BE CAREFUL OF PEOPLE OF BID'AH

By

Mubaarak Olayemi Ismail

When we were told that some certain people were inflicted with a contagious virus, we will all stay away from them but why is it that we find it hard to stay from people who had virus in their deen. Is our body more important than our deen? 

By Allah, Bid'ah is more dreadful than Ebola, and the people of Ebola are safer to stay with compared to the people of Bidi'ah. Though, both are contagious but Ebola virus can only torment the living in the world but the Bidi'ah does not stop in the grave but also in Hell, except Allah forgives. Anybody that claims to be on the manhaj of the salaf must be careful in accompanying the people of innovation and self desire, the salaf do warn against this.

 Fudhayl bn Iyyad rahimahu lah said :

"I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah and they used to forbid from accompanying the People of Innovation."

Bidi'ah is a contagious virus and sitting with these people of innovation is so dangerous that you won't know when you will begin to think like they do and also see things like they see.  Sufyaan ath-Thawree rahimahu lah said: 

 "Whoever listens to an innovator has left the protection of Allaah, and is entrusted with the innovation."

Let's be careful with the people we stay, May Allah protect our Aqeedah and Manhaj .