate characteristics that are in him, this does not lead to open sinfulness or disbelief, yes, because this is to clarify the situation. But we say that this also should not be said unless there is a need for it. If there is a need for it, there is nothing wrong with it, just as passed to us in the story of the wife of Rafi' al-Qurazi, where she described a defect in her last husband, and her husband denied it and said that she is a defiant wife and that she is a liar. So the important point is that this is something that is permissible if there is a need for it, otherwise there is no doubt that respecting the Companions and staying away from mentioning their faults is more obligatory than for others. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Describing the Companions with attributes that contain some blame?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... bad character and such as saying ... about him ... so what is the ruling ... .
The Shaykh : Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if it concerns his innate characteristics that are in him, this does not lead to open sinfulness or disbelief, yes, because this is to clarify the situation. But we say that this also should not be said unless there is a need for it. If there is a need for it, there is nothing wrong with it, just as passed to us in the story of the wife of Rafi' al-Qurazi, where she described a defect in her last husband, and her husband denied it and said that she is a defiant wife and that she is a liar. So the important point is that this is something that is permissible if there is a need for it, otherwise there is no doubt that respecting the Companions and staying away from mentioning their faults is more obligatory than for others. Yes.