The Callers to Sin Are Among the Soldiers of Iblis

The questioner:
Yes. Is the singer considered one of the soldiers of Iblis? Is his testimony accepted? And is a Muslim held accountable if he says to a sinner or an open sinner, “You are one of the soldiers of Iblis,” or “You are a devil”?

The Shaykh:
Everyone who calls to evil is from the party of evil. Sitting, and whoever calls to sins or religious innovations (bid'ah), whether through singing, through speech other than singing, through sermons, or otherwise, and whoever calls to religious innovation (bid'ah), associating partners with Allah (shirk), or sins, among singers, musicians, the people of innovation, and those who call to unlawful sexual intercourse (zina), gambling, and all sins, all of this is for Satan. The party of Satan is the call to evil, and the party of the Most Merciful is the call to truth and guidance. So whoever calls to truth by his action or his speech is from the party of Allah, and whoever calls to sins, religious innovations, and associating partners with Allah through singing, through other speech, through sermons, through writings, or otherwise, is from the soldiers of Satan.