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Ch 1 Bidah Meaning
1. Al Bidah
Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said,

A Bidah in religion is that thing which has not been made to be a part of
the Shariah by Allah and his Messenger . It is the thing
regarding which there is no command about its being compulsory (Waajib)
nor recommended (Mustahab).
[RECORDED IN FATAWA, IBN TAYMIYYAH 4:107-108]
Chapter 2: Why is it wrong to do Bidah?
1. Religion has been completed there is no need for any further
addition to it.
Allah says in the Quran in Surah Maidah, 5:3
1
,
This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor
upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.

Abdullah Bin Masood narrated,
Follow and do not introduce new things and (what has already come) is
enough for you
[NARRATED BY ABDULLAH BIN MASOOD ; RECORDED IN AD-DARMI: INTRODUCTION: IN
DISLIKNIG OF TAKING OPINION]

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2. The Prophet did not conceal anything from the matters of
religion.
Aisha narrated,

He who presumes that the Messenger of Allah concealed

anything, from the Book, of Allah fabricates the greatest lie against Allah.
Allah says: "O Messenger! Deliver that which has been revealed to thee
from your Lord, and if you do (it) not, you have not delivered His message"
(Surah Maidah, 5:67).
[NARRATED BY AISHA ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM: 3372]
3. The Prophet is the best ideal (and example to
follow)
Allah says in the Quran in Surah Al-Ahzaab, 33:21
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent
pattern.

Allah says in the Quran in Surah Al-Hujuraat 49:1
O you who have believed, do not put [yourselves] before Allah and His
Messenger but fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
4. All Bidah are misguidance.
The Prophet said,

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And the most evil affairs are innovations and every innovation is
misguidance.
[NARRATED BY JABIR ; RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM, MUSNAD AHMED, NASAI, IBN MAJAH,
AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 1353]

People say that there are two type of Bidahs good Bidah and bad Bidah.
But every Bidah is Dalalah (deviation).

All innovations are misguidance, even if people consider them to be good
[RECORDED IN AITIQAAD AHLUS-SUNNAH: No 126]
5. Rasoolullah made every thing clear

Ibn Masood that the Messenger of Allah said,

"There is no action that will take you closer to Jannah, but I have ordered
you to do that. And there is no action that will take you closer to the fire of
Hell but I have prohibited you from it."'
[RECORDED IN HAAKIM, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH LI-GAYRIHI) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AT TARGEEB 1700]
Chapter 3 - What are the Evil consequences of
Bidah?
1. Bidah destroys deeds.
The Prophet said,
Whoever does an action (Amal) which is not according to my command
then that action (Amal) is rejected.


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[NARRATED BY AISHA , RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM: 4267, MUSNAD AHMED,
AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 6398]

In another narration it is mentioned that the Prophet said,
Whoever innovates in our religion that which is not of it, then that will be
rejected.
[NARRATED BY AISHA SAHIH BUKHARI (BOOK OF PEACEMAKING, CHAPTER ON, IF SOME
PEOPLE ARE, RECONCILED ON ILLEGAL BASIS THEIR RECONCILIATION IS REJECTED) 3:861, SAHEEH
MUSLIM, ABU DAWOOD, IBN MAJAH, SAHEEH AL JAAMI 5970]
2. Bidah is the cause of receiving the Curse.
The Prophet said,
Allahs Curse is on the one who accommodates an innovator (in religion).
[NARRATED BY ALI , RECORDED IN SAHEEH MUSLIM: 4878, NASAI, MUSNAD AHMED,
AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI 5112]
3. The Bidati (Innovator) due to his innovation does not pay
attention to repentance.
The Prophet said:
Indeed Allah has placed a barrier between the innovator (Bidati) and
repentance.
[NARRATED BY ANAS , RECORDED BY TABARANI IN AL AWSAT, IBN FEEL, BAIHAQI IN SHOBUL
IMAAN, AZ-ZIAA, AUTHENTICATED (SAHEEH) BY ALBANI IN SAHEEH AL JAAMI : 1699]

Sufyan as-Thawri said,
Iblees (i.e. Shaytaan) likes innovations (Bid'ah) more than sins. Since a
person repentance from sins is accepted while his repentance from Bidah
is not accepted.
[RECORDED IN SHARAH -AS- SUNNAH, BY BAGHAWI, 1:216]
4. The Bidati (innovator) will be stopped from drinking from the


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Haudh e Kauthar (the Fount of Abundance) on the Day of
Judgement.
The Prophet said,
"I am your predecessor (forerunner) at the Lake-Fount, and whoever will
pass by there, he will drink from it and whoever will drink from it, he will
never be thirsty. There will come to me some people, whom I will
recognize, and they will recognize me, but a barrier will be placed between
me and them." 'I will say: They are of me (i.e. my followers). It will be
said, 'You do not know what they innovated (new things) in the religion
after you left'. I will say, 'Far removed, far removed (from mercy), those
who changed (their religion) after me."
[NARRATED BY SAHL BIN SAD AND ABU SAID AL-KHUDRI , RECORDED IN MUSNAD AHMED,
SAHEEH MUSLIM, SAHEEH BUKHARI 8:585]
5. The faces of the Bidati (Innovators) will be made black.
Ibn Abbas (ra) narrated in the commentary of Surah Al-Imran 3:106
On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black.
He said, The faces of the people of the Sunnah will be shining and the
face of the people of Bidah will be made black.
[RECORDED IN TAFSEER AL QURTUBI IN COMMENTARY OF 3:106]
6. The People of innovation, since they follow their own desires
will be in of Hell.
The Prophet said,


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Ever innovation is misguidance and (the consequence of) every
misguidance is the fire (of Hell)
[NARRATED BY JAABIR IBN ABDULLAH AND RECORDED BY NASAI (BOOK OF THE TWO EIDS,
CHAPTER ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KHUTBAH)]

Every Bidah is deviation. Every Bidah is in Hell i.e. people who follow
Bidah are in Hell.

