Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 351

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابُ مَا يُبَاحُ مِنَ الْغِيبَةِ.

Chapter: Permissible Backbiting.

الْأَعَزُّ لَصَارَ فِي ذَلِكَ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَهُمْ عِزَّةٌ، وَهُمْ لَا عِزَّةَ لَهُمْ، بَلْ قَالَ: وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ.

This would imply that the hypocrites possess honor, yet they have none. Rather, Allah says: 'Honor belongs to Allah, to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.'

فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ أَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ يَنْقُلُ كَلَامَ الْمُنَافِقِ إِلَى وَلِيِّ الْأَمْرِ حَتَّى يَتَّخِذَ فِيهِ مَا يَنْبَغِي اتِّخَاذُهُ، وَكَذَلِكَ يَنْقُلُ كَلَامَ الْمُفْسِدِ إِلَى وَلِيِّ الْأَمْرِ حَتَّى لَا يَتَمَادَى فِي إِفْسَادِهِ، وَإِذَا كَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ يَخْشَى مِنَ الْكَلَامِ أَنْ يَحْصُلَ فِيهِ فَسَادٌ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَهُ إِلَى وَلِيِّ الْأَمْرِ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ عَلَى الْفَسَادِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَشْرِيَ، وَلَا يُقَالُ: أَخْشَى أَنَّ وَلِيَّ الْأَمْرِ يَفْعَلُ فِيهِ، فَإِنْ فَعَلَ فَهُوَ الَّذِي جَنَى عَلَى نَفْسِهِ إِذَا كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلَامٍ يُخْشَى مِنْهُ الْفَسَادُ، فَالْوَاجِبُ رَفْعُ الْكَلَامِ إِلَى وَلِيِّ الْأَمْرِ، لَكِنْ لَا بُدَّ مِنَ التَّثَبُّتِ؛ لِئَلَّا يَقَعَ الْإِنْسَانُ فِي حَرَجٍ.

This verse indicates that there is no harm in reporting a hypocrite's words to the ruler so that he may take appropriate action. Similarly, one should report a corrupt person's words to the ruler to prevent them from continuing their mischief. If someone fears that certain speech will lead to corruption, they must inform the ruler to stop the harm before it spreads. One should not hesitate out of fear for what the ruler might do to the speaker; if the speaker brought trouble upon himself by uttering words that incite corruption, that is his own fault. The duty is to report the matter to the ruler, provided one verifies the facts first to avoid falling into trouble.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (32 verbs · 38 nouns)

• أَبَاحَ — to permit
• صَارَ — to become
• قَالَ — to say
• بَابٌ — chapter
• غِيبَةٌ — backbiting
• أَعَزُّ — most powerful