DETAIL DISCUSSION ABOUT BIDAT
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 The word Bid'at as mentioned in the Holy Quran
1.2 The two types of Bid'at
1.2.1 Bid'at I'tiqaadi (Innovation in Belief)
1.2.2 Bid'at Amali (Innovation in Action):
A. Bid'at Hasana and
B. Bid'at Sai'yya
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 Types of Bid'at and their status in the Shari'ah
2.2 Definition of the Categories of Bid'at and theirCharacteristics
A. Bid'at Ja'iz
B. Bid'at Mustahab
C. Bid'at Wajib
D. Bid'at Makruh
E. Bid'at Haraam
2.3 Bid'at in our daily religious activities
2.4 Expostulations on the definition and categorisation of Bid'at - The definition of Bid'at Amali (innovated action)
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Two objections raised on the definition of Bid'at
3.1.1 First Objection
3.1.2 Second Objection
3.2 Conclusion
1.1 The word Bid'at as mentioned in the Holy Quran
1.2 The two types of Bid'at
1.2.1 Bid'at I'tiqaadi (Innovation in Belief)
1.2.2 Bid'at Amali (Innovation in Action):
A. Bid'at Hasana and
B. Bid'at Sai'yya
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 Types of Bid'at and their status in the Shari'ah
2.2 Definition of the Categories of Bid'at and theirCharacteristics
A. Bid'at Ja'iz
B. Bid'at Mustahab
C. Bid'at Wajib
D. Bid'at Makruh
E. Bid'at Haraam
2.3 Bid'at in our daily religious activities
2.4 Expostulations on the definition and categorisation of Bid'at - The definition of Bid'at Amali (innovated action)
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Two objections raised on the definition of Bid'at
3.1.1 First Objection
3.1.2 Second Objection
3.2 Conclusion
Objection #1:
Mehfil-e-Milad was not in the days of the Prophet(sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) therefore it is a Bid'at (i.e. new innovation).
Objection #2:
Saudi Arabia does not celebrate Milad-un-Nabi therefore it is wrong to celebrate Mehfil-e-Milad.
My dear friends, any simple person with lack of religious knowledge can easily be deceived by the above two objections and fall into Munkir-e-Milad trap. I will refute the above two objections so that when Munkir-e-Milad try next time to mislead our innocent Muslim brothers and sisters they won't fall into their web. There are hundreds of books already written by the scholars of Ahle-Sunnat-wal-Jamat on topics of Bid'at and Celebrating Milad-un-Nabi, Iam not going to write another book on Bid'at but to give you just basic definitions and examples and leave upto you to decide whether the claim of munkir-e-Milad is applied on Mehfil-e-Milad or not?.
REPLY TO OBJECTION #1
Those who opposed to Mehfil-e-Milad reference a hadees from Miskhat Shareef in which the Prophet (sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) said "Whosoever introduces a new belief in our religion which contradicts with it is rejected." He also said "Beware of innovations, for every innovation (Kullu Bid'at) is misguidance." But those hypocrate Munkir-e-Milad never cite another hadees from the same book which is in favour of good innovations,
thus a Hadith in Miskhat under Babul-I'lm says:
"He who sets a good precedent in Islam, there is reward for him for this (act of
goodness) and a reward for him also who acts according to it subsequently, without any deduction from their rewards and he who sets in Islam an evil precedent there is upon him the burden of that, and the burden of him also who acts upon it subsequently, without any deduction from their burdens."
From this Hadith we see that to introduce a nice way in Islam which is in accordance with the Holy Quran and Sunnah will induce rewards and to do vice versa will provoke punishment. If we assume that every new innovation is Bid'at then what the munkir-e-Milad has to say about the following new innovations which were not existed at the time of Prophet .
1. Compilation of Quran
2.Adding first call(Azan) to prayer on Friday
3. Traveeh prayer with jamaat
4. Compilation of books of hadiths
and so on ...
SOME GOOD BID'ATS IN OUR DAILY RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES (BID'AT-E-HASANA)
We will now see that no worship in Islam is void of Bid'at-e-Hasana. IMAAN: Every Muslim child is taught Imaan-e-Mujmal and Imaan-e-Mufassal whereas no such categories or names for Imaan were in practice in the age of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) or the three blessed generations after him.(*) (*) By the three blessed generations we mean the ages of the Sahaba, the Tabe'een and the Tab'e Tabe'een. KALIMAH: Every Muslim memorises six Kalimahs. These six Kalimahs, their enumeration and their sequence that,
this is the first Kalimah, this the second, etc. are all Bid'ats which were not there in the commencing period of Islam.
QURAN: To divide the Holy Quran into thirty Paras (sections) and to divide the Paras into Rukus, to put the I'raab (expressions such as Zabbar, Zer, Pesh) in the Holy Quran and to have the Holy Book printed by offset in the press are Bid'ats which could not be traced in the commencing era of Islam. HADITH: To collect the Hadith in book form and state the chain or narrators and to characterise the Hadiths by saying this is Sahih, this is Hassan or Da'if, Mu'addaal or Mudallas, etc. and to establish the commands with the help of Hadith such as Makruh, Mustahab, etc. are all appreciable Bid'ats which were not in practice in the blessed age of Rasulullah (Sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam).
PRINCIPLES OF HADITH (USUL-E-HADITH): This whole branch of knowledge along with its rules is itself Bid'at Hasana.
FIQH: Now a days all the matters in our daily life depend upon this knowledge because it contains the rules and commands for everything which may come across our lives, but this field of knowledge also is Bid'at-e- Hasana.
USUL FIQH AND I'LM-E-KALAAM: These two branches of knowledge too, along with their principles and injunctions are all Bid'at-e- Hasana.
