Is there a good innovation?

Question:
He has a long question about innovations; the good innovation and the non-good one. He says in it: Do good innovations and bad innovations exist? Even though some innovations are harmless and do not touch the essence of the religion in any way. Do the followers of the schools of jurisprudence have opinions on the emergence of innovations? And is there any among them who permitted some of them? Because when we speak to a person and try to convince him that some of what he does is an innovation he says: This is harmless; because it does not harm the religion. Knowing that there are those who consider supplication after the prayer by the imam for the worshippers, and some of the worshippers almost hurt him because he left out the supplication for them. This is in addition to the prevalence of many innovations.
I hope you will clarify this issue. May Allah reward you with good, and guide you to fulfilling your mission.
And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

Answer:
There is no good in innovations; they are all misguidance, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is a great statement, and a comprehensive great principle, said by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). An innovation is what people introduce in the religion; acts of worship that Allah has not legislated are called innovations. For example, introducing something in the prayer that Allah has not legislated, such as raising the hands between the two prostrations, or at the end of the prayer, or after the taslim of the obligatory prayer. This is an innovation that Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has not legislated. For example, introducing celebrations for the Mawlid. This is an innovation for which Allah has not sent down any authority. For example, introducing building on graves and making mosques on them. This is also among the innovations, and the like of what people have introduced.
And the principle is: that everything people introduce in the religion and call obedience and nearness, which has no basis in the Shari'ah, is called an innovation.
As for what some people think is a good innovation, which it is not, this is not among the innovations. For example, building mosques with cement is something new and is not called an innovation; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the building of mosques, whether they are made of clay, mud brick, stone, wood, or cement, none of which is called an innovation. Similarly, built schools and ribats are not called an innovation of misguidance, even if people call it an innovation in terms of language, in the sense that it did not exist previously. However, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered what benefits people; he ordered education and ordered the maintenance of mosques. So if people build a mosque with cement, or build a school, or a ribat for the poor, or for immigrants, or for strangers, there is no harm. None of this is called a bad innovation; these are matters of the Shari'ah, because they benefit the Muslims and do good to them, in obedience to the command of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in the command to benefit the Muslims, do good to the poor, and teach the ignorant, whether the teaching is in the mosque or in the school. This is not among the innovations from which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned, even if it is called an innovation in terms of language, as 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding tarawih: "What a good innovation," meaning in terms of language; because he arranged them behind one imam every night, so he called it an innovation in terms of language; because in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they used to pray in groups, each group by itself. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed with them for three nights and then left them, and said: or he said: When the time of 'Umar came, he gathered the people behind one imam to pray tarawih with them, and said: "What a good innovation," meaning in terms of language, whereas in reality it is a sunnah, a sunnah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) practiced and encouraged.
So likewise the ribats and schools that people do, like education, and likewise what is called institutes, and likewise what is called academies for people to memorize the Qur'an for them, or the like of that with different names, or secluded places, or according to the difference of people in names. All of that is what benefits people, and is not among the innovations. Rather, it is from the chapter of cooperation in righteousness and piety, and from the chapter of striving to teach people good and gathering them in places that protect them and protect the tools of education. And this is not from the chapter of innovations.
As for his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith: This means: manifesting the Sunnahs. Meaning: manifesting the worship that became hidden and people did not know it. So the one who manifests it for people, and makes it a Sunnah for people, has a great reward; because he revived the Sunnahs. And it does not mean: that he innovates in the religion what Allah has not permitted; because Allah has blamed the one who did that, and said: [Al-Shura: 21] And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So innovation is blameworthy. But reviving the Sunnahs and manifesting them among people when they are hidden and when people do not know them, this is the Sunnah in Islam. And it is the meaning of And this is indicated by the fact that the cause of the hadith was that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) urged charity, and encouraged people to charity, a man came with a bag in his hand, and his hand almost could not hold it, so he presented it. When the people saw it, they followed one after another, and came with the charities. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said at that time: Meaning: he manifested the charity, and came with the money, so the people followed one after another, and imitated him in that. Yes.

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