What is the recommended practice (sunnah) that is abandoned because of the Mawlid?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. You mentioned that no religious innovation (bid'ah) was ever introduced without a corresponding recommended practice (sunnah) being abandoned, as the Salaf said.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, so what is the recommended practice (sunnah) that is abandoned due to the innovation of the Mawlid?
The Shaykh : Yes, the recommended practice (sunnah) that is abandoned is the abandonment of it, the abandonment of this innovation, because the recommended practice (sunnah) can be in the form of leaving something or in the form of doing something. If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left a thing while its cause was present, that is a recommended practice (sunnah). Do you understand? If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left a thing while its cause was present and did not do it, then leaving it is a recommended practice (sunnah). So here we say that you have now introduced an innovation and abandoned a recommended practice (sunnah), and the recommended practice (sunnah) here is the abandonment of this innovation. Is that clear?
The questioner : Some students of religious knowledge in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia permit this innovation, O Shaykh, and people are misled by them. When you tell the people or the students who attend this Shaykh's gatherings that this is an innovation, they say, "We take the truth from the Shaykh, but we reject the falsehood." They cite the story of Abu Hurayrah as their evidence, so they...
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The questioner : The story of Abu Hurayrah with Satan.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, so what is the recommended practice (sunnah) that is abandoned due to the innovation of the Mawlid?
The Shaykh : Yes, the recommended practice (sunnah) that is abandoned is the abandonment of it, the abandonment of this innovation, because the recommended practice (sunnah) can be in the form of leaving something or in the form of doing something. If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left a thing while its cause was present, that is a recommended practice (sunnah). Do you understand? If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) left a thing while its cause was present and did not do it, then leaving it is a recommended practice (sunnah). So here we say that you have now introduced an innovation and abandoned a recommended practice (sunnah), and the recommended practice (sunnah) here is the abandonment of this innovation. Is that clear?
The questioner : Some students of religious knowledge in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia permit this innovation, O Shaykh, and people are misled by them. When you tell the people or the students who attend this Shaykh's gatherings that this is an innovation, they say, "We take the truth from the Shaykh, but we reject the falsehood." They cite the story of Abu Hurayrah as their evidence, so they...
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The questioner : The story of Abu Hurayrah with Satan.