Some of my brothers among the students of knowledge have cut ties with me because I did not declare a certain person an innovator or boycott him, so what do you advise us to do?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some of my brothers among the students of knowledge have cut ties with me because I did not take a position against a certain person by declaring him an innovator and boycotting him.

Answer:
He says: You do not boycott so-and-so, so we will boycott you; you do not declare so-and-so a disbeliever, so we will declare you a disbeliever. This is forbidden and not permissible; it is aggression and spreading evil among people, instead of them reconciling between them. They do not boycott the one who strives for reconciliation, nor do they enter into disputes; they prefer safety. They declare him an innovator, an open sinner, or a disbeliever. This is a trial from the devils of mankind and jinn. Yes. Among the general Muslims, how much more so among the students of knowledge who claim to be students of knowledge or shaykhs, who enter into this bad path and incite conflict among Muslims and among the brothers? Yes.