The Variation of Bid'ah and Whether It Is Disliked or Forbidden
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some students of knowledge say that bid'ah (religious innovation) varies; there is bid'ah that entails disbelief, bid'ah that entails open sinfulness, and bid'ah that is less than that, and this last type is disliked but not forbidden.
Answer:
All bid'ah is forbidden. There is nothing in bid'ah that is merely disliked. This statement is not correct. Every bid'ah is misguidance. He says, "No, this is not misguidance; it is just disliked." Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some students of knowledge say that bid'ah (religious innovation) varies; there is bid'ah that entails disbelief, bid'ah that entails open sinfulness, and bid'ah that is less than that, and this last type is disliked but not forbidden.
Answer:
All bid'ah is forbidden. There is nothing in bid'ah that is merely disliked. This statement is not correct. Every bid'ah is misguidance. He says, "No, this is not misguidance; it is just disliked." Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفتنة نوعان : فتنة الشبهات وهي أعظم الفتنتين وفتنة الشهوات — islamhouse.com (51:44)
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