The ruling on Muslims praising a person with good or bad
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Question:
If Muslims praise a person with good or bad, is it said: "It is obligatory"?
Answer:
Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, if one knows what happened regarding the praise... and knows that they are just, he says: "It is obligatory."
Q: Is this not a testimony for the specific individual?
A: A group of scholars said this. So Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group said: It is testified for the specific individual that he is in Paradise, until a group said about him: He is among the people of Paradise by this testimony. But what is known in the creed is that one does not testify except by a text from the Book or the Sunnah. However, some scholars adopted this in the testimony for the specific individual as well: such as Ahmad ibn Hanbal, al-Qadi Iyad, al-Shafi'i, Malik, and a group of those who were praised with good and known for good.
If Muslims praise a person with good or bad, is it said: "It is obligatory"?
Answer:
Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, if one knows what happened regarding the praise... and knows that they are just, he says: "It is obligatory."
Q: Is this not a testimony for the specific individual?
A: A group of scholars said this. So Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group said: It is testified for the specific individual that he is in Paradise, until a group said about him: He is among the people of Paradise by this testimony. But what is known in the creed is that one does not testify except by a text from the Book or the Sunnah. However, some scholars adopted this in the testimony for the specific individual as well: such as Ahmad ibn Hanbal, al-Qadi Iyad, al-Shafi'i, Malik, and a group of those who were praised with good and known for good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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