It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
If you loved a man for Allāh and then he innovates in Islām and you don’t hate him for it, you never [truly] loved him for Allāh. Abū Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliyā` 7:34.
Abū Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliyā` 7:34.
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