IS ALL EVERY BIDDAH MISGUIDANCE? The Prophet (asws) said: “What Allah permitted in His Book is permitted, and what He forbade is forbidden, and what He was silent about is (considered) permission (‘afuw), so accept from Allah His permissions, for Allah does not forget or neglect a single thing,” then he recited: “and your Lord is not forgetful” (Q19:64, 20:52). 249 From this the scholars of Usul ad-Din have derived the rule which states: “ The original ruling concerning something is permissibility (ibaha), as long as no specific mention of its being prohibited has come to us,” and that is the beautiful vastness and flexibility of this Shari’a. It is not, then, as some have understood it today, where: “The original ruling concerning something is prohibition (tahrim), unless some mention of its being commanded (by Allah and His Messenger) has come to us,” which is nothing but extremism and ignorant rigidity.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:48:21 +0000
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