What is the ruling on performing religious innovations (bid'ah) by following people?
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Question:
Some religious innovations (bid'ah) are done for the sake of people. He says, and they claim that they are following people and that they are ignorant. He says: Do they fall into the anger of Allah? What? He says: Some religious innovations (bid'ah) are done for the sake of people. And they follow people, claiming that they are ignorant. Do they fall into
Answer:
They are ignorant. Who are the ignorant ones? In any case, religious innovations (bid'ah) are never permissible and are not approved; rather, it is obligatory to refute and repel them. It is never permissible to remain silent about them.
Some religious innovations (bid'ah) are done for the sake of people. He says, and they claim that they are following people and that they are ignorant. He says: Do they fall into the anger of Allah? What? He says: Some religious innovations (bid'ah) are done for the sake of people. And they follow people, claiming that they are ignorant. Do they fall into
Answer:
They are ignorant. Who are the ignorant ones? In any case, religious innovations (bid'ah) are never permissible and are not approved; rather, it is obligatory to refute and repel them. It is never permissible to remain silent about them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم فعل البدع اتباعًا للناس؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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