What is the response to those who belittle the importance of refuting the people of innovation?
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Question:
He asks: What is the response to those who belittle the importance of refuting the people of innovation, and who say that doing so is a waste of knowledge and that this was not the practice of the Salaf?
Answer:
The one who says this is ignorant. The one who disagrees with the innovator must refute him and clarify his deviation so that he may return to the truth and so that others are not misled by his error. This is part of giving sincere advice. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 55a So it is part of sincere advice to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah that we refute those who err in them, who interpret them in a way that is not correct, and who explain them with other than the truth. We must refute them and clarify their error.
Therefore, anyone who errs in any matter of religion or worship must be corrected. Otherwise, if people were left alone, the religion would be lost. The religion would be lost. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, refuted the polytheists in the Qur'an, refuted the Jews, and refuted the Christians. Refutations exist in the Qur'an; He refuted them and did not leave them alone.
The statement that the one who disagrees with the innovator should not be refuted is the statement of an ignorant person who does not know. Yes, but the one who takes on the task of refutation is the one who has knowledge. My brothers, the ones who take on these matters are the scholars, not the ignorant or the beginners in the pursuit of knowledge. These people err more than they are correct, and perhaps their errors are greater than the errors of the one being refuted. Perhaps they refute out of ignorance. So, only the people of knowledge, the people of insight, and the people of understanding should take on refutations. Yes. Ah.
He asks: What is the response to those who belittle the importance of refuting the people of innovation, and who say that doing so is a waste of knowledge and that this was not the practice of the Salaf?
Answer:
The one who says this is ignorant. The one who disagrees with the innovator must refute him and clarify his deviation so that he may return to the truth and so that others are not misled by his error. This is part of giving sincere advice. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"The Religion is sincerity." We said, "To whom?" He said "To Allah, to His Book, To His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their masses."
الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ قُلْنَا لِمَنْ قَالَ لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ.Therefore, anyone who errs in any matter of religion or worship must be corrected. Otherwise, if people were left alone, the religion would be lost. The religion would be lost. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, refuted the polytheists in the Qur'an, refuted the Jews, and refuted the Christians. Refutations exist in the Qur'an; He refuted them and did not leave them alone.
The statement that the one who disagrees with the innovator should not be refuted is the statement of an ignorant person who does not know. Yes, but the one who takes on the task of refutation is the one who has knowledge. My brothers, the ones who take on these matters are the scholars, not the ignorant or the beginners in the pursuit of knowledge. These people err more than they are correct, and perhaps their errors are greater than the errors of the one being refuted. Perhaps they refute out of ignorance. So, only the people of knowledge, the people of insight, and the people of understanding should take on refutations. Yes. Ah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الرد على من يهون من شأن الردود على أهل البدع؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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