Sects and Innovation
283 questions
What is the ruling on placing the Shaykh's sandal or shoe on the student's head, in veneration of the Shaykh, as practiced by some sects affiliated with Islam?
Does the meaning of the term "Ilahiyyat" (Theology/Divinity) among the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah correspond to its meaning among the Ash'aris, Sufis, philosophers, and others? If it differs, what exactly is meant by this term according to the Ahl al-Sunnah, Ash'aris, and Sufis, specifically?
What are the anthropomorphist (Mujassimah) and similitudinist (Mushabbihah) sects, what is the difference between them, and what is the stance of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah regarding them?
Are "Jawharat al-Tawhid" by al-Bajuri and "Jawharat al-Tawhid" by al-Laqqani compatible with the Salafi creed?
Is the Deobandi group an innovator (in religion), and can you clarify the Hadith from Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in the aforementioned link?
Is this group, which uses people's belongings without permission, communicates only with its members, and rejects natural sciences on the grounds that God knows everything, on the straight path?
Is what I read about the Ibadis true, that they pray all prayers silently?
What is the meaning of the Hadith: "My Ummah will not unite upon error," and how do we respond to those who say that the large number of followers of the Tablighi Jamaat – despite the presence of polytheism (shirk) in some of their books – indicates that they are not in error, based on this Hadith?
What was the creed of Imam Al-Bukhari, may Allah have mercy on him?
How does a Muslim follow the correct group or community in matters of creed, given that each claims to be in the right, and all of them are scholars whose pronouncements a questioner accepts without proof, and no proof is accepted except with their explanation, and each scholar explains the proof according to his own methodology?
Do the Jahmiyyah differentiate between the actions of the heart and the limbs, and does inward affirmation fall under their category of actions of the heart, such that the absence of awe and fear affects the believer's faith?
Why did Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah choose the principles by which they excluded those who declared the perpetrator of a major sin to be a disbeliever, and those who said that faith neither increases nor decreases, and others? And on what basis are these principles called the principles of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah? And is one considered an innovator (mubtadi') if he does not consider the Mawlid an innovation and deems it good? And who is the innovator? Is it everyone who contradicts the principles of Ahl al-Sunnah codified in books of creed, or everyone who commits an innovation and is bigoted about it? And to which group is he attributed?
Is the division among Salafis and their excommunication of one another, and the resulting infighting, an indication that Salafis are not upon the truth? And is it obligatory to reconsider affiliation with the Salafi methodology? Or is this a time for isolating oneself from people and weeping over sin?
Does dedicating certain foods in Ramadan, such as "knafeh" and "qatayef," fall under the category of Bidʻah (innovation) and make consuming them unlawful in this month, as opposed to others?
Is it correct to describe the descendants of Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn and "Ali al-Mahdi" with the term "Imam"?
How should we deal with the people of innovation (Ahl al-Bidʻah) who place stones to prostrate upon them or seek blessings from the coverings of the Kaaba inside the Two Holy Mosques?
How can the beliefs of those who claim divinity ("the God-man") from the "Aga Muhammad" sect, who believe in anthropomorphism and use the Qadiani translation of the Quran, be refuted using the Quran and Sunnah, whether with disbelievers or Christians?
What is Freemasonry, and what is the Islamic ruling concerning it and joining it?
What are the traditional books in the various fields of religious knowledge for the pure Sunnis who were not known for innovation, and what is the reason for later generations adopting books by innovators who went astray in matters of creed and other areas? Is it permissible to ask for Allah's mercy upon them, such as Al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam and Ibn al-Arabi?