Problem with some of the muqallids is that they have such a high estimation of some of the people and when suddenly they come across any activity of that person they try to defend at him at every cost. During this they compromise on many core issues even. No matter how learned and pious a person he is, he can err. And so i believe Shaikh hamza Yousuf has erred. Infallibility belongs to Quran and Sunnah. Even if a deobandi does this, its wrong. If a salafi does this, he needs to be corrected. We are muqallids because we feel that the person we follow understands Shariah better but if he commits such a blunder, then we must was our hands off such activity. I personally respect and listen to Sheikh Hamza Yousuf because i feel our ummah lacks scholars of such calibre but yes i cant second this.