How to Boycott an Innovator and the Difference Between One Who Falls into Innovation and One Who Calls to It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, how is the boycott of an innovator carried out? Is there a difference between the one who has fallen into a religious innovation (bid'ah) and the one who calls to that innovation?
Answer:
The one who calls to the innovation is more severe, and staying away from him is more desirable. Likewise, the innovator who does not call to the innovation but remains upon it and persists in it is also boycotted until he abandons it, and one stays away from him. However, the one who calls to it is more severe.
Honorable Shaykh, how is the boycott of an innovator carried out? Is there a difference between the one who has fallen into a religious innovation (bid'ah) and the one who calls to that innovation?
Answer:
The one who calls to the innovation is more severe, and staying away from him is more desirable. Likewise, the innovator who does not call to the innovation but remains upon it and persists in it is also boycotted until he abandons it, and one stays away from him. However, the one who calls to it is more severe.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب البر والصلة — islamhouse.com (1:09:11)
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