{"id":42242,"date":"2021-10-07T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.igmg.org\/?p=42242"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:27:27","slug":"following-the-sunnah-and-avoiding-bidah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.igmg.org\/en\/following-the-sunnah-and-avoiding-bidah\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the Sunnah and Avoiding Bid\u2019ah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honourable Muslims!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allah (SWT) sent down our Holy Book Qur\u2019an for the salvation and happiness of mankind and showed how to live it through our prophet (SAW).  As our Prophet \ufdfa said \u201cDefinitely for those of you amongst you who hope for Allah\u2019s mercy and Day of Judgment there is a good example in Allah\u2019s Messenger.\u201d[1]<\/a> <\/strong>In other words, the sunnah is the living example of the Qur\u2019an by Our Prophet (SAW). The sunnah has been researched and written through very systematic and diligent efforts of our scholars. The fact that our Book Qur\u2019an commands us to obey our Prophet, to follow Him, to take Him as a model, to accept his judgment is very important and shows that His task is to explain and propagate Qur\u2019an and the Sunnah has been recorded without the loss of any data and protected. Otherwise, these commandments of Our Lord Allah (SWT) would not have any practical sense. The fact that Qur\u2019an has been preserved as it came from Allah and the ahadith have been written is a privilege given to us, the ummah of Muhammad (SAW).<\/p>\n

Respected Believers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Qur\u2019an and Our Propet (SAW) have determined the confinements of this Religion. We cannot add to it and we cannot remove from it. As any addition is bid\u2019ah and bid\u2019ah has been prohibited by our Prophet (SAW). As explained in the Hadith \u201cEverything that is added to the Religion that was not in the essence of the Religion is bid\u2019ah.\u201d[2]<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cThe worst of all affairs is this.\u201d<\/strong>[3]<\/a> And \u201cBid\u2019ah is deviation.\u201d <\/strong>That is to say it is heresy.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n

However, our scholars categorized the topic of bid\u2019ah as good and bad bid\u2019ah. What our Prophet (SAW) defined is bad bid\u2019ah. That is to say, if we add something to the Religion and it becomes part of the religion and we feel as if we are neglecting a religious duty as a result of when we don\u2019t do it, then it is a bad bid\u2019ah.
\nPutting candles in them, tying pieces of cloth in them can be given as bad bid\u2019ah.<\/p>\n

Dear Congregation!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Prophet (SAW) said anyone who started a good practice in Islam rewards would be given to him as long as people do that practice.[5]<\/a> When Omar (r.a) saw people constantly  praying tarawih prayers in one congregation he said \u201cWhat a beautiful bid\u2019ah this is.\u201d[6]<\/a><\/strong> Good bid\u2019ah that is OK to do include compiling Qur\u2019an into a book, praying teravih prayers in mosques regularly and building minarets and madrasahs.<\/p>\n

Dear Brothers and sisters!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We shouldn\u2019t confuse bid\u2019ah and cultural practice either. The religion shows itself in daily practice through cultural practice and is spread amongst large audiences this way. In our culture kandil celebrations, the tradition of celebrating the birth of the Prophet, regional marriage celebrations, cultural dresses, the tradition of muezzin when we pray in congregation, in some areas saying selawat on Thursday as a harbinger of the coming of Friday, saying of salawat before the time of Cuma prayer can be given as examples of cultural practice in our community.<\/p>\n

These cannot be considered as bid\u2019ah. We need to have discernment and we need to show an effort to continue these good examples in our culture. Our future generations need good examples of how religion and life are intertwined together. However, we also need to be able to differentiate the bid\u2019ahs that will destroy the essence of the religion and have the foresight to be able to distinguish between the two. We shouldn\u2019t adopt the approach to reject everything altogether. That is why we need to know our Prophet and His sunnah and Qur\u2019an really well.<\/p>\n

May Allah make us steadfast in the footsteps of the Prophet (SAW). May He protect us from the evil of the bad bid\u2019ah. \u00c2min<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Surah Ahz\u00e2b , 29:21<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Nesa\u00ee, \u00cedeyn, 22; \u0130bn Majah, Mukaddime, 7<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> M\u00fcslim, Cum\u2018a, 43<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> M\u00fcslim, Cumu\u2018a, 43; Eb\u00fb D\u00e2v\u00fbd, Sunnah, 6<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Bkz. M\u00fcslim, \u0130lim, 6<\/p>\n

[6]<\/a> Buh\u00e2r\u00ee, Ter\u00e2v\u00eeh, 1<\/p>\n

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Khutba-Following the Sunnah and Avoiding Bid\u2019ah<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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