We have heard from you repeatedly regarding the treatment of the people of innovation that cooperation with the people of innovation is no longer as it was in the past when the Muslims were in a position of strength

The questioner : All right, our Shaykh, we have heard from you repeatedly regarding the treatment of the people of innovation that cooperation with the people of innovation is no longer as it was in the past when we used to cooperate with them while the Muslims were in a position of strength; does this, in light of the principle of public benefit and harm, apply to all the people of innovation?

The Shaykh : There are no absolutes, my brother, may Allah reward you. The hardest thing is to deal in absolutes. Some jurists even say, "There is no general statement that has not been specified." When we speak in these terms, I think I am addressing the principle of prescribed boycott and non-prescribed boycott...