Bid'ah
Bid'ah is an innovation in religious practice: something introduced into worship or belief without basis in the Qur'an, sunnah, or early practice. Scholars differ on whether every innovation is treated the same way. The term applies to practices, not automatically to the people who do them.
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How can one respond to someone who says, "The important thing is that it's not forbidden," when advised that some matters are innovations (bid'ah)?
The origin of the error is the assumption that innovation (bid'ah) is not forbidden, whereas it is indeed forbidden, according to the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him: "Every innovation is misguidance." And…
Is raising the Adhan through loudspeakers considered a bid'ah (innovation), given that bid'ah refers to newly invented matters in religion?
The adhan (call to prayer) through loudspeakers is not an innovation (bid'ah), because it is a means of conveying the adhan to the listeners, and means take the ruling of their objectives. Just as the use of modern…
Is "parading the groom with religious poems" using the tambourine and mizmar, or just poems, considered a Bid'ah (innovation), and does Bid'ah include matters of custom?
The reprehensible Bid‘ah (innovation) in Islamic law is specific to acts of worship, and the default rule concerning them is prohibition unless there is evidence of their permissibility. It does not apply to customs and…
Questions that use it
Is dedicating Friday to performing certain social traditions related to a newborn, such as preparing their belongings, in optimistic pursuit of the blessings of this day, considered a forbidden innovation (bid‘ah)?
How sound is Ibn al-Jawzi's saying: "Give Allah what He loves, and He will give you what you love; respond to Allah when He calls you, and He will respond to you when you call Him"? And what is the meaning of this saying if it is sound? And is it true that following specific steps such as constant ablution, giving charity, glorifying Allah (tasbeeh), and frequently praising Allah, is a correct way to achieve healing and fulfill needs, or is it an innovation (bid'ah)? And what are the deeds that please Allah and aid in healing?
What is the stance of Islamic law and the four schools of thought on the method of performing Istikhara prayer by repeating Surat Al-Qadr seven times in each rak'ah, and waiting for the body to rotate right or left as a sign of the answer? Is this method considered correct or an innovation (bid'ah)? If it is an innovation, then who is rotating the body? And can Satan delude the worshiper with incorrect things during prayer?