Is it permissible to keep the company of the people of innovation on the pretext of advising them?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: One who keeps the company of the people of innovation, going with them and coming back, on the pretext that he is advising them. Is this action of his prescribed?
Answer:
If his intention is truly to advise them, that is good; perhaps Allah will guide them, or guide whom He wills from among them. But if he walks with them, eats and drinks with them, and says, "I advised them at first, and that is sufficient," then this is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: One who keeps the company of the people of innovation, going with them and coming back, on the pretext that he is advising them. Is this action of his prescribed?
Answer:
If his intention is truly to advise them, that is good; perhaps Allah will guide them, or guide whom He wills from among them. But if he walks with them, eats and drinks with them, and says, "I advised them at first, and that is sufficient," then this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 34- هل تجوز مصاحبة أهل البدع بحجة نصحهم؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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