Explaining the Meaning of the Innovator and the Use of the Term "Innovation"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Who is the innovator (mubtadi')? And is it permissible to apply the term "innovation" (bid'ah) to everyone, since it exists and is prevalent among some people? We ask you, may Allah preserve you, for a comprehensive explanation on this matter?
Answer:
The innovator is the one who introduces a religious innovation (bid'ah) or acts upon it, even if he did not introduce it himself; he is an innovator.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Who is the innovator (mubtadi')? And is it permissible to apply the term "innovation" (bid'ah) to everyone, since it exists and is prevalent among some people? We ask you, may Allah preserve you, for a comprehensive explanation on this matter?
Answer:
The innovator is the one who introduces a religious innovation (bid'ah) or acts upon it, even if he did not introduce it himself; he is an innovator.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده ومصايده ما فتن به عشاق الصور — islamhouse.com (1:08:28)
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