The Meaning of the Hadith: Whoever Introduces a Good Sunnah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the hadithSahih Muslim 1017a until the Day of Resurrection? We ask you to clarify this for us?
Answer:
Whoever introduces a good sunnah means he acts upon a sunnah, he acts upon a sunnah established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that people have abandoned or forgotten, so he revives it. It does not mean that he invents something on his own and says, "This is a good sunnah"; that is a bad bid'ah (religious innovation). The good sunnah is reviving the sunnahs that people have abandoned in order to remind them of them and for them to follow him in them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the hadith
He who sets a good precedent in Islam, there is a reward for him for this (act of goodness) and reward of that also who acted according to it
من سن سنة حسنة فله أجرها وأجر من عمل بهاAnswer:
Whoever introduces a good sunnah means he acts upon a sunnah, he acts upon a sunnah established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that people have abandoned or forgotten, so he revives it. It does not mean that he invents something on his own and says, "This is a good sunnah"; that is a bad bid'ah (religious innovation). The good sunnah is reviving the sunnahs that people have abandoned in order to remind them of them and for them to follow him in them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3896] معنى حديث: «من سَنَّ سُنَّةً حسنةً كان له أجرُها وأجرُ من عمل بها...» - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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