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as-salaam 'alayk, my question: i read in some authentic hadeeths that show how al-Hajjaj was an oppressor and so on. i also read from the scholars of ahlulsunnah saying the same and bearing witness to his evil. my question is: shouldn't we say 'rahimah-ullah' after his name, because he was not a disbeliever, and shouldn't we refrain from saying anything bad about him, like calling him as oppressor? Allah conceals the faults of the ones who conceals the faults of others. please clarify.