The Good Innovation and the Difference Between It and the Good Sunnah
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The questioner:
This questioner says: Is there anything in Islam called a good innovation (bid'ah)?
The Shaykh:
Never. Rather, in the Sunnah, what do you say?
The questioner:
Good.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is a good Sunnah.
The questioner:
Rather, a good innovation.
The Shaykh:
A good innovation; there is no good innovation in Islam. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A good innovation means it is a response to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
The questioner:
Perhaps he is asking about the hadith: "Whoever introduces a good Sunnah..."
The Shaykh:
And we ask about an innovation, you say.
The questioner:
Perhaps it was confused for him; if it is clarified, this is a Sunnah, a Sunnah.
The Shaykh:
In Islam, there is a good Sunnah, but there is no good innovation. We must distinguish between them. There is no good innovation in Islam. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. As for a good innovation, it has a cause. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said it has a cause,
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
and that is that a group of poor people came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him),
The questioner:
And blessings upon us.
The Shaykh:
wearing tattered garments from poverty. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was moved by them when he saw them, and he ordered Bilal to call the adhan, then he gave the iqamah, and he prayed. Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged charity, so a man came with dirhams that weighed down his hand. He placed them before the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased with them. Then the people followed one after another, bringing what they had of assistance because of this man who preceded them. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 210.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
This questioner says: Is there anything in Islam called a good innovation (bid'ah)?
The Shaykh:
Never. Rather, in the Sunnah, what do you say?
The questioner:
Good.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is a good Sunnah.
The questioner:
Rather, a good innovation.
The Shaykh:
A good innovation; there is no good innovation in Islam. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Every innovation is misguidance, and this one says
كل بدعة ضلالة وهذا يقولThe questioner:
Perhaps he is asking about the hadith: "Whoever introduces a good Sunnah..."
The Shaykh:
And we ask about an innovation, you say.
The questioner:
Perhaps it was confused for him; if it is clarified, this is a Sunnah, a Sunnah.
The Shaykh:
In Islam, there is a good Sunnah, but there is no good innovation. We must distinguish between them. There is no good innovation in Islam. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. As for a good innovation, it has a cause. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said it has a cause,
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
and that is that a group of poor people came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him),
The questioner:
And blessings upon us.
The Shaykh:
wearing tattered garments from poverty. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was moved by them when he saw them, and he ordered Bilal to call the adhan, then he gave the iqamah, and he prayed. Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged charity, so a man came with dirhams that weighed down his hand. He placed them before the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased with them. Then the people followed one after another, bringing what they had of assistance because of this man who preceded them. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If anyone establishes a good sunna in Islam he will have a reward for it and the equivalent of the rewards of those who act upon it
صلى الله عليه وسلم من سن في الإسلام سنة حسنة فله أجرها وأجر من عمل بهاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
Source
لقاء مفتوح في جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية 1439/07/11هـ — af.org.sa (55:31)
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