Muhammad ibn Salih al- Munajjid, a famous Saudi Arabia scholar declares: Calls within Sunni Islam in the modern era have been made for a reassessment of the traditional view, especially by practitioners of Sufism. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah writes: Despite the general understanding of standing scholarly disagreements ( ikhtilaf), the notion of lawful innovation is a polarizing issue in the Islamic world. A practical example of this is the debate over the permissibility of the mawlid or commemoration of Muhammads birthday. All scholars agree that such celebrations did not exist in the early period of Islamic history, and yet mawalid commemorations are a common element in Muslim societies around the world. Even so, Sunnis scholars are divided between emphatic unconditional condemnation [24] and conditional acceptance[25] of the celebration with the former insisting it is a bidah and thus automatically unlawful, while the latter argues it nonetheless is contextually permissible. According to Shia Islam According to Shia Islam the definition of bidah is anything that is introduced to Islam as either being fard, mustahabb, makruh or haram that contradicts the Quran or hadith. Any new good practice introduced that does not contradict the Quran or hadith is permissible. However, it is not permissible to say that a new good practice (that does not contradict the Quran or hadith) is obligatory, highly recommended or sunnah proper. Hence, the Shi`a stance mirrors the body of Sunni scholars who proffer the idea of bidah hasana. As a general rule in Shia jurisprudence, anything is permissible except whatever is prohibited through divine revelation (i.e. the Quran or hadith). [26] Sectarianism This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2014) Scholars representing the two main bodies of Islam, Sunni Islam and the Shia Islam, have at times regarded the other as heretical. Ahmadiyya See also: Prophethood (Ahmadiyya) Both the Ahmadiyya and the Nation of Islam are regarded by many Muslim Ulema as being apostate , but in the case of the Ahmadiyya movement, attitudes towards designating the sect apostatical, heretical or Islamic differ depending on region or Islamic schools of thought. In Pakistan, where many Ahmadis live, the state considers the group to be apostatical; whereas in the neighbouring state of Iran, the same group is considered to fall within the bounds of Islamic belief. Another example concerning the Ahmadiyya movement is the Al- Azhar Islamic University in Egypt, which accepts a certain Ahmadi belief concerning the nature of prophethood in Islam, considered by other schools as being heretical, to fall within Islamic jurisdiction. Smaller sects Groups like the Khawarij are most often seen as extremely heretical, while the Ismailis , the Alawites, the Hurufis, the Bektashis and even the Sufis and Salafis, have also been regarded as heretical by some. Faiths like Druze, Bábísm, Azalis and Baháís although now separate religions, have their roots in Islam and were considered by some Muslims to be heresies when they first appeared, since they emerged as alternative currents in Islamic culture, and were founded by people who were considered to be Muslims, much as Christianity is viewed by some to be a Jewish heresy, or Islam a Christian heresy. References 1. ^ Wehr, Hans (1994). Arabic- English Dictionary . Spoken Language Services, Inc. p. 57. 2. ^ Al-Shatibi, Ibrahim ibn Musa. al-I`itsam. pp. 1:49. 3. ^ al-Masri, Jamaluddin ibn al- Manzur. Lisan al-‘Arab . pp. 8:6. 4. ^ Al-Qawaaid wal-Usool al- Jaamiah wal-Furooq wat- Taqaaseem al-Badeeah an- Naafiah by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Naasir as-Sadi 5. ^ al-Nawawi, Yahya ibn Sharif. Tahzib al-Asma’ wal-Lughaat . pp. 1:22–23. 6. ^ al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad. Kitab al-Kabair . 7. ^ Fat-hul Baari by Ibn Hajar al- Asqalani (vol.2, p. 443) 8. ^ Sahih Muslim, 9:3601 9. ^ Sahih al-Bukhari , 8:80:8747 10. ^ Abu Shaamah (no. 39) 11. ^ al-Bayhaqee in as-Sunan al- Kubraa (4/316) 12. ^ al-Laalikaaee - Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlis-Sunnah wal- Jamaaah (no. 238) 13. ^ Abu Nuaym in al-Hilyah (7/26) and Ibn Battah (no.444) 14. ^ al-Laalikaaee - Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlis-Sunnah wal- Jamaaah (no.267) 15. ^ Sunan ad-Daarimee (1/121) 16. ^ al-Laalikaaee - Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlis-Sunnah wal- Jamaaah (1/139) 17. ^ Tabaqaatul-Hanaabilah - Volume 2, Page 44 18. ^ Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlus- Sunnah wal-Jamaaah - al- Laalikaaee - Volume 1, Page 179 19. ^ Abu Uthmaan as- Saaboonee, The Aqeedah of the (Pious) Predecessors - Page 101 20. ^ Al Muttaqoon -> Question And Answers On Bid’ah (Innovation) 21. ^ Microsoft Word - Explanation of The Nullifiers of Islaam.doc [ dead link] 22. ^ Islam Question and Answer - Does a good intention intercede for one? 23. ^ islamqa/en/ ref/205 24. ^ Bin Baz, Abd al-Aziz. 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On Celebrating the Prophets Birthday . 26. ^ Answering-Ansar.org :: Bidah (Innovation) [ dead link] External links Sunni View The Perfection of the Sharia and an Exposition of the Reprehensible Innovations That Have Crept Into Islam Innovation in Light of the Perfection of the Shariah Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen on innovations [ dead link](redirects to survey) Expounding Bidah Bid’ah: a Detailed Explanation from Living Islam Innovation and Creativity in Islam by Dr. Umar Fard Abd- Allah [dead link] (404) Shia View Introduction to Bidah from the Shia website Answering Ansar [ dead link] (password restricted) Detailed Explanation of the Shia view on Bidah [ dead link] (password restricted) Read in another language Last modified on 30 March 2014, at 05:51 Mobile Desktop Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. Privacy “ [H]ow can there be any such thing as bid’ah hasanah (“good innovation”) when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Every bid’ah is a going astray and every going astray is in Hell-fire”. So, if anyone says that there is such a thing as bid’ah hasanah, he can only be insisting on going against the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).... It (referring to a spontaneous form of dhikr in the prayer by a Companion recorded in the hadith literature) was not even considered to have been a correct action until after the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had approved it, and not before. But how on earth could this innovator obtain the approval of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) after he has passed away?
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