The Ruling on Greeting the People of Innovation and Sitting with Them
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Question:
What is the ruling on greeting the people of innovation (bid'ah) and those who sit with them and walk with them?
Answer:
It is obligatory to boycott the people of innovation after advising them. If they do not repent, it is not permissible to sit with them so that they do not influence him. It is obligatory to boycott them. Yes. But we must know what innovations are, because some people do not know what an innovation is. Whoever disagrees with him or does not follow his opinion, he calls an innovator. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) defined the innovation. He said:Sahih Muslim 1718a, and he said: Sunan Abi Dawud 4607Sahih (Al-Albani). So whatever is contrary to the Sunnah is an innovation. Yes.
What is the ruling on greeting the people of innovation (bid'ah) and those who sit with them and walk with them?
Answer:
It is obligatory to boycott the people of innovation after advising them. If they do not repent, it is not permissible to sit with them so that they do not influence him. It is obligatory to boycott them. Yes. But we must know what innovations are, because some people do not know what an innovation is. Whoever disagrees with him or does not follow his opinion, he calls an innovator. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) defined the innovation. He said:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردAvoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error.
وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة
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