Warning Against a Preacher Who Has Doctrinal Deviations
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner from outside this country says: If there is a preacher in my country who has doctrinal deviations, is it permissible for me to warn people against him after these deviations have been established against him, or should I wait until the senior scholars in my country speak out?
Answer:
If you are certain that he has deviations, you should first point them out to him, so that perhaps he will retract them. If he persists in them and does not retract, then inform the people that he has such and such deviations. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner from outside this country says: If there is a preacher in my country who has doctrinal deviations, is it permissible for me to warn people against him after these deviations have been established against him, or should I wait until the senior scholars in my country speak out?
Answer:
If you are certain that he has deviations, you should first point them out to him, so that perhaps he will retract them. If he persists in them and does not retract, then inform the people that he has such and such deviations. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفتنة نوعان : فتنة الشبهات وهي أعظم الفتنتين وفتنة الشهوات — islamhouse.com (1:01:13)
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