Identifying the sects of the innovators and their specific individuals to warn against them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it not the obligation of the scholars to identify the sects of the innovators by their specific names or by the prominent figures of these sects so that Muslims may be warned against them?
Answer:
Yes, they have identified them. They have identified the sects in the books on sects, such as *Al-Firaq* by al-Baghdadi, *Al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by al-Shahrastani, and *Al-Maqalat* by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari. All of these books detail the sects. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it not the obligation of the scholars to identify the sects of the innovators by their specific names or by the prominent figures of these sects so that Muslims may be warned against them?
Answer:
Yes, they have identified them. They have identified the sects in the books on sects, such as *Al-Firaq* by al-Baghdadi, *Al-Milal wa al-Nihal* by al-Shahrastani, and *Al-Maqalat* by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari. All of these books detail the sects. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (1:00:09)
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