Are the innovators better than the disbelievers?
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Question:
A questioner says: Are the innovators better than the disbelievers?
Answer:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) differs. If it reaches the level of kufr (disbelief), then they are disbelievers just like them. If it is less than kufr, then it is misguidance; it is misguidance. And the Muslim who has a sin or a transgression that does not take him out of the religion is better than the disbelievers, without doubt. Yes.
A questioner says: Are the innovators better than the disbelievers?
Answer:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) differs. If it reaches the level of kufr (disbelief), then they are disbelievers just like them. If it is less than kufr, then it is misguidance; it is misguidance. And the Muslim who has a sin or a transgression that does not take him out of the religion is better than the disbelievers, without doubt. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل المبتدعة خير من الكفار؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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