Is there a good bid'ah (religious innovation) and a bad bid'ah?

Question:
The questioner asks: Is there a good bid'ah and a bad bid'ah?

Answer:
This is an error. This division is an error according to the scholars of knowledge. Every bid'ah (religious innovation) is misguidance, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Every bid'ah is misguidance." So those who divided bid'ah into good and bad have erred. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that all bid'ah is misguidance. He said, "Every bid'ah is misguidance." He used to preach to the people on Friday and say (peace and blessings be upon him), "As for what follows, ," and he said (peace and blessings be upon him), "Beware of newly invented matters ." It is not permissible to contradict him (peace and blessings be upon him). It is obligatory to say that every bid'ah is misguidance, meaning that any bid'ah contains misguidance. As for his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), "Whoever introduces a good practice in Islam...," you have heard Shaykh Abdullah's words on this. "Introduces a practice in Islam" means he revived it, made it apparent, and explained it to the people. It does not mean he invented it. "Introduces a practice in Islam" means he made it apparent. For example, a man came with charity and announced it so that people would follow him in giving charity to the poor whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had preached about and encouraged giving to. So a man came with a bundle so large that his hand could not hold it, and people followed him. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Who is introducing a practice in Islam?" When he came with the bundle and displayed it, it became a practice, meaning that he brought it out in the open. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) called for this. He called them to make their charity apparent. And Allah called them to make their charity apparent. He said, Exalted and Majestic is He, This man revived it, made it apparent, brought it, hastened, and rushed, so he has the same reward as those who came after him. It does not mean he invents a bid'ah, brings in a bid'ah, as you heard. If a person said, "I am a doer of good, I call you to a sixth prayer. Allah has informed us of the five, and I call you to a sixth prayer in the forenoon, at four o'clock in the day, or three o'clock in the day. We make the sixth prayer four rak'ahs as an obligation, we oblige people with it, and we make an adhan for it," this is a weakness for the misguided innovator. Similarly, if he said, "Fasting is one month, but a little of the month... let us make a second month, Ramadan, which Allah made obligatory, but let us make another month, let us make Safar or Rabi' al-Awwal an addition of good, we make it obligatory on people, and we call them to it." Or if he said, "Hajj is once a year, but it needs to be done twice. It needs a stay in Dhul-Hijjah, and a Hajj in Rajab." This is a fabrication, an innovator who added. The point is that people should not invent things. Yes.