Friday Nasiha - Issue # 449

Shawwal 15, 1428, A.H. - October 26, 2007, C.E.

Living the Quran

Al-Mujadilah (She Who Pleaded) Chapter 58: Verse 11 (Partial) The Heirs of the Prophet Allah will raise up in degrees those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge. There is no doubt, that the scholars disparaging, and putting one another down, is a deed that is forbidden. It is forbidden for a person to back-bite his Brother Muslim - even if he is not a scholar - so how is it permissible for him to back-bite his Brother scholars from among the Believers? The one who is afflicted with this disease must realise that when he puts a scholar down, it will be a cause for what the scholar says of Truth to also be rejected. He must realise that when he puts down a scholar, he is not just putting him down personally, but he is putting down one of the heirs of the Prophet; as the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets. He must also realise that if he puts down and criticises the scholars, the people will no longer trust the Knowledge that they have, which is passed on from the Prophet. Therefore, they will not trust anything from the Shariah that is presented by that scholar who is being criticised. [read more here]