In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

We do not say that there are people of Ijtihad amongst the proponents of innovation in religious matters because they are followers of (vain) desires, and Allah and His Messenger have testified to this. The misguided innovator in religious matters stirs up discord and errs, and then says to you, “This is Ijtihad”. When Hikmatiyar and the misguided parties (in Afghanistan) murdered Shaikh Jameel Ur-Rahman, they said: “This is Ijtihad”. They do not fall into an affair of misguidance or a calamity except that they say, “This is Ijtihad”. This is (tantamount) to diluting Islam, falsehood, misguidance, bidah and confounding truth with falsehood when the mistakes of the (true and qualified scholars of Ijtihad)- for which they are rewarded- are placed at the same level with innovation in religious matters about which the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, declared to be destined for the hell fire”.

An Excerpt from ‘Ajwibatul Allaamatush Shaikh Rabee Bin Haadee Al Madkhalee Alaa As-ilah Abee Rawaaha Al-Manhajiyyah page 20