Are the common people excused for following the innovators?
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Question:
This questioner says: The common people who follow the Sufi preachers and learn from them the innovated supplications. He says: The common people who follow the Sufi preachers and learn from them the innovated supplications, so they act upon them as a means of drawing near to Allah. Are they excused for doing so?
Answer:
No, they are not excused. There are scholars of the Sunnah, there are scholars of the Sunnah. They should follow the scholars of the Sunnah, and not follow the Sufis and the misguiders. Yes.
This questioner says: The common people who follow the Sufi preachers and learn from them the innovated supplications. He says: The common people who follow the Sufi preachers and learn from them the innovated supplications, so they act upon them as a means of drawing near to Allah. Are they excused for doing so?
Answer:
No, they are not excused. There are scholars of the Sunnah, there are scholars of the Sunnah. They should follow the scholars of the Sunnah, and not follow the Sufis and the misguiders. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يُعذَر العوام الذين يتبعون المبتدعة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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