What is the meaning of the Hadith: "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of those who follow him, without diminishing their reward in the slightest. And whoever calls to misguidance will bear a burden of sin similar to the sins of those who follow him, without diminishing their sins in the slightest"?
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"Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward like the rewards of those who follow him, and whoever calls to misguidance will bear a sin like the sins of those who follow him." This includes every call to good or evil, whether initiated by the person or if they were preceded in it.
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