Question

In the following text does أهل الأهواء specifically refer to people of innovation or does it have a more general meaning (people of desire)?

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ وَابْنِ سِيرِينَ: أَنَّهُمَا قَالَا: لَا تُجَالِسُوا أَصْحَابَ الْأَهْوَاءِ، وَلَا تُجَادِلُوهُمْ، وَلَا تَسْمَعُوا مِنْهُم

 

Answer

The common usage of this word in that era was to refer to the innovators.

Furthermore, Imam Darimi (rahimahullah) [among others] has cited this in the chapter that deals with innovators.

Therefore, it should be understood as a reference to them.

Translation

Imams Hasan Basri and Ibn Sirin (rahimahullah) have stated:

“Do not sit, or argue or even merely lend an ear to the innovators!”

(Sunan Darimi, Hadith: 424)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,

Answered by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar

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سنن الدارمي:
(٤٢٤) – أخبرنا أحمد، حدثنا زائدة، عن هشام، عن الحسن وابن سيرين: أنهما قالا: «لا تجالسوا أصحاب الأهواء، ولا تجادلوهم، ولا تسمعوا منهم»