Allah says in the Quran in Surah al Gashiyah 88:2-4
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely Hot Fire.
Chapter 4. Classification of Bidah
[NOTE: ALL THE EXAMPLES MENTIONED BELOW ARE EXAMPLES OF BIDAH (INNOVATIONS). ALL OF
THESE ACTIONS ARE NOT PROVEN FROM THE QURAN AND THE AUTHENTIC HADITH.]
1. Time
[I.E. FIXING A PARTICULAR TIME / DAY / PERIOD WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN THE QURAN AND THE
SUNNAH FOR SOME DEED MAKES THAT DEED INTO A BIDAH]

E.g. - Performing Hajj in other than Dhil-Hijjah and
- Fasting the fasts of Ramadaan in other than Ramadaan.
2. Place
[I.E. FIXING A PARTICULAR PLACE WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH FOR
SOME DEED MAKES THAT DEED INTO A BIDAH]

E.g. - Tawaaf of other than the Kaba
- Saee of other than Safa and Marwah
3. Quantity / Number


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[I.E. FIXING A PARTICULAR NUMBER WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH FOR
SOME DEED MAKES THAT DEED INTO A BIDAH]

E.g. - Fixing the number in Dhikr (Words of Remembrance of Allah) as 11.
Offering Salah before and after the chanting (Wird).
- Increasing the number of Ruku and Sujood
- Fixing the number of Surahs in Tahajjud and in other Salahs.
4. Material
[I.E. FIXING A PARTICULAR MATERIAL WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH FOR
SOME DEED MAKES THAT DEED INTO A BIDAH]
E.g. - Slaughtering a Horse on Eid ul Azha
- Throwing Shoes and large stones instead of small pebbles (on the
Jamarah, in Hajj)
5. Condition (Manner)
[I.E. ADOPTING A PARTICULAR MANNER WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN THE QURAN AND THE SUNNAH
FOR DOING SOME DEED MAKES THAT DEED INTO A BIDAH]

E.g. - The manner of performing Zikr and other actions by the Sufis
- Leaving backwards (without turning the back towards it) from
tombs and graves, Masjid al Haraam and Masjid e Nabawi
6. Sequence
[I.E. CHANGING THE SEQUENCE OF A PARTICULAR RIGHTEOUS DEED TURNS IT INTO A BIDAH]
E.g. - Reading the Darood on the Prophet before the Adhaan
(rather than reading after it)
7. Cause
[I.E. DOING THE ACTION DUE TO A CAUSE NOT PROVEN FROM THE QURAN AND THE AUTHENTIC HADITH
MAKES THAT ACTION A BIDAH]
E.g. - Organising special Programs on the nights of 15
th
Shabaan and
Meraj (27
th
Rajab) due to the Fazeelat (as considered by people) of
these nights.
- Doing special actions of Ibadah in the month of Rabi-ul Awwal due
to the birth of Prophet Muhammed in it.

[MANY OF THESE ACTIONS ARE RIGHTEOUS DEEDS BUT THEY BECOME BIDAH WHEN THEIR TIME,
PLACE, NUMBER, MATERIAL, CONDITION, SEQUENCE AND CAUSE IS FIXED BY PEOPLE WHEN ALLAH HAS
NOT FIXED THEM IN THE QURAN NOR HAS THE PROPHET FIXED THEM IN THE SUNNAH.
THIS CHANGES A RIGHTEOUS DEED INTO A BIDAH]


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Chapter 5: Some Open Bidahs
All Bidahs are deviation. Yet, there are people who insist that there are
some good Bidahs since they see some benefit in it. Here are a list of
some open Bidahs which also have some benefit. We ask the people who
talk about good Bidahs why we cannot accept these Bidahs also? Now it
is for them to explain why we cannot accept these Bidahs. They may say,
It is not proven. The same is our answer for all the Bidahs that they do.

1. Adhaan for the Eid Salaah
2. Offering Sunnah salah in congregation
3. At the end of Adhaan saying "Muhammadur Rasoolullah" after "La-ilaha
Illal Allah"
4. Reading Surah Fatihah after Surah Fatihah
5. Kissing the ground in the Sajdah
6. Saying "As-salaatu was salaam ala khataman nabeeyeen" after
"Aameen"
7. Imaam doing Qiraat in the Local language of the place where he is
8. Saying "Wa-Alaikum Assalaam" after people say "Salaam" in the Salah in
congregation
9. Using soap while doing Wudhu
10. Spreading hands on the body of the neighbour after Duaa