Who Has the Right to Warn Against the People of Innovation and Point Out Their Error
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Who has the right to warn against the people of innovation (bid'ah) and point out their error?
Answer:
The established scholars are the ones who warn against the people of innovation and know about innovations. Or, does every one who says an innovation make it an innovation? No, an innovation has specific criteria, and only the people of knowledge know them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Who has the right to warn against the people of innovation (bid'ah) and point out their error?
Answer:
The established scholars are the ones who warn against the people of innovation and know about innovations. Or, does every one who says an innovation make it an innovation? No, an innovation has specific criteria, and only the people of knowledge know them. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من الوجه السابع : أن اعتماد العبد على المخلوق وتوكله عليه يوجب له الضرر من جهته هو ولا بد — islamhouse.com (1:12:47)
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