Taking from the People of Innovation and Sitting with Them
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The questioner:
Is it permissible for someone to take from the people of innovation, such as the Sufiyyah or the Jahmiyyah, or to embrace them, or to display some of their innovations, or to have no unity with them, or the like?
The Shaykh:
He spoke about the people of innovation, he spoke about them and about taking from them. This is not permissible; it is not permissible to take from the people of innovation. He spoke about them, and rather, it is obligatory to boycott them and stay away from them so that they do not influence the person. This is because of the danger in it; perhaps a person will approve of their sayings and approve of their schools of thought, and then be imprinted by them. There is no doubt that the student is influenced and imitates his shaykh, no matter what he says. I say: It is inevitable that the student is influenced by his shaykh and imitates him. This is a natural disposition in the soul that Allah has made. So staying away from the people of innovation is required, and boycotting them is required. Yes.
The questioner:
The study of Sharia.
The Shaykh:
This is speech about the Sharia. However, if they are studying religious matters, worldly matters, medicine, mathematics, engineering, or the like, this does not fall under the matters of the Sharia. But even so, sitting with them, their sitting with them, and mixing with them—so staying away from them, whatever the case, is better for the person, even in how one speaks.
Another questioner:
Even if they are not known for it and are media figures.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
Regarding the deceased, and the water of Ru'ah, and gathering in Hajj.
The Shaykh:
If the person knows that they are innovators. However, if he does not know that they are innovators, then he is excused. If he does not know, he has not known that they are innovators. Yes.
Is it permissible for someone to take from the people of innovation, such as the Sufiyyah or the Jahmiyyah, or to embrace them, or to display some of their innovations, or to have no unity with them, or the like?
The Shaykh:
He spoke about the people of innovation, he spoke about them and about taking from them. This is not permissible; it is not permissible to take from the people of innovation. He spoke about them, and rather, it is obligatory to boycott them and stay away from them so that they do not influence the person. This is because of the danger in it; perhaps a person will approve of their sayings and approve of their schools of thought, and then be imprinted by them. There is no doubt that the student is influenced and imitates his shaykh, no matter what he says. I say: It is inevitable that the student is influenced by his shaykh and imitates him. This is a natural disposition in the soul that Allah has made. So staying away from the people of innovation is required, and boycotting them is required. Yes.
The questioner:
The study of Sharia.
The Shaykh:
This is speech about the Sharia. However, if they are studying religious matters, worldly matters, medicine, mathematics, engineering, or the like, this does not fall under the matters of the Sharia. But even so, sitting with them, their sitting with them, and mixing with them—so staying away from them, whatever the case, is better for the person, even in how one speaks.
Another questioner:
Even if they are not known for it and are media figures.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
Regarding the deceased, and the water of Ru'ah, and gathering in Hajj.
The Shaykh:
If the person knows that they are innovators. However, if he does not know that they are innovators, then he is excused. If he does not know, he has not known that they are innovators. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب نواقض الوضوء - 4 — islamhouse.com (1:01:49)
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