The Meaning of the Hadith: “The Exaggerators Are Perished”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
Answer:
They are the extremists. He invoked destruction upon them in disapproval of them. The extremist, the one who goes to extremes, has strayed from the path of the Sunnah into extremism and considers that the Sunnah is not sufficient for him, which is a great sin. Therefore, he is perished.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Exaggerators Are Perished
هلك المتنطعون؟Answer:
They are the extremists. He invoked destruction upon them in disapproval of them. The extremist, the one who goes to extremes, has strayed from the path of the Sunnah into extremism and considers that the Sunnah is not sufficient for him, which is a great sin. Therefore, he is perished.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الفصل الأول في النية في الطهارة والصلاة — islamhouse.com (1:07:11)
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