What is the ruling on dividing religious innovation (bid'ah) into good and bad?
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Question:
This questioner says: Some scholars divide bid'ah into good bid'ah and bad bid'ah. Is this...
Answer:
This is invalid speech. All bid'ah is bad; there is nothing good in it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 4607Sahih (Al-Albani) How can you call this good when the Messenger says every bid'ah is misguidance, and you say it is good? No, this is contrary to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
This questioner says: Some scholars divide bid'ah into good bid'ah and bad bid'ah. Is this...
Answer:
This is invalid speech. All bid'ah is bad; there is nothing good in it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error
كل محدثه بدعه وكل بدعه ضلاله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تقسيم البدعة إلى حسنة وقبيحة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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