Ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked the following:

هل يجوز لي أن أتعلَّم القرآن عند رجل مبتدع؟

Question:

Is it permissible to learn the Quran from an innovator?

لا تتعلم القرآن من مبتدع؛ لأنه يخشى منه أن يقلده المتعلمون منه، والناس سواه كثيرون.

Answer:

Do not learn the Quran from an innovator since it is feared that those learning from him may begin to blind-follow him. And there are plenty of people besides him ([o learn the Quran from]

[Majmoo’ Fatawaa wa Rasaa’il al-Uthaymeen, Chapter “Ways of Obtaining Knowledge”, Print: Daarul Watan- Daarul Thariyaa]

Translated by

AbdulFattaah Bin Uthman
Abu Fajr