Refuting the Notion of Bid'ah Hasanah

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

http://www.bidah.com/articles/ezaqa-the-notion-of-bidah-hasan-good-innovation-destroyed-part-1.cfm

http://www.bidah.com/articles/uvlmw-the-notion-of-bidah-hasanah-good-innovation-in-worship-destroyed-part-2.cfm

http://www.bidah.com/articles/rouuz-the-notion-of-bidah-hasanah-good-innovation-in-worship-destroyed-part-3.cfm

http://www.bidah.com/articles/vfhnh-the-notion-of-bidah-hasanah-good-innovation-in-worship-destroyed-part-4.cfm

http://www.bidah.com/articles/edofk-the-notion-of-bidah-hasanah-good-innovation-in-worship-destroyed-part-5.cfm

http://www.bidah.com/articles/unpbn-refuting-the-notion-of-bidah-hasanah-good-innovation-in-worship-part-6.cfm

http://www.bidah.com/articles/waumz-refuting-the-notion-of-bidah-hasanah-good-innovation-in-worship-part-7.cfm

http://www.bidah.com/articles/chbjn-refuting-the-notion-of-bidah-hasanah-good-innovation-in-worship-part-8.cfm

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

[MENTION=1772]BarakzaiAbdali[/MENTION]

[Mujib]

The vast majority of scholars agree that an innovation can be a praiseworthy innovation (bid`a hasana). When certain scholars appear to disagree with this, it is a difference in wording. These scholars do not use the word bid`a for praiseworthy innovations because, since praiseworthy "innovations" have a basis in Islam, they are not in reality innovations. According to these scholars, the term bid`a only refers to blameworthy innovations. This is why they disagree with "bid`a hasana."

Wahhabi/"Salafi" arguments, such as those in the website cited above, attempt to mislead Muslims by presenting the scholars' difference in wording as a rejection of praiseworthy innovations.

For more one can read the excellent article The Concept of Bid'a in the Islamic Shari'a at masud.co.uk.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

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