Speaking about the people of innovation: Is it considered backbiting?
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Speaking about the people of innovation,For example, it might be said: who interpret the verses and hadiths,And they say: doing such and such, is this considered backbiting if it is among the students?
Speaking about the people of innovation and those who have unsound ideas or a deviant methodology, this is part of giving advice and not backbiting. Rather, it is advice for the sake of Allah, His Book, His Messenger, and the Muslims. If we see someone who is an innovator spreading his innovation, we must clarify that he is an innovator so that people are safe from his evil. If we see a person who has ideas that contradict what the Salaf were upon, we must clarify that so that people are not deceived by him. If we see a person who has a specific methodology with bad consequences, we must clarify that so that people are safe from his evil. This is part of giving advice for the sake of Allah, His Book, His Messenger, the leaders, and the general Muslim community.
Whether speaking about the people of innovation is among the students or in other gatherings, it is not backbiting. As long as we fear the spread of this innovation, this thought, or this methodology that contradicts the methodology of the Salaf, we must clarify it so that people are not deceived by it.
Speaking about the people of innovation and those who have unsound ideas or a deviant methodology, this is part of giving advice and not backbiting. Rather, it is advice for the sake of Allah, His Book, His Messenger, and the Muslims. If we see someone who is an innovator spreading his innovation, we must clarify that he is an innovator so that people are safe from his evil. If we see a person who has ideas that contradict what the Salaf were upon, we must clarify that so that people are not deceived by him. If we see a person who has a specific methodology with bad consequences, we must clarify that so that people are safe from his evil. This is part of giving advice for the sake of Allah, His Book, His Messenger, the leaders, and the general Muslim community.
Whether speaking about the people of innovation is among the students or in other gatherings, it is not backbiting. As long as we fear the spread of this innovation, this thought, or this methodology that contradicts the methodology of the Salaf, we must clarify it so that people are not deceived by it.