Combining the verse "No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another" with "and the burden of those who followed him"
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Question:
How do you reconcile, Shaykh, the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He,[Al-Isra 17:15] with the hadith Mishkat al-Masabih 210 "and the burden of those who followed him"?
Answer:
Yes, because he is the cause of it, so the sin is upon him. He is the cause of the bad custom, so its sin is upon him, even if he is dead. Yes.
How do you reconcile, Shaykh, the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He,
And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another.
وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰbut he who establishes a bad sunna in Islam will bear the responsibility of it and the responsibility of those who
الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم من سن في الإسلام سنة سيئة فعليه وزرها ووزر منAnswer:
Yes, because he is the cause of it, so the sin is upon him. He is the cause of the bad custom, so its sin is upon him, even if he is dead. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4531] الجمع بين قوله تعالى: ﴿ولا تزر وازرة...﴾ وحديث: «من سن في الإسلام...» - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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