Is it permissible to divide innovations into good and bad, citing the hadith

The questioner : The questioner says: Is it permissible to divide innovations into a good innovation and a bad innovation, citing the report: ?

The Shaykh : Yes, I ask you: if the most knowledgeable of creation, the most eloquent of creation, and the most sincere of creation says: And it is known that this, meaning every innovation is misguidance, is a general term. It has not been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he excluded anything from it. So is it permissible to divide innovation into two, three, four, or five parts? Answer, everyone!
The student: No.

The Shaykh : No, because the one who addressed us with this is Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the most knowledgeable of people regarding the Shari'ah of Allah, the most eloquent of creation, and the most sincere of creation (peace and blessings be upon him). It is not possible for him to utter such a generality and then for us to say that innovation is divided into categories. Therefore, we say that if a scholar divides innovation into categories, then either what he mentioned is not an innovation, in which case calling it an innovation is an error, or it is an innovation that is not good, because it is not possible for us to say that a true innovation is good after the statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): Never. So all innovations are misguidance. As for his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): It is not possible for us to say that innovation falls under this, because the Messenger qualified the Sunnah with what? Speak, everyone! He qualified it by saying it is good. And is it possible for an innovation to be good when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is absolutely impossible. So the meaning of his statement: is understood in two ways: either the meaning is that whoever revives it after it has died, or the meaning is that whoever was the first to act upon it. Pay attention: either the meaning is that whoever revives it after it has died, because reviving it after it died and people left it is a Sunnah. This is why 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said when he ordered Ubayy ibn Ka'b and Tamim al-Dari to lead the people in the night prayer of Ramadan in congregation: meaning the last part of the night. He described it as an innovation not because he invented it, but because he revived it after it had been abandoned. And I said that because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) And this fear is non-existent after his death (peace and blessings be upon him), because it is not possible for rulings to be established after the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) except through revelation, and revelation has ceased. This is one possibility. Or the meaning is that whoever introduced a good Sunnah, meaning he hastened to do it so that people followed him. This is indicated by the cause of the hadith, which is Pay attention, my brother, because the people of innovation cite this hadith, but they have no proof in it, because the Messenger qualified it by saying: What? And an innovation is a bad Sunnah, according to his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): So what does it apply to, my brother?

The questioner : The hadith means that whoever revives a Sunnah after people have abandoned it, or whoever hastens to obey the command of Allah...

The Shaykh : Perfect, may Allah bless you. Pay attention to this hadith; its meaning, which one does not go beyond, is that whoever introduces a good Sunnah in Islam, meaning he revives it after it has been abandoned and left. And from this is the statement of 'Umar: Or the meaning is: whoever was the first to do it and people followed him, as indicated by the cause of the hadith. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.