Boycotting the Innovator and His Allies
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! If someone falls into an error in methodology, or falls into a religious innovation (bid'ah), do we disavow him and not ally with him? Because some of the brothers say that whoever does not disavow him is like him, and they rely on the words of Imam Ahmad regarding al-Karabisi. What is your view, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
Yes, the innovator is to be forbidden from his innovation. If he persists in it, he is to be boycotted and not sat with, so that he does not influence his companions, and in order to bring him back and bring back those like him. First, he is to be given sincere advice. If he complies, praise be to Allah. If he does not comply and persists in his innovation, he is to be boycotted. Yes, this is if what he is upon is an innovation, because some people consider everything an innovation; whatever they do not know, they consider an innovation, even if it is not so. An innovation is the introduction of something in the religion that is not part of it; that is the innovation. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and companions.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! If someone falls into an error in methodology, or falls into a religious innovation (bid'ah), do we disavow him and not ally with him? Because some of the brothers say that whoever does not disavow him is like him, and they rely on the words of Imam Ahmad regarding al-Karabisi. What is your view, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
Yes, the innovator is to be forbidden from his innovation. If he persists in it, he is to be boycotted and not sat with, so that he does not influence his companions, and in order to bring him back and bring back those like him. First, he is to be given sincere advice. If he complies, praise be to Allah. If he does not comply and persists in his innovation, he is to be boycotted. Yes, this is if what he is upon is an innovation, because some people consider everything an innovation; whatever they do not know, they consider an innovation, even if it is not so. An innovation is the introduction of something in the religion that is not part of it; that is the innovation. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and companions.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله — islamhouse.com (1:16:15)
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