When is a person declared an innovator, and who has the right to declare someone an innovator?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: When is a person declared an innovator? And who has the right to declare someone an innovator?
Answer:
It is the scholar who distinguishes between bid'ah (religious innovation) and the Sunnah. Only the people of knowledge who know what is bid'ah and what is the Sunnah declare someone an innovator. As for the beginner student, he does not declare someone an innovator because he does not know what is bid'ah and what is the Sunnah, and he may accuse a Muslim of being an innovator when he is not. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: When is a person declared an innovator? And who has the right to declare someone an innovator?
Answer:
It is the scholar who distinguishes between bid'ah (religious innovation) and the Sunnah. Only the people of knowledge who know what is bid'ah and what is the Sunnah declare someone an innovator. As for the beginner student, he does not declare someone an innovator because he does not know what is bid'ah and what is the Sunnah, and he may accuse a Muslim of being an innovator when he is not. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [387 -560] متى يبدع الشخص، ومن الذي له حق التبديع؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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