The Ruling on Praying for the People of Innovation
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Question:
This questioner asks, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to pray for the people of innovation (bid'ah) who died upon their innovations?
Answer:
If their innovations do not reach the level of disbelief (kufr), they are Muslims, and one should pray for them and seek forgiveness for them. But if they reach the level of disbelief, then no. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner asks, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to pray for the people of innovation (bid'ah) who died upon their innovations?
Answer:
If their innovations do not reach the level of disbelief (kufr), they are Muslims, and one should pray for them and seek forgiveness for them. But if they reach the level of disbelief, then no. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح فضل الإسلام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب ما جاء أن البدعة أشد من الكبائر — islamhouse.com (1:19:20)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.