How to Avoid Innovators and Those with Destructive Ideas
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Question:
This questioner asks: How does a Muslim, and especially a young man, avoid innovators and those with destructive ideas, and what is his position regarding them?
Answer:
He avoids them by staying away from them. He does not mix with them or sit with them, except for the purpose of advising them, if he has knowledge and knows their deviations. He associates with them in order to advise them and teach them if they are ignorant. As for sitting with them for companionship while not forbidding what they are doing, that is not permissible for him. Yes.
This questioner asks: How does a Muslim, and especially a young man, avoid innovators and those with destructive ideas, and what is his position regarding them?
Answer:
He avoids them by staying away from them. He does not mix with them or sit with them, except for the purpose of advising them, if he has knowledge and knows their deviations. He associates with them in order to advise them and teach them if they are ignorant. As for sitting with them for companionship while not forbidding what they are doing, that is not permissible for him. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/266 — archive.org (13:33)
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