Hadith.4957 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said:
"Whoever walks towards a person of innovation and shows him respect has indeed contributed to the destruction of Islam."
Al-Kāfi #162“If one would meet an innovator and considers him great such person has, in fact, the destruction of Islam.”
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #1012“A person who takes a single step towards a person who does innovation and respects him is certainly like a person who has taken a step to...