How do I distinguish whether something is a religious innovation or not?
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Question:
How do I distinguish whether something is a religious innovation or not?
Answer:
Answer: What agrees with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) brought is a recommended practice (sunnah), and what contradicts what the Messenger brought is a religious innovation (bid'ah). If you perform an act of worship to draw near to Allah for which there is no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah, it is a religious innovation. It is a newly invented matter; whoever introduces into our affair something that does not belong to it, it is rejected. Yes.
How do I distinguish whether something is a religious innovation or not?
Answer:
Answer: What agrees with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) brought is a recommended practice (sunnah), and what contradicts what the Messenger brought is a religious innovation (bid'ah). If you perform an act of worship to draw near to Allah for which there is no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah, it is a religious innovation. It is a newly invented matter; whoever introduces into our affair something that does not belong to it, it is rejected. Yes.
Source
www.alfawzan.af.org.sa
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