Warning Against a Specific Person

 

The first question says:

“Does warning against a specific person mean that he is declared an innovator?” 

[Shaykh Ahmad Baazmool] 

The answer to this:

If this person has been declared an innovator by the Scholars, then we declare him to be an innovator based upon the tabdee‘ (declaring someone to be an innovator) of the Scholars and we warn against him like the Scholars warned against him.

But if the Scholars and the specialists in this field from the people of knowledge have not declared him to be an innovator, then the tahdheer (warning) against the person who has mukhaalafaat (oppositions to the truth), who is obstinate and who invites to it (i.e. to his mukhaalafaat), then this does not mean he is declared an innovator until the Scholars declare him an innovator.

And whoever thinks that a mere tahdheer (warning) means tabdee‘, then he has erred. Na‘am.

Source:

• Questions & Answers regarding Manhaj (Methodology) – Shaykh Ahmad Baazmool