What is the method of establishing the proof against one who has fallen into religious innovation so that he may be described as such and associated with its people?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner: O Shaykh, regarding the accusation of religious innovation, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: You said that the criterion for accusing someone of religious innovation is establishing the proof.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So how is this done, this establishing of the proof?
The Shaykh: It must be done by a Muslim scholar who knows the Book and the Sunnah and knows how to explain things to people and convey the call to them.
The questioner: Okay, does this mean that everyone who says he is a scholar in this specific issue, or is it required that he be a scholar in all issues?
The Shaykh: There is no scholar who knows all issues.
The questioner: You mean a scholar, a scholar in the sense of the one we know.
The Shaykh: No, no, it is sufficient that he be a scholar in the issue with which he wants to establish the proof.
The questioner: Okay, some people say: Establishing the proof means not leaving your companion with a single doubt!
The Shaykh: No, this is not in the power of anyone but Allah... Did you understand? Did not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) establish the proof against the disbelievers in their worship of other than Him?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: You said that the criterion for accusing someone of religious innovation is establishing the proof.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: So how is this done, this establishing of the proof?
The Shaykh: It must be done by a Muslim scholar who knows the Book and the Sunnah and knows how to explain things to people and convey the call to them.
The questioner: Okay, does this mean that everyone who says he is a scholar in this specific issue, or is it required that he be a scholar in all issues?
The Shaykh: There is no scholar who knows all issues.
The questioner: You mean a scholar, a scholar in the sense of the one we know.
The Shaykh: No, no, it is sufficient that he be a scholar in the issue with which he wants to establish the proof.
The questioner: Okay, some people say: Establishing the proof means not leaving your companion with a single doubt!
The Shaykh: No, this is not in the power of anyone but Allah... Did you understand? Did not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) establish the proof against the disbelievers in their worship of other than Him?
The questioner : ... .
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.