You need to always keep this in mind when you read or hear harsh and razor-sharp words scholars have to say about each other at times. The following example is sensitive given the names involved, but if this doesn't drive the message home, then nothing will.
During the miḥnah (fitnah of Khalq al Qur’ān) al-Buwayṭī (d. 231) was amongst the ones trialed in heavy chains and shackles around his neck, which eventually led to his death after months of savage imprisonment. He held al-Muzanī (d. 264) amongst others to be responsible.
He said, “I declare everyone free of my blood apart from three: Ḥarmalah, Al-Muzanī, and a third.” He had reasons to believe that al-Muzanī (d. 264) was from the ones responsible for him being interrogated. x.com
When scholars such as-Subkī (d. 771) and Al-Ḏahabī (d. 748) narrate this, they caution us to curb our thoughts and opinions. Al-Ḏahabī follows up what Al-Buwayṭī said with a verbal slap to readers:
“Come to your senses - woe to you - and ask your Lord for protection! x.com
“Come to your senses - woe to you - and ask your Lord for protection! x.com
What contemporaries say about each other is a strange thing! Even masters have erred in this regard. So may Allāh have mercy on them all.”
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