The Meaning of Bid'ah
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Q155: The questioner A.A.H. asks: How do I know bid'ah (religious innovation) so that I can avoid it and avoid falling into it?
A155: Bid'ah (religious innovation) is defined by its contradiction of the Sunnah. If a person performs an act of worship for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is bid'ah (religious innovation). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1718b And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 165Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i) until he said:
A155: Bid'ah (religious innovation) is defined by its contradiction of the Sunnah. If a person performs an act of worship for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is bid'ah (religious innovation). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردYou must therefore follow my sunna and that of the rightly guided Caliphs
عليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين من بعديBeware of newly invented matters, for every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance
وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور، فكل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة
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