What is the ruling on one who is strict in religion?

Question:
He says: There are people who are characterized by unbuttoning their garments, praying while wearing shoes, and not praying over the dead. They say that the religion is complete, that the verses of mercy have been abrogated, and that the Verse of the Sword has been revealed, and that strictness is required.

Answer:
This is ignorance; this is the speech of ignorance, and may Allah protect us from it. This is not Islam. Islam is a religion of mercy and a religion of good. Mercy exists, and strictness is in its place, and mercy is in its place. Not everyone is to be treated with strictness, and not everyone is to be treated with mercy. So, whoever wants good and wants the truth, he is to be treated gently and carried with mercy. As for the one who is rebellious and does not want good and does not want guidance, then his evil is upon him. And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says to His Prophet: . Yes.