What is your advice for the youth who boycott and declare others to be innovators?
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Question:
He says: In the image, there is boycotting and declaring others to be innovators among the youth.
Answer:
This is ignorance. Boycotting and declaring someone an innovator without evidence and without knowledge—where you boycott and declare an innovator anyone who disagrees with you—is not permissible. If it is established that he is upon a bid'ah (religious innovation) and you advised him but he did not accept, then you boycott him. However, if you merely suspect that he is upon a bid'ah, or that his disagreement with you is a bid'ah, this is not permissible. There is no basis for it. First, if it is established that he is an innovator and you advised him but he did not accept, then you boycott him. But mere accusation, or ruling that he is an innovator when you yourself might be the innovator and he is not, is not permissible.
He says: In the image, there is boycotting and declaring others to be innovators among the youth.
Answer:
This is ignorance. Boycotting and declaring someone an innovator without evidence and without knowledge—where you boycott and declare an innovator anyone who disagrees with you—is not permissible. If it is established that he is upon a bid'ah (religious innovation) and you advised him but he did not accept, then you boycott him. However, if you merely suspect that he is upon a bid'ah, or that his disagreement with you is a bid'ah, this is not permissible. There is no basis for it. First, if it is established that he is an innovator and you advised him but he did not accept, then you boycott him. But mere accusation, or ruling that he is an innovator when you yourself might be the innovator and he is not, is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما نصيحتكم للشباب الذي يهجرون ويبدِّعون غيرهم؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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