Dealing with the People of Innovation Among Muslims
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the people of innovation among the Muslims ask: Is it permissible for us to fight them directly and wage war against them, or is it necessary to argue with them using knowledge and religion and be patient in doing so?
Answer:
No, no one has said that innovators are to be fought, as long as they have not exited the religion, but they have innovations. They are not to be fought, but rather their errors are clarified to them, they are called to Allah, and they are asked to abandon the innovations. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the people of innovation among the Muslims ask: Is it permissible for us to fight them directly and wage war against them, or is it necessary to argue with them using knowledge and religion and be patient in doing so?
Answer:
No, no one has said that innovators are to be fought, as long as they have not exited the religion, but they have innovations. They are not to be fought, but rather their errors are clarified to them, they are called to Allah, and they are asked to abandon the innovations. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (58:46)
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