Ruling on sheltering an innovator and covering for him?

Question:
Does failing to advise the innovators, or approving of them, or remaining silent about them, merit the curse, given the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "May Allah curse the one who shelters an innovator"?

Answer:
Yes. The one who shelters him means the one who prevents access to him. The one who prevents the implementation of a legally prescribed punishment, such as the punishment of retaliation, the punishment for theft, or the punishment for murder, is cursed if he shelters the offender and prevents the establishment of justice against him. May Allah curse the one who shelters an innovator. It is obligatory to cooperate in enforcing the rulings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and carrying out His limits, because they are a mercy for the Muslims, a purification for society, and a means of cultivating the earth. As the hadith states: "A limit established on earth is better for it than forty mornings of rain." The limits are among the mercies of Allah for the Muslims, and it is not permissible for anyone to object to them or to intercede in them once the limits reach the ruler. May Allah curse the intercessor and the one for whom intercession is sought. When Usamah ibn Zayd, the beloved of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the son of his beloved, wanted to intercede for a woman who was subject to the limit of theft and the cutting off of her hand, her people came to Usamah asking him to intercede with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). When he spoke to the Messenger about it, the Messenger became angry with him and said: "Do you intercede in a limit of the limits of Allah? By Allah, if Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, had stolen, I would have cut off her hand." It is not permissible to shelter an innovator, nor to intercede for him, nor to cover for him, for this harms oneself first and harms the Muslims. Yes.