Al-Jarh Wa At-Tadeel: Clarifying The Public Errors Of Our Brother Muhammad Muneer Mufti

[Abu.Dawood.Abdullaah]

Ash-Shaykh Allaamah Saalih Al-Fawzaan was asked:

Is it obligatory upon the scholars to clarify to the youth and the common people the danger of partisanship, splitting and groups?

Answer:

Yes it is obligatory to clarify the danger of partisanship and dividing and splitting so that the people can be upon insight and understanding because even the common people are being deceived.

How many of the common people in this time have been fooled by some of the groups because they believe that they are upon the truth?

So it is a must that we clarify to the people, the students and the common people, the danger of these parties and sects because if they remained silent [i.e. the scholars] then the people would say, “The scholars were aware of this and they remained silent.”

Due to this innovation would enter upon them. So it is necessary to clarify these matters when these things appear.

The danger for the common people is greater than the danger [posed] to the students because if the scholars remain silent the common people will think that this is correct and that this is the truth.

Al-Ajwibah Al-Mufeedah (page 131)

Here we have our brother, Muhammad Muneer-may Allah pardon him- saying:

When does Al-Jarh Wa-Ta'deel apply to the layman Muslim, the nine to five Muslim. The man who walks out of the Masjid; he is going to go to work and he listens to the radio at work and there is Kuffaar women around him at work. Is that going to benefit his heart as a Muslim? Is that going to allow him to go the rest of the day making Dhikr of Allah, seeking Rizq for his family? Is that going to help him? I am asking you will that help him?

I sincerely hope that the brother retracts these erroneous and dangerous statements where he has offered no details or elaboration, only general and absolute statements.