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"The innovator is not called an innovator until..."
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Concerning the Muhaddith, the Shaykh - Hammaad ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree (rahima-hullaah), it has been narrated by his son 'Abdul-Awwal that the Shaykh said:

"The innovator is not called an innovator (mubtadi’) until he persists in an affair which has been prohibited, and this affair consists of opposing the Sunnah"

al-Majmoo' fee Tarjamatil-Muhaddith Shaykh Hammaad ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree wa Seeratihi wa Aqwaalihi - Volume 2, Quote No.129, Page 494