Bid‘ah is changing any aspect of worship in Allah’s Deen by ei-ther adding to it, subtracting from it or altering it in way. It is for this reason that the noble scholars of this Deen expended so much time to warn this Ummah about the great fitnah (trial) of innovation. This is because the dangers of Bid‘ah, and its destruc-tive effects upon this Deen, are much greater than that of the other major sins, as is explained from the following Aayaat and ahaadeeth of the Messenger of Allah: Allah, the Most High said: “Say (O Muhammad (peace be upon him) to the people) if you love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and He will forgive your sins.”[Aali ‘Imraan 3: 31] The Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “Who ever innovates in this matter of ours (Al-Islam) that which is not from it, will have it rejected”. [Bukhari & Muslim] And He (peace be upon him) said: “…And hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs, and beware of newly invented matters (Bid‘ah); for every newly invented matter is mis-guidance which leads to the fire.” [Ahmad, Abu Da-wood, Tirmidhi & others] So, based upon the above ahaadeeth, Muslims must be aware of all matters that are not established from the Sharee‘ah. The following saying of the Messenger (peace be upon him) is even more frightening. He (peace be upon him) said: “Allah does not accept the repentance of anyone in-volved in Bid‘ah, until he leaves it off completely.” [Au-thentic from At-Tabaraanee] Brothers and sisters, let us not close off the doors of Repentance with our own hands, by indulging in and/or propagating Bid‘ah. However, we must know that even worse for the practitioner of Bid‘ah is what the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “Allah refuses to accept the deeds of the practitioner of Bid‘ah (innovations in the deen) until he leaves his inno-vation (Bid‘ah).” [Ibn Majah & Ibn Abi ‘Aasim] Bid‘ah is one of the most dangerous sins that sends whoever practices it into the fire (of Hell). Such action from a Muslim is most loved by Shaitaan. This is because the Muslim involved in Bid‘ah feels that he is doing something good, but, in effect, it causes Allah’s wrath to descend upon him.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:20:28 +0000
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