How to Avoid Introducing Innovations in the Religion
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Question:
Abu Sa'id from Jeddah says, may Allah preserve you: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1718b Honorable Shaykh, how does a Muslim avoid introducing innovations in the religion?
Answer:
By learning the sunnah (recommended practice) reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). When he learns the sunnah and the prescribed matters, he restricts himself to them and knows that whatever contradicts them is a bid'ah (religious innovation).Sahih Muslim 1718a Sahih Muslim 1718b Sunan Abi Dawud 4607Sahih (Al-Albani), so any action for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the servant intends to draw near to Allah with it, is a bid'ah and is rejected; Allah does not accept it from him and does not reward him for it, but rather He punishes him for it because it is a bid'ah. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [Ash-Shuraa 42:21]?
The Shari'ah is based solely on what comes from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained it. So there is no addition to the religion beyond what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought. Yes.
Abu Sa'id from Jeddah says, may Allah preserve you: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) 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 ردAnswer:
By learning the sunnah (recommended practice) reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). When he learns the sunnah and the prescribed matters, he restricts himself to them and knows that whatever contradicts them is a bid'ah (religious innovation).
'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 ردHe 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 ردAvoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error.
وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور، فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالةOr have they other deities who have ordained for them a religion to which Allah has not consented?
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ شَرَعُوا لَهُم مِّنَ الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَن بِهِ اللَّهُThe Shari'ah is based solely on what comes from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained it. So there is no addition to the religion beyond what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 14-10-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (7:32)
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