What is the ruling on the statement of those who say: Why do you not describe the Companions as innovators when they perform an act that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform, just as you describe us as innovators?

The questioner : In the same topic, does it mean, for example, that if I performed an act in worship, you would call me an innovator, even though Ibn 'Umar and others among the Companions performed things in worship that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform? So why do we not describe them as innovators?

The Shaykh : Because they are imams. Is the one who speaks about himself among the imams?

The questioner : No.