The Criterion for Transmitting and Narrating from the People of Innovation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the criterion for transmitting from the people of innovation in books, where we see Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on them both) transmitting from some of the people of innovation, such as al-Ghazali and others?
Answer:
Al-Ghazali is not one of the people of innovation. Narrating from the people of innovation is not permissible, because they may lie about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for narrating from the Khawarij, they say that the Khawarij may be narrated from, because they forbid lying and declare the liar to be a disbeliever.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the criterion for transmitting from the people of innovation in books, where we see Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on them both) transmitting from some of the people of innovation, such as al-Ghazali and others?
Answer:
Al-Ghazali is not one of the people of innovation. Narrating from the people of innovation is not permissible, because they may lie about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for narrating from the Khawarij, they say that the Khawarij may be narrated from, because they forbid lying and declare the liar to be a disbeliever.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الفصل الأول في النية في الطهارة والصلاة — islamhouse.com (42:52)
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