Warning Against Those Who Deviate and Mentioning Their Good Qualities
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Question:
All right, Shaykh, do you warn against them without mentioning their good qualities, for example? Or do you mention their good qualities, for example?
Answer:
Mentioning their good qualities means you are making a supplication for them. No, do not mention them. Mention only the error they are upon. It is not your duty to study their situation. Your duty is to clarify the error they have so that they may repent from it and so that others may be warned against it. But if you mention their good qualities, people will say, "May Allah reward you with good." That is what we want.
All right, Shaykh, do you warn against them without mentioning their good qualities, for example? Or do you mention their good qualities, for example?
Answer:
Mentioning their good qualities means you are making a supplication for them. No, do not mention them. Mention only the error they are upon. It is not your duty to study their situation. Your duty is to clarify the error they have so that they may repent from it and so that others may be warned against it. But if you mention their good qualities, people will say, "May Allah reward you with good." That is what we want.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - أسئلة وأجوبة - الفوزان - ٢ — archive.org (49:29)
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