Boycoting the People of Innovation: The Case of Tawus’s Rebuke of the Man
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. When Tawus rebuked the man for saying “good” (khayr) to him, and Tawus told him, “Do not accompany me,” does this indicate that it is obligatory to boycott those who commit errors who do not revere enjoining good and forbidding evil, and who mislead people into thinking they are among the righteous?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is evidence for boycotting the people of innovation and the people of evil, and for staying away from them.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. When Tawus rebuked the man for saying “good” (khayr) to him, and Tawus told him, “Do not accompany me,” does this indicate that it is obligatory to boycott those who commit errors who do not revere enjoining good and forbidding evil, and who mislead people into thinking they are among the righteous?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is evidence for boycotting the people of innovation and the people of evil, and for staying away from them.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في التطير — islamhouse.com (1:12:07)
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