Is there a text permitting the cursing of the innovator?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a text permitting the cursing of the innovator?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a text permitting the cursing of the innovator?
The Shaykh:
Cursing the disbeliever, the open sinner, and the oppressor is done in a general sense. As for cursing a specific individual, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement. I do not know that there is a curse from Allah upon innovators; I do not know of this. Rather, the curse of Allah is upon the disbelievers, and the curse of Allah is upon the oppressors, so we make the curse of Allah upon the liars. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a text permitting the cursing of the innovator?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a text permitting the cursing of the innovator?
The Shaykh:
Cursing the disbeliever, the open sinner, and the oppressor is done in a general sense. As for cursing a specific individual, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement. I do not know that there is a curse from Allah upon innovators; I do not know of this. Rather, the curse of Allah is upon the disbelievers, and the curse of Allah is upon the oppressors, so we make the curse of Allah upon the liars. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1322 /1350] هل ورد إباحة لعن المبتدع؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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