Silence regarding the people of innovation and praising them: Is it a form of deception?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh, and may He bless you and your knowledge. Before posing the questions, we seek your permission, Your Excellency, to announce that Your Excellency the Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hasan (may Allah preserve him) is excused from his lesson tonight. A questioner says: Is remaining silent about the people of innovation, or praising them, eulogizing them, and encouraging people to associate with them, considered deception of the Muslims? And does it fall under the warning mentioned in the hadith?
Answer:
Yes. Praising the people of innovation, eulogizing them, and encouraging people to sit with them is a form of deception of the Muslims, because the obligatory thing is the opposite: one must warn people. It is obligatory to warn people against the innovators, against sitting with them, and against associating with them; that is what advice is. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh, and may He bless you and your knowledge. Before posing the questions, we seek your permission, Your Excellency, to announce that Your Excellency the Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hasan (may Allah preserve him) is excused from his lesson tonight. A questioner says: Is remaining silent about the people of innovation, or praising them, eulogizing them, and encouraging people to associate with them, considered deception of the Muslims? And does it fall under the warning mentioned in the hadith?
Answer:
Yes. Praising the people of innovation, eulogizing them, and encouraging people to sit with them is a form of deception of the Muslims, because the obligatory thing is the opposite: one must warn people. It is obligatory to warn people against the innovators, against sitting with them, and against associating with them; that is what advice is. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب تكثير السواد في الفتن — islamhouse.com (1:16:13)
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