What is the criterion for backbiting an innovator for the purpose of warning against him?
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The questioner:
What is the criterion for backbiting an innovator for the purpose of warning against him? And for how long?
The Shaykh:
To the extent of the need. The criterion is the extent of the need, and do not exceed the extent of the need in this. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, to what extent do we deal with him by advising him and not falling into backbiting about him, and then we explain his error afterwards?
The Shaykh:
If he does not accept, warn the people against him. If he does not accept the advice and his danger to the people is that he spreads evil among them, then you warn against him. But if his evil is confined to himself and does not extend to the people, then leave him to himself and Allah will hold him accountable. Yes.
What is the criterion for backbiting an innovator for the purpose of warning against him? And for how long?
The Shaykh:
To the extent of the need. The criterion is the extent of the need, and do not exceed the extent of the need in this. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, to what extent do we deal with him by advising him and not falling into backbiting about him, and then we explain his error afterwards?
The Shaykh:
If he does not accept, warn the people against him. If he does not accept the advice and his danger to the people is that he spreads evil among them, then you warn against him. But if his evil is confined to himself and does not extend to the people, then leave him to himself and Allah will hold him accountable. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الضابط في غيبة المبتدع لأجل التحذير منه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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