DETAILED CLARIFICATION OF INNOVATIONS

قيل Innovation Definition The linguistic meaning of bidˆah (innovation) is: مَا أُحْدِثَ عَلَى غَيْرِ مِثَالٍ سَابِقٍ ‘that which was made without a previous example’. Religiously, it is that which was not documented in the Qur’aan, and did not come in the Sunnah. Ibnu-l-ˆArabiyy said “The innovation (bidˆah; muhdath) is not dispraised merely because of the ...

The Islamic Faith: The Creed of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jama^ah

02. September 2012 Basics, Creed 0
  We start with the Name of Allah, we praise Him, and we ask Allah to raise the rank of our dear and beloved master MuHammad, sallallaahu ^alayhi wa sallam, and protect his nation from that which he feared for it. Aameen. Imam Ja^far As-Sadiq stated as related by Abul Qasim Al-Qushayriyy in his letter Ar-Risalah Al-Qushayriyyah,   “Whoever claims ...