What is the difference between the scholars' saying, "This is a bid'ah (religious innovation)," and their saying, "This has no basis"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: We hear some scholars say, "This is a bid'ah," and at other times they say, "It has no basis." What is the reconciliation between these two phrases?
Answer:
There is no contradiction between them. "It has no basis" means it is a bid'ah, because a bid'ah is that which has no basis in the Book or the Sunnah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: We hear some scholars say, "This is a bid'ah," and at other times they say, "It has no basis." What is the reconciliation between these two phrases?
Answer:
There is no contradiction between them. "It has no basis" means it is a bid'ah, because a bid'ah is that which has no basis in the Book or the Sunnah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [474 -560] ما الفرق بين قول العلماء: (هذه بدعة) وقولهم: (هذا لا أصل له)؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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