What is the matter with a group of people, and the explicit naming of the people of innovation
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "What is the matter with a group of people," apply to the people of innovation?
The Shaykh:
Yes, because explicitly naming them leads to evil and may increase their evil. But when you denounce the bid'ah (religious innovations), clarify that they are misguidance, and present the evidence for that, the intended purpose is achieved. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If people are deceived by a person, have a good opinion of him, and follow him in his methodology, then you explicitly name him, saying, "Look, so-and-so has such and such; look, he is an innovator," in order to warn people against him.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "What is the matter with a group of people," apply to the people of innovation?
The Shaykh:
Yes, because explicitly naming them leads to evil and may increase their evil. But when you denounce the bid'ah (religious innovations), clarify that they are misguidance, and present the evidence for that, the intended purpose is achieved. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If people are deceived by a person, have a good opinion of him, and follow him in his methodology, then you explicitly name him, saying, "Look, so-and-so has such and such; look, he is an innovator," in order to warn people against him.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 055-الصلحت - 24-8-23 هـ — archive.org (1:26:51)
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