The Difference between Naseehah and Tajreeh



“It is not permissible to broadcast mistakes and to disparage those who have fallen into them and to construct our gatherings upon back biting and slandering them. Allah has prohibited all of that…So perhaps the one being spoken about is better than the one who speaks about him…The deficiency found in your brother is a deficiency found in you. If you want to rectify this deficiency that has occurred from the ruler or from the general Muslims then let this Naseehah occur between you and between the one being advised in private.

That you sit in a gathering or speak on a tape recording or speak upon the pulpit during a sermon and disparage the Muslim rulers or that you disparage your Muslim brothers then this affair is not permissible. This is not Naseehah. On the contrary this is Fadheehah (scandal and controversy). It is the difference between Naseehah and Tajreeh (disparagement).”

Ash-Shaykh Dr. Saalih al-Fawzaan
Al-Farq bayna an-Naseehah wat-Tajreeh
(The Difference between Naseehah and Tajreeh) pages 14-18