The ruling on describing the Sunnahs of fitrah as mere formalities
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Question:
Is it correct to say that calling people to trim their garments and let their beards grow, which are established matters of forbidding evil, is merely an interest in taxes, spices, and furniture?
Answer:
This is also a terrible statement. It disparages the Sunnah. Their claim that letting the beard grow, trimming the mustache, clipping the nails, and shortening the hair are mere formalities leads to apostasy, because it disparages the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and calls it mere formalities. Whoever calls the Sunnah mere formalities is a disbeliever. We ask Allah for safety. It is obligatory for these people to repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. It is a terrible statement, and I seek refuge in Allah. The Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is mere formalities? He says this. A Muslim does not say this. Yes.
Is it correct to say that calling people to trim their garments and let their beards grow, which are established matters of forbidding evil, is merely an interest in taxes, spices, and furniture?
Answer:
This is also a terrible statement. It disparages the Sunnah. Their claim that letting the beard grow, trimming the mustache, clipping the nails, and shortening the hair are mere formalities leads to apostasy, because it disparages the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and calls it mere formalities. Whoever calls the Sunnah mere formalities is a disbeliever. We ask Allah for safety. It is obligatory for these people to repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. It is a terrible statement, and I seek refuge in Allah. The Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is mere formalities? He says this. A Muslim does not say this. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الصيام - 2 — islamhouse.com (47:47)
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