Kindness to a Parent’s Friend from the Common People of Innovation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My father, may Allah have mercy on him, had a friend who used to visit him and treat him well. However, this friend is one of the common people of innovation (bid'ah). Should I maintain ties with him, treat him well, and invite him to my home?
Answer:
If his innovation is apparent and, I mean, major, then no. If his innovation is minor, or if he has repented from it, and he has done a favor to your father, you should reward him and reciprocate his kindness for that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My father, may Allah have mercy on him, had a friend who used to visit him and treat him well. However, this friend is one of the common people of innovation (bid'ah). Should I maintain ties with him, treat him well, and invite him to my home?
Answer:
If his innovation is apparent and, I mean, major, then no. If his innovation is minor, or if he has repented from it, and he has done a favor to your father, you should reward him and reciprocate his kindness for that. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 14-03-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (58:58)
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