Bidat-Types

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Bidat

Bidat-e-Sayyia is the innovation that is contrary to a Sunnat or ruins it, e.g, reading the Khutba of the juma and Eidain Salaah in a language other than Arabic (as the Sunnah is for it to be read in Arabic,. etc.) A Bad Innovation is either Makrooh-e-Tahrimi or Haraam. It can also be Makroohi-e-Tanzeehi.

TYPES OF INNOVATION (BIDAT) AND THEIR CATEGORIES

Good Innovation is of three kinds: permissible (jaaiz), preferable (mustahab) and compulsory (waajib).

Bad Innovations (Bidat-e-Sayyia): the disliked (makrooh) and prohibited (haraam).

“Innovation is sometimes,

1. Waajib – such as to attain the knowledge of Arabic grammar and syntax (nahw) and deduce principles of Fiqh.

2. Haraam – the Jadriyya sect (i.e. their beliefs).

3. Mustahab – to build quarters for travelers and Madrassahs, to read Taraweeh salaah with general congregation (jamaat} and every other good thing that was unfound in previous times.

4. Makrooh – to decorate the Musjids extravagantly(inside/outside)

5. Permissible – to shake hands (musaafaha) after Fajr salaah and to prepare and improve in food and drink.” – Mirqaa/, Baabul-Itisaam bil·Kitaab was-Sunnah

Waajib, e.g. learning Arabic grammar (nahw) and gathering proofs (of the Ahle-Sunnah);

Mustahab, e.g. constructing traveler quarters and Madrassahs and instituting any good thing that was not present in past times;

Makrooh, e.g. expensively adorning the musjids; Mubaah (allowed), e.g. dilation in tasty foods, drink and clothes. Jaame-Sagheer also states the same as above.”  – Raddul-Muhtaar, Kitaabus-Salaah, Baabul-lmaamat, Vol. 1

Thus, we come to know that every innovation is not Haraam. Rather, some are occasionally necessary, such as deducing principles of Fiqh, to gather and place i’raab (zabar, zero pesh) in the Holy Quran, printing it in modem times, making schedules for teaching, etc. in Madrassahs, etc.

Permissible (Jaaiz) Innovation – Every new action that is not prohibited by the Shariah and is carried out without any intention of goodness, e.g. eating various types of food, etc. Reference for this from Mirqaat and Shaami has already been presented. There is no reward or punishment accumulated in these actions.

Preferred (Mustahab) Innovation new action that is not prohibited by the Shariah and which the general Muslim public deems to be a deed of reward,” that which a person completes with the intention of goodness, e.g. gatherings of Meelad and making the Fatiha of the pious, as the general Muslim public deems these actions to be of reward. The person who completes these actions will attain thawaab and the person who doesn’t will not be a sinner.

Waajib Innovation – A new action that is not prohibited by the Shariah and, by leaving it out, the deen becomes impaired, e.g. adding the zabar, zer and pesh of The Holy Quran, building Madrassahs of the deen, learning Arabic grammar (nahw), etc.

Makrooh Innovation – A new action through whose completion a Sunnah is missed. If the Sunnah missed is a Ghair-Muakida Sunnah, the innovation is Makrooh-e- Tanzeehi. If it is a Muakida Sunnah, then the innovation is Makrooh­e-Tahrirni.

Haraam Innovation – An Innovation that causes a Waajib to be abandoned (i.e. it erases one).

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