Brotherhood or Bigotry?
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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The influence of companionship on an individual being sinful or righteous.
It is reported that Imām Al-Awzā’ī – Allāh have mercy on him – used to say: Whoever hides his heresy (bid’ah) from us, his companionship is not hidden from us. Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā article 420. It is reported that when Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allāh have mercy on him – came to Baṣrah he started […]