Guidelines for Ruling on a Group or an Individual as an Innovator
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Question:
He says: What are the guidelines by which we rule that a group or an individual is among the people of innovation?
Answer:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) is any action that contradicts the Sunnah, my brother. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) distinguished it when he said:Sahih Muslim 1718b Sahih Muslim 1718a So bid'ah is what is newly introduced into the religion without evidence from the Book or the Sunnah. This is bid'ah. Whether one introduces it or acts upon it, if he knows it is bid'ah, they are equal in sin. Yes.
He says: What are the guidelines by which we rule that a group or an individual is among the people of innovation?
Answer:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) is any action that contradicts the Sunnah, my brother. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) distinguished it when he 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 رد'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-061-دور طالب العلم في حماية مجتمعه من الانحرافات الفكرية|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (44:26)
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