Do the people of innovation fall under the hadith: “You do not know what they will innovate after you”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “You do not know what they will innovate after you,” you mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that these are the ones who apostatized from Islam. Do the people of innovation also fall under this, specifically those who commit innovations that amount to disbelief?
Answer:
Yes, these people fall under the innovations that amount to disbelief. As for innovations that are less than that, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “You do not know what they will innovate after you,” you mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that these are the ones who apostatized from Islam. Do the people of innovation also fall under this, specifically those who commit innovations that amount to disbelief?
Answer:
Yes, these people fall under the innovations that amount to disbelief. As for innovations that are less than that, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1332- هل يدخل أصحاب البدع في حديث: (إنك لا تدري ما أحدثوا بعدك)؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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