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Islamic scholars as: ‘Be careful from him, brother! He is an ‘Allāmaĥ Sahib [scholar]!’, ‘Scholars are greedy’, ‘They are jealous of us’, ‘Because of us, no one cares about them’, ‘Leave him! He’s only a Mawlvī’, (مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ some people scornfully refer to scholars as), ‘These Mullā people!’, ‘The scholars have made no endeavours for the cause of the Aĥl-e-Sunnat’, (sometimes, dislike for the speech style is expressed like this), ‘So and so delivers speech like a Mawlvī’ etc.
Describing the different cases of the disrespect for an Islamic scholar with Shar’ī verdicts for each, A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated, ‘If someone speaks ill of an (Islamic) scholar for the reason that he is a scholar, then this is sheer Kufr [unbelief]. If he considers it Farḍ to treat the scholar with respect because of his religious knowledge but speaks ill of him or swears at him or looks down on him due to some worldly enmity, then he is a severe Fāsiq and Fājir [transgressor]. If he bears malice (towards the Islamic scholar) without any reason, then he is spiritually ill with a filthy inner self, and is likely to commit Kufr [unbelief].
It is stated in the summary, مَن اَبۡغضَ عَالِماً مِّنۡ غَیۡرِ سَبَبٍ ظَاھِرٍ خِیۡفَ عَلَیۡہِ الۡکُفۡرُ (that is, the one who bears malice towards a religious scholar (of Islam) for no obvious reason, is in danger of [committing] Kufr). (Fatawa Razaviyyaĥ, vol. 10, pp. 140)
Presented below are some examples of blasphemous statements and actions in which disrespect for Sharī’aĥ and religious
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