Reading from the author's statement: "The second aspect is in the condemnation of the newly invented seasons and festivals: the corruption in religion that they contain."
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim* "The second aspect is in the condemnation of the newly invented seasons and festivals: the corruption in religion that they contain. Know that not everyone, and indeed not most people, perceives the corruption of this type of religious innovation, especially when it is of the kind of prescribed acts of worship. Rather, it is the people of understanding who perceive some of the corruption in it. It is obligatory for creation to follow the Book and the Sunnah, even if they do not perceive the benefit or harm in it. So we will point out some of their harms from"
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim* "The second aspect is in the condemnation of the newly invented seasons and festivals: the corruption in religion that they contain. Know that not everyone, and indeed not most people, perceives the corruption of this type of religious innovation, especially when it is of the kind of prescribed acts of worship. Rather, it is the people of understanding who perceive some of the corruption in it. It is obligatory for creation to follow the Book and the Sunnah, even if they do not perceive the benefit or harm in it. So we will point out some of their harms from"