Bismillaah!
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"O you who believe! Give your response to Allaah and His Messenger when he calls you to that which will give you life, and know that Allaah comes in between a man and his heart, and it is He to whom you shall all be gathered."
al-Qur'aan, al-Anfaal (8):24
Bismillaah Ar-RaHmaan Ar-RaHeem
Al-Hamdu Lillaah, was-Salaatu was-Salaamu `ala Rasoolillah As-Salaamu `Alaikum wa RaHmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh
`AQEEDAH, Adopted From "A Glimpse at the Way of the Companions",
by Shaikh `Abdul Qaadir al-Arna'oot, published by al-Hidaayah
From the beliefs of the Pious Predecessors is that it is obligatory to have eemaan (faith) in all that the Qur'aan has come with, and what Allaah SWT, the Most High, has ordered us with, and leaving all that Allaah SWT, the Most High, has prohibited us from, the general and the detailed. We believe in all that the Prophet, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, has informed us of, when its transmission from him is authentic, in that which we witness or do not witness, regardless of whether we comprehend it, or are ignorant of it or we have not come accross the
reality of its meaning. We carry out the orders of Allaah SWT, the Most High, and the orders of his Messenger, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam. We refrain from what Allaah SWT, the most High has prohibited us from and what the Messenger of Allaah, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, prohibited us from. We stop at the hudood (boundaries) of the Book of Allaah SWT, and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, and that which has come from the rightly guided Khulafaa. Our duty is to do ittibaa` (following) of that which the Prophet, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, has come with: from beliefs, actions and sayings, to follow the way of Allaah's Messenger, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, and the four rightly guided Khulafaa', in their beliefs, actions and sayings. This is the complete Sunnah, as the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafaa' is adhered to like the following of the Prophetic Sunnah.
`Umar ibn `Abdul `Azeez said:
"The Messenger of Allaah, sallaallahu `alaihi wa sallam, and the leaders of the Muslims after him set examples (Sunnah), the taking of which is holding on to the Book of Allaah SWT, the Most High, and strength upon the Deen of Allaah SWT. It is not for any one to change or alter it, nor to look at a matter in opposition to it. Whoever is guided by it then he is truly guided, and whoever seeks help by it then he is truly helped. Whoever leaves it and follows a way other than the way of the believers,
Allaah SWT will turn him to what he has chosen and burn him in hell, what en evil abode!"
This is confirmed by the saying of Allaah's Messenger, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam:
"...and beware of newly invented matters, for verily every
bid`ah is a going astray."
This hadeeth is a great principle from the principles of the Deen and it resembles another saying of the Prophet, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam:
"Whoever innovates in to this Deen of ours that which is not
from it, then it is rejected."
[Reported by al-Bukhaaree in ta`leeq form (without mentioning
the chain) (4/298) and in the full form (5/221), Muslim (no.
1718), Aboo Daawood in the book of Sunnah (no. 4606), Ibn
Maajah (no. 14).]
In it is a warning from following newly invented matters in the Deen and worship. The meaning of bid`ah is that which has been invented and has no root in the Sharee`ah pointing to it. As for what has a root in the Sharee`ah pointing to it it is not legally (technically) a bid`ah; even though linguistically the term bid`ah may be applied to it. Thus whenever something new is introduced into the Deen, having no root (in the Deen) to return it to, then it is a misguidance - deviation. The Deen is free of it, regardless of whether it is connected to issues of beliefs, actions or sayings.
As for the istihsaan (approval and condoning) of bid`ah, which occurred in the words of the predecessors, then that is in relation to bid`ah al logawee (linguistic use of bid`ah) and not in the legal (technical) use of the term bid`ah. From these saying is the saying of `Umar bin al Khattaab, when he gathered the people in Qiyaam-ur-Ramadaan - Taraaweeh prayers - behind one Imaam in the masjid. He went out and saw them praying and he said: "What a wonderful bid`ah."
This has a root in Sharee`ah. Verily the Messenger of Allaah, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam prayed it (this prayer) in congregation in the masjid and then he left it, fearing that it might become obligatory upon his Ummah and that they would be unable to perform it. Indeed they became free of this fear after the Prophet, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam. So `Umar (radiyallaahu `anhu) revived it. As for that which is a matter confirmed, in worship, then it is not permissible to make additions to it.
So, for example of the adhaan, remains in the form in which it was legislated, without addition or subtraction. The Prayer remains upon the manner it was legislated as the Messenger of Allaah, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam said:
"Pray as you have seen me praying."
This is an authentic hadeeth, reported by al-Bukhaaree in his Saheeh.
Hajj remains upon the manner in which it was legislated, because the Messenger of Allaah, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, said:
"Take from me your rites (of Hajj)."
[Saheeh Muslim, Book of
Hajj, 1297]
Indeed the Muslims have done things that were not present in the time of the Messenger of Allaah, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, due to them being daroorah (necessities) in preserving Islaam. Indeed they have permitted it and kept quiet about it. Like the gathering of the people to one mushaaf (that which the Qur'aan is written upon), by `Uthmaan bin `Affaan (radiyallaahu `anhu), fearing the splitting of the Ummah. Indeed it was approved of by the Companions (radiyallaahu `anhum) and that was for a maslaha (benefit).
The example of writing down Prophetic traditions (hadeeth) fearing its loss due to the death of its people. The writing of Tafseer of the Qur'aan and the Hadeeth. The compilation of `Ilm an-Nahw (science of grammar) to safeguard the Arabic language, which is a means of understanding Islaam. The formation of `Ilm al-Mustalah (science of hadeeth). Thus, these are permissible to safeguard the Islamic Sharee`ah. Verily, Allaah, the Most High, has taken the responsability of safeguarding His Law - from His saying:
"Indeed it is We who sent down the Dhikr (Qur'aan) and surely
We will guard it (from corruption).
[al-Hijr (15):9]
The Messenger of Allaah, sallaallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, said:
"This `Ilm (Deen) will be carried by the trustworthy of ones of each generation. Negating from it the tahreef (alterations) of the ones going beyond bounds, the false assumptions of the liars, and the ta'weel (false interpretations) of the ignorant."
This hadeeth is hasan due to all its chains and shawaahids
(supporting narrations).
This is the belief (`aqeedah) - of the group of this Ummah (i.e. the Companions radiyallaahu `anhum) and it is a pure belief like the purity of fresh drinking water, strong as the firmly fixed mountains, firm as the firmest of hand holds. It is a flawless `Aqeedah, a straight way, upon the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah and the sayings of the Predecessors of this Ummah and its A'immah (leaders). It is the way which revived the hearts of the pioneers of this Ummah.
"By Time! Verily man is in loss. Except those who
believe and do righteous deeds and help one
another to the truth and help one another to patience."
al-Qur'aan, al-`Asr (103):1-3
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