Describing the people of innovation as those whose hearts Allah did not intend to purify
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to say that the people of innovation are among[Al-Ma'idah 5:41]?
Answer:
Purity is of two types: complete purity and partial purity. The people of innovation have purity according to the faith they possess, and they have impurity according to the innovation they possess, unless their innovation is one that entails disbelief. If their innovation reaches the level of disbelief, they have no purity until they repent.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to say that the people of innovation are among
the ones for whom Allah does not intend to purify their hearts
الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْAnswer:
Purity is of two types: complete purity and partial purity. The people of innovation have purity according to the faith they possess, and they have impurity according to the innovation they possess, unless their innovation is one that entails disbelief. If their innovation reaches the level of disbelief, they have no purity until they repent.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب التاسع في طهارة القلب من أدرانه وأنجاسه — islamhouse.com (55:34)
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