Which is greater: religious innovations or major sins?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are major sins greater than minor religious innovations?

Answer:
Major sins? No, the religious innovation is more severe, more severe than major sins, because it is speaking about Allah and His Messenger without knowledge. Yes. Then, when they are mentioned, the scholars stated that for the one who commits a major sin, his repentance and return are hoped for, and that he did it out of desire or the overpowering of his desires, and then he returns and repents. But the innovator does not repent because he sees that he is on the truth. The sinner sees that he is a sinner and that he is in error, but the innovator sees that he is on the truth, so he does not accept [correction] and does not return, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.