The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Two: Condemning bid' ah (innovation) and mubtadi'in (innovators)
tor then I hope that Allah will forgive him.'44
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'A'ishah (ratfiJAllahu 'anha) said: 'Allah's Messenger (;i) said:
"Whoever gives respect to an innovator then he aided the destruction
of Islam.'"45
46) Mul;iammad Ibn Naqr al-I:larithI said: "Whoever listens to an
innovator then he will be stripped of faultlessness (al-'ifmah)
and he will be left unsupported (by Allah)."46
47) Al-Layth Ibn Sa'd said: 'If I were to see an innovator walking
on water I would still not accept him. So al-Shafi'I said: 'Al­
Layth did not go far enough. If I were to see an innovator
walk on air I would not accept him.'47
48) Bishr Ibn al-Iarith said: 'The news of the death of that man
called al-MuraisI came to me while I was in the market. Had it
not been a place of fame (i.e. bring inappropriate to prostrate)
I would have prostrated in thanks (to Allah). Praise be to
Allah for his death. All of you say as I say.'48
49) Mulammad Ibn Sahl al-Bukhari said: 'We were visiting Al­
FiryabI so he began discussing (condemning) innovators. A
man commented: It would be better for us if you narrated
(l;iadith) .' So he became angry and replied: 'My discussion of
44 Abu Nu'aym in ai-lji!Jah, 8/103.
45 Ibn I:libban in ai-Majriihin, 1/235.
46 Ibn Bagah in ai-lbanah, 2/459/434.
47 Abu Nu'aym in ai-lji!Jah, 9 /1 16.
48 Al-Kha"b al-Baghdad! in al-Tarikh , 7 /66.
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