In the hadith: (Whoever introduces a good practice in Islam...)
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The questioner : A hadith regarding charity that it does not apply to religion, meaning to acts of worship. Can acts of worship be civil matters, for example, the matter of charity, the matter of opening roads, the matter of designing buildings, and so on?
The Shaykh : No, if you noticed, may Allah reward you, the first interpretation is concise.
The questioner : Ah, you mentioned that it is correct.
The Shaykh : If you look at this, it includes it, because he will not bring anything from himself.
The questioner : Yes...
The Shaykh : No, I said charity because of the occasion of the hadith's arrival, but the meaning of "whoever introduces" is much broader than that, meaning it includes even pure acts of worship that people have abandoned and he revives.
The questioner : ... is called introducing a practice.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : It is called introducing a practice, he revived it, correct, but is it called introducing a practice?
The Shaykh : Introducing a practice, the path to this practice.
The questioner : Well, for example, let us say the matter of the traffic system, for example, fifty years ago this traffic did not exist. Is it called introducing a good practice, or roads, or buildings?
The Shaykh : This falls under considering the interests of the Muslim community. These are ordinary matters, and organizing them saves people from troubles and problems. This is undoubtedly a good practice, but as you noticed, in ordinary matters, it is not an act of worship. However, the hadith is broader than that. One of the proofs of this is his saying (peace be upon him):, whoever calls to guidance. Therefore, it was among the descriptions of the strangers (ghuraba) whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave glad tidings of Paradise when he said: Sunan Ibn Majah 3987Hasan (Darussalam). I said: He gave them glad tidings of Paradise; why? Because "Tuba" (blessedness), as it came in authentic hadiths: ; so this is one of the meanings of the interpretation of His saying (Exalted is He): . "Tuba" means the Paradise in which this tree is. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described these strangers who have "Tuba" with two attributes: a general attribute and a specific attribute. The general attribute includes all Muslims, even the common people, if the mentioned description applies to them, which is when he (peace be upon him) said: . They said: O Messenger of Allah, who are the strangers? He said: . So they are righteous people, they may be scholars, they may be students of knowledge, they may be from the common Muslims. We said righteous, and therefore we said it is a general meaning. And what concerns me is the second, specific meaning. He was asked again: Who are the strangers? He said: . So reviving (i'ya) includes every good deed, whether it is a pure act of worship or a matter that benefits the Muslims from their general affairs.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you too, my brother.
Whoever introduces a practice
مَن سَنَّ السنةThe Shaykh : No, if you noticed, may Allah reward you, the first interpretation is concise.
The questioner : Ah, you mentioned that it is correct.
The Shaykh : If you look at this, it includes it, because he will not bring anything from himself.
The questioner : Yes...
The Shaykh : No, I said charity because of the occasion of the hadith's arrival, but the meaning of "whoever introduces" is much broader than that, meaning it includes even pure acts of worship that people have abandoned and he revives.
The questioner : ... is called introducing a practice.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : It is called introducing a practice, he revived it, correct, but is it called introducing a practice?
The Shaykh : Introducing a practice, the path to this practice.
The questioner : Well, for example, let us say the matter of the traffic system, for example, fifty years ago this traffic did not exist. Is it called introducing a good practice, or roads, or buildings?
The Shaykh : This falls under considering the interests of the Muslim community. These are ordinary matters, and organizing them saves people from troubles and problems. This is undoubtedly a good practice, but as you noticed, in ordinary matters, it is not an act of worship. However, the hadith is broader than that. One of the proofs of this is his saying (peace be upon him):
Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward, and the reward of whoever follows him until the Day of Resurrection, without anything being deducted from their reward
مَن دعا إلى هدى كان له أجره ، وأجر مَن تَبِعَه إلى يوم القيامة ؛ دون أن ينقص من أجرهم شيءIslam began as something strange and will go back to being strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.
إن الإسلام بدأ غريبًا وسيعود غريبًا فطوبى للغرباءA tree in Paradise, under whose shade a fast rider would walk for a hundred years and not reach its end
شجرة في الجنة ، يمشي الراكب المسرع تحت ظلِّها مئة عام لا يقطعهاBlessed are they, and good is their return
طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَآبٍSo blessed are the strangers
فطوبى للغرباءA few righteous people, among many people, who disobey them more than obey them
ناس قليلون صالحون ، بين ناس كثيرين ، مَن يعصيهم أكثر ممَّن يطيعهمThey are those who revive what the people have corrupted of my practice after me
هم الذين يحيون من سنَّتي ما أفسد الناس من سنَّتي من بعديThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you too, my brother.
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