What is the ruling on loving an innovator, smiling at him, and greeting him with the salam?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner asks: What is the ruling on loving an innovator, smiling at him, and greeting him with the salam?
Answer:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) varies; there is bid'ah of disbelief and bid'ah less than that. If he is still a Muslim and has not reached the level of bid'ah of disbelief, then if there is a benefit in smiling at him for the sake of calling him to the truth and winning his heart, there is nothing wrong with it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner asks: What is the ruling on loving an innovator, smiling at him, and greeting him with the salam?
Answer:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) varies; there is bid'ah of disbelief and bid'ah less than that. If he is still a Muslim and has not reached the level of bid'ah of disbelief, then if there is a benefit in smiling at him for the sake of calling him to the truth and winning his heart, there is nothing wrong with it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1124- ما حكم محبة المبتدع والتبسم في وجهه وإلقاء السلام عليه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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