Is it from the methodology of the Salaf to counterbalance between [mention of the] good and evil (of a person) while one is advising [people] or not?

This is not from the methodology of the Salaf, and no one has said this except in this time of ours. The Ikhwānīs and the followers of the Ikhwānīs spoke with it. They said: ‘It is necessary to counterbalance between the good and evil [of a person].”

This is falsehood, it has no basis in truth, no basis in the Book, and no basis from the Sunnah. Not one among the Companions of Allāh’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) acted upon it and nor among the Righteous Salaf.

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), as is well known, when he was consulted by Fāṭimah bint Qays, he spoke about Muʿāwiyah and Abū Jahm and said: “As for Muʿāwiyah, then he is destitute, without wealth and as for Abū Jahm, he beats [his] women.” Yet he did not mention anything of their good deeds.

When we wish to gather and inspect these evidences, we find that they are present in a book compiled by the esteemed Salafī Shaykh, Rabīʿ bin Hādī al-Madkhalī (حفظه الله) [in] refutation of those who speak with this methodology.