Shaykh Ibn Uthaymin refutes dedew on this point:
Zakir naik when asked who are the Ulema of our time, he leaves a'immah like Salih Fawzan and Salih Luhaidan , Ubayd al-Jabiri, Rabi' Al-Madhkhali, Abdul Muhsin Abbad etc
he recommends the rabble, the qutbiyyah, sufiyya and khawarij
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This guy is from the heads of Ahlul Bid'ah of this era.