LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇. *AQEEDAH AT-TAWHEED (Episode 23)

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AS AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU. LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                                *AQEEDAH AT-TAWHEED (Episode 23)*                                                               

 
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*Al Hafidh Ibn Rajab commented in his book al-Arba'ieen,* on this saying: _"The Prophet's words 'every Bid'ah is a means of deviation. Are concise words that exclude nothing, and this is one of the great fundamentals of Islam._ It resembles the Prophet's warning: _*"He who performs an act of worship which is not substantiated by our deen, it shall be rejected."*_ (Muslim). _So anyone who introduces a religious ritual and claims it to be part of Islam without having an origin in Islam, it is a means of deviation and Islam has nothing to do with it, whether in the issues of belief, utterances, the apparent and hidden thereof."_ *(Jami'al Uloom wal-Hikam, pp.233)*
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Such people have no proof of the claim, there is good Bid'ah other than the statement of *Umar bin al-Khattab* when he described the Taraweeh prayer: *"What a good Bid'ah is this."*

They also said that new things took place during the time of the Pious Predecessors who did not object to them, such as collating the Qur'an in one codex, and, compiling the collection of the Hadith. The answer to this is that those actions have a base in the Shari'ah, they are not innovated, while the statement of Umar: *"What a good Bid'ah is this,"* _he meant by the Bid'ah' only the linguistic meaning of this term, *not its legal meaning.*_
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The Bid'ah in terms of Shari'ah is an act of worship or a ritual which has no base in Shar'iah to which it is referred. Hence, collating the Qur'an in one codex has a base in Shari'ah. The Prophet used to command his Companions to write down the Qur'an. Besides, the Qur'an was written down but was not collated in a codex. Later on, the Companions, collated it into one codex, in order to preserve it. Likewise, Taraweeh prayer was initiated by the Prophet when he performed it along with his Companions for three nights.
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But on the fourth night, he did not perform it for fear of it being imposed on the Muslims as an obligatory prayer. The Companions resumed performing it individually during the lifetime of the Prophet and after his death, until Umar ibn al-Khattab, with whom Allah is pleased, made them perform it in the congregation as they used to perform it with the Prophet. This is not considered as Bid'ah in the deen, nor was writing down the Hadith, because the Prophet commanded some of his Companions to write down the Hadith.
*May Allah reward them on behalf of Islam and the Muslims, the best of rewards, because they preserved the Book of their Rubb and the Sunnah of their Prophet against loss and against tampering*.
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▪️ *The reasons of the prevalence of Bid'ah*
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*▫️The first issue:* The era during which the Bid'ah prevailed.
*Shaikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah grant him His mercy, said:* _"You should know that most of Bid'ah in the branches of Islam and worship appeared towards the period of the well-guided Caliphs, as foretold by the Prophet, who said: *'He who lives long, will see great variance, therefore, adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the well guided Caliphs."*_ (Abu Dawood and others).
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    *The first Bid'ah to appear was the perverted beliefs of the Qadariyah, and the Murji'ites, followed by the Bid'ah of Shi'ism and the Kharijites.* When division took place after the assassination of Uthman, the Bid'ah of Harooriyah appeared.

Then towards the end of the Companions era, the Qadariyah Bid'ah appeared during the time of Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, Jabir and other Companions. At almost the same time the Murji'ites came up with their Bid'ah. But as for the Jahmites, they appeared towards the end of the Tabi `een era, after the death of Umar bin Abdul Aziz, who was reported to have threatened them.
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While Jahm appeared in Khurasan during the reign of the Caliphate of Hisham bin Abdul Malik. Those Bid'ah appeared during the second Century while some Companions were still alive who denounced those bid'ah publicly. Then the Mu'tazilites' beliefs appeared and afflictions and conflicting opinions and tendency towards bid'ah and whims prevailed among Muslims. So did the bid'ah of Sufism, and erecting construction on graves, after the best of generations passed away. The longer the time extends, the more the innovations increase and vary.
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*▫️The Second Issue: The home of Bid'ah (innovation)*

There are a number of Muslim countries where Bid'ah prevailed.
*Shaikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said:* _"The major cities where the Companions of the Prophet lived, and where knowledge and Iman emerged are five: Makkah. Madinah, Kufah, Basrah and Syria. Those cities were the sciences of the Qu'ran, Hadith, Fiqh, acts of worship and other relevant branches of Islam emerged. From those cities, excluding Madinah, emerged fundamental bid'ah of Shi'ism, and Murji'ites from Kufah and spread from there into other places.
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While the Qadariyah and Mu'tazilite, and improper method of worship from Basrah, and spread from it into other places. Nawasib and Qadariyah appeared in Syria, and as for the Jahmites, they appeared in Khurasan, which is the worst kind of Bid'ah._
_The appearance of Bid'ah depended on the remoteness from Madinah, and when division took place subsequent to the assassination of Uthman, the Haroorite appeared, while the Madinah of the Prophet was free from all such Bid'ah. Although some people of Bid'ah lived in it, but they were lowly and disrespected.
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There were some of the Qadariyah and others in Madinah but were subdued, contrary to those Shi'ite and Murji'ite in Kufah, the Mu'tazilite, and monastics in Basrah, and Nawasib in Syria, who had the upper hand._  It is authentically reported that the Prophet said: *"The Dajjal will not be able to enter Madinah"*. Knowledge and Iman remained prevalent there until the time of the followers of Imam Malik who belonged to the fourth century *(Majmoo' al Fatawa vol. 20 pp.300-303)*. As for the distinguished first three generations, there was not a single Bid'ah prevalent then, nor any Bid'ah related to the fundamentals of Islam appeared in it, as they appeared in other lands.

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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an llaaila Ilan Anta wastagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi.*We shall continue on this topic tomorrow in sha Allah*. May Allah Azza wajjala strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...Aa MIN