Dividing religious innovation (bid'ah) into good and bad
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The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you, is religious innovation (bid'ah) divided into good and bad?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Is religious innovation (bid'ah) divided into good religious innovation and bad religious innovation?
The Shaykh:
No, there is nothing good in religious innovations; every religious innovation is misguidance. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Every religious innovation is misguidance," and you say, "No, there is good religious innovation." This is contrary to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
He says: May Allah reward you, is religious innovation (bid'ah) divided into good and bad?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Is religious innovation (bid'ah) divided into good religious innovation and bad religious innovation?
The Shaykh:
No, there is nothing good in religious innovations; every religious innovation is misguidance. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Every religious innovation is misguidance," and you say, "No, there is good religious innovation." This is contrary to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-107-وصية النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:55)
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