If the people of innovation believe that their innovation is the truth, are they rewarded for their intention?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. In yesterday's lesson, it was mentioned that a person is not declared a disbeliever if he did not intend to commit disbelief
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : that takes him out of the religion, if he did not intend what he did.
The Shaykh : Or what he said.
The questioner : Or what he said, or if he was ignorant and did not know the intention, but he has...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : According to this principle, it applies to many of the people of innovation. That is, they defend their innovation because they believe that this innovation is the truth. So, are they rewarded for this innovation if they believe it to be the truth? Second: if they defend it to the extent that, for example, they harm the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Be patient, be patient, let them go one by one. These people, if the truth is made clear to them and they persist in their innovation, they are misguided and are not rewarded; rather, they sin. Because every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. But if they are proceeding under the assumption that this is the truth, they are rewarded for their intention, but they are not rewarded for their action, because it is not prescribed. Do you understand? Good, one question, because there are people, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : that takes him out of the religion, if he did not intend what he did.
The Shaykh : Or what he said.
The questioner : Or what he said, or if he was ignorant and did not know the intention, but he has...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : According to this principle, it applies to many of the people of innovation. That is, they defend their innovation because they believe that this innovation is the truth. So, are they rewarded for this innovation if they believe it to be the truth? Second: if they defend it to the extent that, for example, they harm the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Be patient, be patient, let them go one by one. These people, if the truth is made clear to them and they persist in their innovation, they are misguided and are not rewarded; rather, they sin. Because every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. But if they are proceeding under the assumption that this is the truth, they are rewarded for their intention, but they are not rewarded for their action, because it is not prescribed. Do you understand? Good, one question, because there are people, yes.