Question Posed to Shaykh Ubayd (hafidhahullaah)

Question:

How do we deal with a people who boycott others, and spread on them publicly that they are Hizbiyeen without any evidence? What is your advice for these individuals?

 Answer: 

Firstly my son, I don’t know of any scholar who is upon the Sunnah who criticizes without evidence. That’s because Jarh wa Ta’deel is a matter of religion that Allaah is worshipped with. The T’adeel is a praise and the Jarh is the opposite of it. The person will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment for the one he has praised, is the person deserving of the praise or not? Therefore whoever praises one who is deserving of criticism, and the person knows that, then indeed he is one who has deceived Islaam Continue reading →