Is dealing with innovators to be done with gentleness or with severity?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is dealing with innovators to be done with gentleness or with severity?
Answer:
The ignorant among them, the ignorant among them, are to be dealt with with gentleness, because they do not know; they think it is beautiful and good. Deal with them with gentleness and education. As for the stubborn ones and those who know that this is a bid'ah (religious innovation), these are to be dealt with with what befits them of prohibition and punishment, by those in authority and those with the power, until they refrain from their innovations and spreading them among the people.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is dealing with innovators to be done with gentleness or with severity?
Answer:
The ignorant among them, the ignorant among them, are to be dealt with with gentleness, because they do not know; they think it is beautiful and good. Deal with them with gentleness and education. As for the stubborn ones and those who know that this is a bid'ah (religious innovation), these are to be dealt with with what befits them of prohibition and punishment, by those in authority and those with the power, until they refrain from their innovations and spreading them among the people.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2846- 4717] هل التعامل مع المبتدعة يكون بالرفق أم بالشدة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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