The Distinction Between the Innovator and the One Who Makes a Mistake from the People of the Sunnah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the criterion for distinguishing between the innovator (mubtadi') about whom the Salaf spoke in condemnation and boycotted, and the person of the Sunnah who committed a mistake? This is because some people, whenever they see someone making a mistake in a matter of religion, apply the texts of the Salaf regarding innovators to him, so they boycott him and condemn him.
Answer:
This is not correct. This is a confusion. The one who makes a mistake is not the innovator. The one who makes a mistake[Al-Baqarah 2:286] is forgiven if he did not do it intentionally. As for the innovator, he commits a sin, and may Allah protect us, he commits a great sin. So there is a difference between the one who makes a mistake and the innovator. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the criterion for distinguishing between the innovator (mubtadi') about whom the Salaf spoke in condemnation and boycotted, and the person of the Sunnah who committed a mistake? This is because some people, whenever they see someone making a mistake in a matter of religion, apply the texts of the Salaf regarding innovators to him, so they boycott him and condemn him.
Answer:
This is not correct. This is a confusion. The one who makes a mistake is not the innovator. The one who makes a mistake
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا
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شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ذكر تشهد ابن مسعود وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:03:01)
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