Peace upon the Innovator
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Do we greet the innovator?
If the innovator is calling people to his innovation and there is a benefit in boycotting him, do not greet him. However, if there is no benefit in boycotting him, then greet him. If you boycott the person of innovation, he will consider you an enemy and stir up people against you, and there is no benefit in boycotting him. But if there is a benefit in boycotting him, such as if the man is prominent in his community and holds a high status, and this innovator will take heed if this man boycotts him, then there is no harm. This is a general rule: anyone who is upon a sin that is not disbelief, it is not permissible to boycott him unless there is a benefit in doing so.
If the innovator is calling people to his innovation and there is a benefit in boycotting him, do not greet him. However, if there is no benefit in boycotting him, then greet him. If you boycott the person of innovation, he will consider you an enemy and stir up people against you, and there is no benefit in boycotting him. But if there is a benefit in boycotting him, such as if the man is prominent in his community and holds a high status, and this innovator will take heed if this man boycotts him, then there is no harm. This is a general rule: anyone who is upon a sin that is not disbelief, it is not permissible to boycott him unless there is a benefit in doing so.