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What is the ruling on dividing religious innovations (bid'ah) into: good bid'ah and blameworthy bid'ah, and the blameworthy into forbidden bid'ah and shirk (associating partners with Allah) bid'ah?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the division of bid'ah into good bid'ah and blameworthy bid'ah, and the blameworthy into forbidden bid'ah other than shirk, and shirk bid'ah, correct?

Answer:
This is all rejected. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error.فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة
Sunan Abi Dawud 4607Sahih (Al-Albani)
, so there is no division in bid'ah; they are all
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1294 /1350] ماحكم تقسيم البدع إلى: بدعة حسنة وبدعة مذمومة، والمذمومة إلى بدعة محرمة وبدعة شركية؟ — youtube.com

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