Explanation of the first condition, which is conformity with the Sunnah and the evidence for it, and explanation of the severity of all religious innovations, whatever the motive for them.

The Shaykh : The first requirement is that it be in accordance with the Sunnah. If an act, even if it is an act of worship, is contrary to the Sunnah, it is not a righteous deed, because two conditions are stipulated for a righteous deed, and this is one of them: that the righteous deed must conform to the Sunnah. The evidence for this is abundant, and for this reminder, one hadith is sufficient for me, namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) , narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim in their Sahihs from the hadith of 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Therefore, any act of worship that did not exist in Islam when Allah the Mighty and Majestic revealed it to the heart of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), as He said , this act is not a righteous deed. And briefly, and limiting myself to this hadith, I remind you of the discussion of bid'ah (religious innovation) and that it does not accept being divided into five categories as many of the later scholars claim, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says . So I am reminding you of this discussion so that you are certain of the correctness of this first condition of the conditions for a deed to be righteous, which the scholars of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) derived from this verse , namely that the first condition is that it must conform to the Sunnah.