Is it considered extremism to be severe in argumentation and advice to one who errs, based on reliable fatwas? And is it considered hypocrisy to feel happy when religious posts are admired, even though the original intention was to seek reward from Allah? And is conveying fatwas while omitting some proofs or sayings of scholars, without changing the meaning, or responding to questioners with a fatwa from your website, considered audacity in issuing fatwas?
The common person emulates whomever among the people of knowledge he trusts. He is not permitted to criticize others in matters of dispute, unless he is certain that there is no valid scope for disagreement in the matter. It is not permissible to be fanatical about a particular opinion in matters of (independent reasoning). It is permissible to transmit fatwas, provided one ensures their content is not altered, and this is not an audacious act against issuing fatwas. As for hypocrisy, a Muslim must continue to perform good deeds, spread goodness, attain sincerity, resist ostentation, and not abandon good deeds due to the whispers of Satan. It seems the questioner is afflicted with whispers, and he must ignore and turn away from them.
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