Signs of Walking on the Straight Path
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Question:
He also says to me: I have a question regarding walking on the straight path. How does a servant, or a believing woman, know that they are walking on the straight path? The noble verse says:[Fatir 35:8]
Answer:
One walks on the straight path if he holds fast to the Book and the Sunnah, acts in accordance with them, and abandons religious innovations (bid'ah). This is the one who is on the straight path. As for the one who deviates from the straight path, he is the one who acts according to religious innovations and newly invented matters for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Yes.
He also says to me: I have a question regarding walking on the straight path. How does a servant, or a believing woman, know that they are walking on the straight path? The noble verse says:
Then is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good
أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ فَرَآهُ حَسَنًاAnswer:
One walks on the straight path if he holds fast to the Book and the Sunnah, acts in accordance with them, and abandons religious innovations (bid'ah). This is the one who is on the straight path. As for the one who deviates from the straight path, he is the one who acts according to religious innovations and newly invented matters for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/068 — archive.org (9:56)
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