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Topic: Definition of Bid'ah No.1
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 abusalmaan
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Definition of Bid?ah No.1
Bid?ah is every Belief, action or saying which is introduced after the death of the prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم with the intention of worshiping and drawing close to Allaah with no evidence from the Book of Allaah nor from the Sunnah and nor from the actions of the Salaf.
The categories of Bid?ah are five. All of them are misguidance and some are more evil than others.
1. Bid?ah in Belief: Which is every belief that is in opposition to the Book and Sunnah. Like the one who believes that the leaders or personalities conduct or control anything in the universe, or that they know the unseen. This is Kufr (disbelief).
2. Bid?ah of speech: Every type of speech that a person says intending by it worship of Allaah and it is not from the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah. Like the one who remembers Allaah with just His name ?Allaah? or with the pronoun ?huwa? (so he just says ?hu hu hu?)
3. Bid?ah of action: Every action or movement that is not from the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah and the person intends worship by it. Like the one who dances when remembering Allaah.
4. Bid?ah of wealth: Every type of wealth that is spent intending worship by it in everything that is not from the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah . Like the building of domes on graves.
5. Bid?ah of leaving alone, neglecting: Like the one who leaves that which is from the Deen or that which is allowed intending by it worship. Like the one who leaves off marriage or eating meat.
Taken from Qawlul Mufeed fi adillah Tawheed by Shaikh Muhammad ibn AbdilWahhaab al Wassaabi حفظه الله .
و الله أعلم
أبو سلمان النمري
والعصر ان الانسان لفي خسر الا الذين آمنواو عملوا الصالحات و تواصوا بالحق و تواصوا بالصبر
This message was edited by abusalmaan on 2-19-03 @ 9:44 PM
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| MSbN.Ahmad
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Assalaamu'alaykum wa rahmatullaah
JazaakAllaahu khayr. Doesn't spending (number 4) come under bid'ah of action? Also is intending worship a necessary condition and if so how does celebrating birthdays fit into this definition? Could you also post where you are quoting from? BarakAllaahu feek.
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| abusalmaan
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Yes. It can be entered into both. As for the celebrating of birthdays then refer to the post of Hasan as Sumaali on the fatwa regarding Valentines day as the answer is there.
والله أعلم
أبو سلمان النمري
والعصر ان الانسان لفي خسر الا الذين آمنواو عملوا الصالحات و تواصوا بالحق و تواصوا بالصبر
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| abdulilah
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Imam Tartooshi said "The asl of this word (bid'ah) is from Ikhtiraa' (Something invented) and it is something that happens without a previous base nor example (can be taken) and nothing ever happened similar to it."
Allaah mentions in the Qur'an that He is the Badee'u samawaati wal Ard meaning that He is the one who invented the heavens and the earth no else came with it before Him subhaanahu wa taa'ala.
Also Allaah mentions about the Messenger sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam to say to the people that he was not a bid'an MinaRasul, meaning his sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam's call was not something new rather his call is the same as all the Prophets to Worship Allaah alone.
See 'Ilm Usool Bida'a.
التراجع إلى الحق فضيلة
This message was edited by abdulilah on 2-20-03 @ 8:02 AM
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| MSbN.Ahmad
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BarakAllaahu feekum. I couldn't find the fatwa on this site but if it is the same one on fatwa-online then it is clear that these celebrations are haraam and the scholars have stated that they are bid'ah. However I'm still confused about how 'with the intention of worship and drawing close to Allaah' is applied to birthdays, valentines day, marriage anniversaries and the like.
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| abusalmaan
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It seems that it wiould fall under making tashbeeh of the kuffaar.
و الله أعلم
أبو سلمان النمري
والعصر ان الانسان لفي خسر الا الذين آمنواو عملوا الصالحات و تواصوا بالحق و تواصوا بالصبر
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| oummou.assia
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bissmillah ar rahmani ar rahim
assalam alaykoum
na'am, the problem is with following the celebretions of kouffaars, as those kinds of 'eids (birthdays, holly days...) are typical of their culture, and it was introduced to muslim culture by us copying the kouffaar, wa Allahoul mousta'an, and we know for a fact that our beloved Rassoul (salla llahou 'alayhi wa sallam) has forbiden us to resemble them.
Also, it is innovation in the fact that we have in Islam certain 'eid which Allah has given us, so introducing a new 'eid, and doing it on a regular basis is like introducing a new act in our deen which is perfect, and which is adressed to all of our aspects of life.
wa Allahou ta'ala a'lam
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| MSbN.Ahmad
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Wa'alaykissalaam wa rahmatullaah
Jazaakillaahu khayraa. The question I was asking was: is it possible for an action to be considered bid'ah if the person carrying it out did not intend worship or nearness to Allaah, even if the action resembles worship in some aspects as was mentioned in the definition above? Many of the celebrations of the kuffaar are not done with any religious intent whatsoever.
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| abusalmaan
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Then he 'and Allaah knows best' falls under the hadeeth of 'and whoever resembles a people then he is from them'.
أبو سلمان النمري طلحة بن وليم
والعصر ان الانسان لفي خسر الا الذين آمنواو عملوا الصالحات و تواصوا بالحق و تواصوا بالصبر
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