Imām Sufyān ath-Thawrī رحمه الله stated: If you loved a man f | Dr Zakir Naik

Imām Sufyān ath-Thawrī رحمه الله stated:

If you loved a man for the sake of Allāh and then he innovated an innovation into Islām, and you did not hate him (for innovating) then you never loved him for the sake of Allāh.

‏إذا أحببت الــرجل فــي الله ثــم أحــدث حــدثــا في الإسلام ،

‏فلم تبغضه عليه فلم تحبه في الله.

:‏أخرجه أبونعيم في الحلية (٧/٣٤)