Does the hadith, “Whoever introduces an innovation or shelters one who does, the curse of Allah is upon him,” include the innovator?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
It was reported in a hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 4530Sahih (Al-Albani) the hadith. He asks: Does that mean that every innovator is cursed?
Answer:
Yes, he has a share of the curse corresponding to the amount of innovation he has, yes.
It was reported in a hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
If anyone introduces an innovation or gives shelter to a man who introduces an innovation (in religion), he is cursed by Allah
من أحدث حدثا أو آوى محدثا فعليه لعنة اللهAnswer:
Yes, he has a share of the curse corresponding to the amount of innovation he has, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل حديث «من أحدث حدثا، أو آوى محدثا، فعليه لعنة الله » يشمل المبتدع؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.