Abu Qilabah on Bid’ah: Heresy leads to unlawful violence

Ayyub reported: Abu Qilabah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “People never innovate a heresy except that they make the sword lawful by it.”

Source: Muṣannaf ‘Abd al-Razzāq 18660

عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ مَا ابْتَدَعَ قَوْمٌ بِدْعَةً قَطُّ إِلَّا اسْتَحَلُّوا بِهَا السَّيْفَ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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