NEW: Respect for the Scholars: Mu'āwiyah stood up and said, "Where are your scholars? Where are your scholars?" And Ibn 'Asākir: "The flesh of the scholars is poison.."

In a time when the status, rank and honour of the scholars of Sunnah and Salafiyyah is being maligned and attacked by callers to bid’ah and misguidance (and more-so in recent months by some misguided souls in the USA), it is appropriate that we make mention of some important narrations and scholarly sayings regarding this crucial subject. One should be in no doubt that those who revile, speak ill…