Did some of the Salaf say: The first step on the path of heresy is to say that al-Khidr is a wali and not a prophet?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some of the Salaf said that the first step on the path of heresy is to say that al-Khidr is a wali and not a prophet. What is the basis for this statement?
Answer:
This is a false statement. Many scholars have said that he is a wali and not a prophet, meaning that this is heresy. That is, those who said that he is a wali are heretics. This is a reckless statement. Yes, those who said he is a wali are more numerous than those who said he is a prophet. So all of them are heretics. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some of the Salaf said that the first step on the path of heresy is to say that al-Khidr is a wali and not a prophet. What is the basis for this statement?
Answer:
This is a false statement. Many scholars have said that he is a wali and not a prophet, meaning that this is heresy. That is, those who said that he is a wali are heretics. This is a reckless statement. Yes, those who said he is a wali are more numerous than those who said he is a prophet. So all of them are heretics. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [477 -858] هل قال بعض السلف: أول طريق الزندقة القول بأن الخضر ولي وليس بنبي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.