The accountability of one who attends the bid'ah (religious innovations) of Mawlid while ignorant
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a person attends the bid'ah (religious innovations) of Mawlid and is ignorant of their innovated nature, and considers them good and a sunnah (recommended practice) because he loves the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), does he sin even though he is ignorant of the ruling?
Answer:
The argument is established against him because he did not ask about its ruling, and the scholars and people of knowledge have explained it, and he hears the sermons, and hears the hadiths on the radio, and reads books, and the warnings against these Mawlid gatherings. If he does not read or listen, it is obligatory for him to ask about these matters, or he is negligent in any case, and he is not excused.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, if a person attends the bid'ah (religious innovations) of Mawlid and is ignorant of their innovated nature, and considers them good and a sunnah (recommended practice) because he loves the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), does he sin even though he is ignorant of the ruling?
Answer:
The argument is established against him because he did not ask about its ruling, and the scholars and people of knowledge have explained it, and he hears the sermons, and hears the hadiths on the radio, and reads books, and the warnings against these Mawlid gatherings. If he does not read or listen, it is obligatory for him to ask about these matters, or he is negligent in any case, and he is not excused.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [42] — alfawzan.live (56:24)
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