Is the one who practices a religious innovation punished or rewarded for it? Is the one who practices it rewarded, specifically regarding the sending of blessings and peace upon the Prophet after the adhan?
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The questioner : Is the one who practices a religious innovation punished or rewarded for it? Is the one who practices it rewarded, specifically regarding the sending of blessings and peace upon the Prophet after the adhan?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding bid'ah (religious innovation):Sunan an-Nasa'i 1578Sahih (Darussalam) And if that is the case, then innovations, whether they are newly initiated or continued, are sinful for whoever engages in them. This is because, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, they are in the Fire. I mean that this misguidance becomes a cause of torment in the Fire. And if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned his Ummah (the Muslim community) against innovations, that means they are pure harm. For the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) generalized and did not specify, saying: .
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Furthermore, innovations are in reality an indirect criticism of the Islamic Shari'ah, because their meaning or implication is that the Shari'ah is incomplete and that this innovator has completed it with the act of worship he has introduced, by which he claims to draw near to Allah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say: every bid'ah (religious innovation) is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. It is obligatory to be cautious of all innovations and for a person not to worship except with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed, so that he may truly have him as his leader. That is, so that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is truly his leader. For whoever follows the path of an innovation has made the innovator his leader in that innovation, instead of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This message reached us from Somalia. Its sender is 'Abd Ali Nur al-Somali, from Tanzania. After that, greetings: peace be upon you. I am pleased to thank you for this program, "Light on the Path," and this program benefits me greatly with knowledge and understanding of the reality of the Islamic Shari'ah. I ask that its duration be extended if possible.
I have a question that I asked some of the scholars of this country before, but I have not found a convincing answer to this day. I ask that you answer me by letter and also on the radio.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding bid'ah (religious innovation):
every newly-invented thing is an innovation and every innovation is going astray, and every going astray is in the Fire
إياكم ومحدثات الأمور فإن كل بدعة ضلالة، وكل ضلالة في النارEvery innovation is misguidance.
كل بدعة ضلالةThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Furthermore, innovations are in reality an indirect criticism of the Islamic Shari'ah, because their meaning or implication is that the Shari'ah is incomplete and that this innovator has completed it with the act of worship he has introduced, by which he claims to draw near to Allah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say: every bid'ah (religious innovation) is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. It is obligatory to be cautious of all innovations and for a person not to worship except with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed, so that he may truly have him as his leader. That is, so that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is truly his leader. For whoever follows the path of an innovation has made the innovator his leader in that innovation, instead of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This message reached us from Somalia. Its sender is 'Abd Ali Nur al-Somali, from Tanzania. After that, greetings: peace be upon you. I am pleased to thank you for this program, "Light on the Path," and this program benefits me greatly with knowledge and understanding of the reality of the Islamic Shari'ah. I ask that its duration be extended if possible.
I have a question that I asked some of the scholars of this country before, but I have not found a convincing answer to this day. I ask that you answer me by letter and also on the radio.