The Ruling on Following the Funeral of an Innovator
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it permissible to follow the funeral of an innovator, whether the innovation is one that entails disbelief or one that entails open sinfulness?
Answer:
If it entails disbelief, no. But if it does not entail disbelief and he is a Muslim, there is nothing wrong with it; follow the funeral procession because he is a Muslim. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it permissible to follow the funeral of an innovator, whether the innovation is one that entails disbelief or one that entails open sinfulness?
Answer:
If it entails disbelief, no. But if it does not entail disbelief and he is a Muslim, there is nothing wrong with it; follow the funeral procession because he is a Muslim. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 30-10-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (53:13)
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