Innovation

My sister-in-law will be getting married soon. She is worried about the type of boy she can get married to. To be specific, she has asked me whether it is valid to get married to a person who is a strong supporter of the Mawlid or Milad-un-Nabi practice? I do understand that this practice itself is an innovation in Islam. However, the difficulty is whether one can get married to such people who practice Mawlid. In New XXX, the people involved in this practice, do this as an act of worship. People would be invited to attend this ceremony where various hadith are read, songs are sung and dua is made. People actually stand and sing! I hope this is the practice the fatwaa on your site refers to. The question is whether one can marry those who do this practice? The more difficult question and the one I am afraid to ask is whether these people are Muslims? Sheikh, you do not have to answer the second one if it is not wise to?

This book handles the issue of bid’ah (innovation in Islam) through the following points: (1) Categories of people who practice innovations (2) Satan’s attempts to destroy the son of Adam through seven phases (3) Completion of Islam (4) What is bid’ah? (5) The stance of Shari’ah regarding religious innovations (6) Statements of scholars who condemned bid’ah practices (7) Proofs used by some to support their devious practices (8) Reasons for spreading bid’ah (9) Prerequisites for acceptance of good deeds (10) Dangers of bid’ah.

This book is to be seen as a modest attempt, a small but significant and sincere contribution, to the input of materials pertaining to Islam which set to curb and eventually uproot evil and establish righteousness, so that people are helped in clinging to the only way that affords them safety from the Fire, and brings them closer to Allah with a submission to his will that is borne of easiness as a result based on correct knowledge and understanding.

The Islamic definition of Bid’ah: Imaam Ash-Shaafi’i, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “A Bid’ah is anything that has no basis in the Qur’aan, Sunnah or sayings of any of the companions.” Ibn Al-Jawzi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “A Bid’ah is any form of worship that did not exist (at the time of the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and his companions) then later it was innovated.” Ibn Rajab, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: “A Bid’ah is any form of worship which has no basis in the Sharee’ah which would warrant its legislation.”

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding: "I have heard that you are not supposed to have sex on Tuesdays....and there is something that comes that night which then curses all those who are doing it...and they suffer somehow later...then please reply me and inform me about the correct information from hadeeths or Quran."

A question answered by Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid regarding:" What is the ruling on doing acts of worship at times when people are committing a lot of sin (such as the Gregorian New Year), acting upon the words of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him): “Worship at times of turmoil is like migrating to me (hjrah)”?.

Celebrating the Mawlid and other occasions, and offering food on these occasions by Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid.

I am living in dubai and here huge number of shia are pesent arround us they always say that doing maatum on 9 and 10 muhaaram is right and this is the proof that we love hazrat husain and hazrat yaqoob also said “Hazrat Yaqoob (a.s.) cried and said a word (Hey Yousuf) he cried that in result of he became blind and thier rest sons who were wrong asked him if you cried like this than you will hurt yourself and no dought you will die one day while crying. THEN Haszar Yaqoob (a.s.) replied I cried and tell all my tregedy to ALMIGHTY ALLAH and I know something from GOD” please tell me the answer as soon as possible that beating chest is right or wrong?

This question involves two issues, bid’ah (innovation) and shirk (polytheism, association of others with Allah).

The Definition Of Innovation And Polytheism And Examples About Them

The Night Of Mid Of Sha’aban has a great value in the hearts of muslims of the Indian subcontinent as they believe that Allah decides the fate in it .So they perform night prayers in it till the dawn in addition to performing a lot of innovative deeds.This book is a convincing and decisive reply about the superstitions of that night.He listed all what is mentioned about the virtue of that night and refuted all suspicions about the innovations of that night.

War Against Innovation And Defending Sunnah is a message about innovations spread in the Uyghur society and become traditions.And also about the position of sunnah in Islam and its importance in the muslim’s life.

An article about innovations innovated in Shaaban month

From The Innovations Of Rajab Month

The Concept Of Innovation In Islam

About the danger of innovations and the innovations performed in this month like celebrating the night of the middle of Sha’aban Month by fasting,performing night prayers and visiting graves and tombs.

The Light Of Sunnah And The Darkness Of The Heresy is a brief message about the concept of sunnah,the names of people of sunnah,the great grace of sunnah,the rank of the sunnah,the signs of its people then mentioned the rank of heresy,its people,its concept ,its reasons,contemporary heresies,consequences of heresy and the repentence of its doer

We know that from the principles of the righteous predecessors is the authenticity of the sources of studying which is Quran and Sunnah and the correctness of the sources of deduction and confirmation.But the methodology of the people of prejudices and innovations in studying and deduction is different and contradicting all of this.