Refraining from belittling or backbiting them
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Etiquette with the Scholars
Refraining from belittling or backbiting them
"And do not backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it."
Reference: Qur'an, Surah Al-Hujurat 49:12
Explanation
This general prohibition on backbiting applies with particular weight to scholars, whose reputations carry consequences for how their knowledge is received.