Mentioning the hadith of Aisha and al-'Arba' ibn Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding the warning against religious innovations.
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The Shaykh: All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the badness of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides is not to be led astray, and whoever He leaves to stray is not to be guided. And I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. As for what follows:
Indeed, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. And after that:
Perhaps all the brothers present know from the indication of this hadith and similar ones that are established in the books of the Sunnah with sound chains of narration back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), such as the hadith of Aisha:Sahih Muslim 1718a, and the hadith of al-'Arba' ibn Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us a sermon that made our hearts tremble and our eyes shed tears; so we said: O Messenger of Allah, give us advice. He said: . These hadiths confirm what I think you understand and believe, that innovation in religion is entirely misguidance. I mean in religion, because the blameworthy innovation is specific to religion. As for worldly matters, some of it is praiseworthy and some is blameworthy, depending on whether this newly invented matter contradicts the Shari'ah, in which case it is blameworthy, or if it does not contradict it, then it is at least permissible.
Indeed, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. And after that:
Perhaps all the brothers present know from the indication of this hadith and similar ones that are established in the books of the Sunnah with sound chains of narration back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), such as the hadith of Aisha:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
مَن أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردٌّI advise you to fear Allah and to listen and obey, even if a slave of Ethiopian descent is placed in authority over you. Indeed, whoever among you lives will see much disagreement; so hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me, and cling to them with your teeth. Beware of newly invented matters, for every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance.
أوصيكم بتقوى الله والسمع والطاعة ، وإن وُلِّيَ عليكم عبدٌ حبشي ، وإنه مَن يعِشْ منكم فسيرى اختلافًا كثيرًا ؛ فعليكم بسنَّتي ، وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين من بعدي ، عضُّوا عليها بالنواجذ ، وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور ؛ فإن كل محدثة بدعة ، وكل بدعة ضلالة
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