SALAAT: It is Bid'at-e-Hasana to intend for praying Salaat by proclaiming the intention loudly or to pray the 20 Rakaah Tarawih prayer in congregation during the Holy Month of Ramadaan.
FASTING: At the time of breaking fast (Iftaar) to say the Du'a: "O Allah, for Thee have I Fasted and in Thee I believe and upon Thee I trust and with the food given by Thee I open my fast" and to intend for fasting by saying this Du'a audibly at the time of SEHRI: "O Allah, I intend to fast for Thy sake tomorrow" are all Bid'at Hasana.
ZAKAAT: To give Zakaat with the currency which is currently used such as coins and paper notes is Bid'at because these were not in vogue in the commencing centuries of Islam.
HAJJ: To perform Hajj by travelling in aeroplanes, ships, cars, lorries, buses and to go to the field of Arafaat by car or
bus are all Bid'ats because such conveyances had not been invented in that age.
When Bid'at has been introduced in such things as Imaan and Kalimah then how will we succeed in abstaining from it. So we will have to agree that all Bid'ats are not Haraam and only those Bid'ats are Haraam which contradict the
Kitaab and Sunnah.
BID'AT IN WORDLY AFFAIRS: Now a days we see around us such new inventions that could not be found in the first three centuries of Islam and we got so much accustomed to them that life would be very difficult without them.
Everyone is compelled to use these things such as trains, cars, aeroplanes, watches, electricity, and hundreds of other things, without which we cannot imagine how life would be. But all these things are Bid'ats and cannot be traced back to the blessed age of Rasulullah (Sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam)or the Sahaba.
What the Munkir-e-Milad has to say about these modern day bid'at which are now become the part of our religious activities for example:
1. Use of Loud Speakers and Microphone for conducting Daily and Friday prayers and delivering speeches.
2. Organizing Fund Raising dinners in Hotels for building Mosques, Madrassa etc. Why do not they issue fatwa of shirk, Kufr and Bid'at for practicing the above new innovations in Islam.
Please you don't tell me that Munkir-e-Milad don't use Loud speaker and don't organize or attend Fund Raising Dinners.
SOME MODERN DAY BAD BID'ATS (BID'AT-E-SAI'YYA) WHICH ARE AGAINST
ISLAM AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED HAS BEEN PRACTICED BY MUNKIR-E-MILAD.
UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF OUR INNOCENT MUSLIMS FALLS INTO THEIR TRAP!
1. Offering prayers with head's uncovered i.e not wearing cap while offering prayers.
2. Offering only fard part of the Namaz.
3. Make no Dua after Namaz.
4. Anounce the beginning of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha in advance without sighting the Moon.
Each of the above action is a new bad innovation in Islam i.e. Bid'at-e-Sai'yya, because by adopting these actions one is not only introducing new innovation in Islam but also at the same time he is abolishing the Sunnah of our Prophet which is direct violation of the commands of Allah Ta'ala.
REPLY TO OBJECTION #2
This is very unfortunate that in wordly affairs we are mentally impressed by the Westerners and in religious affairs we are impressed by the Arabs. Quran-ul-Hakeem has been revealed in Arabic and coincidentally Saudi Arabians speaks Arabic and our Holy places are in Saudi Arabia, We have natural respect for these but it does not mean that they are the only champions or authority of Islam. On the contrary, no where in the Quran and Hadees, Allah and His Rasul said that Muslims have to follow Saudi Arabia or Arabs or non-Arabs. Every where in Quran and Hadees it is stressed on Muslims to follow Allah and the Sunnah of our beloved prophet(sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) .
Also don't forget the last sermon of our master Muhammad(sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) delivered in the Hajj-ul-wida where he stated that Arabs has no superiority over non-Arabs and Non-Arabs have no Superiority over Arabs, You are all equal except by piety and good action. It is the present day Saudi Arabia's wahabis now salaffis goverment [which is installed by the Britishers (remember Lawrence of Arabia) in early 20th century] does not celebrate the birth of our Prophet(Sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) . Otherwise if you go just beyond 75 years back in history of Saudi Arabia when it was Hijaz-al-Muqaddas (in the period of Ottoman empires) you will find how enthusiastically Arabs of that time had been celebrating Milad-un-Nabi Even
now a days except Saudi Arabia and its few ally, the whole Arab world Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan, Libya etc commemorate Milad-un-Nabi one way or the another. Allah has ordered us to follow His messenger and not to follow any particular country.
Mehfil-e-Milad was not in the days of the Prophet(sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) therefore it is a Bid'at (i.e. new innovation).
Objection #2:
Saudi Arabia does not celebrate Milad-un-Nabi therefore it is wrong to celebrate Mehfil-e-Milad.
My dear friends, any simple person with lack of religious knowledge can easily be deceived by the above two objections and fall into Munkir-e-Milad trap. I will refute the above two objections so that when Munkir-e-Milad try next time to mislead our innocent Muslim brothers and sisters they won't fall into their web. There are hundreds of books already written by the scholars of Ahle-Sunnat-wal-Jamat on topics of Bid'at and Celebrating Milad-un-Nabi, Iam not going to write another book on Bid'at but to give you just basic definitions and examples and leave upto you to decide whether the claim of munkir-e-Milad is applied on Mehfil-e-Milad or not?.
REPLY TO OBJECTION #1
Those who opposed to Mehfil-e-Milad reference a hadees from Miskhat Shareef in which the Prophet (sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) said "Whosoever introduces a new belief in our religion which contradicts with it is rejected." He also said "Beware of innovations, for every innovation (Kullu Bid'at) is misguidance." But those hypocrate Munkir-e-Milad never cite another hadees from the same book which is in favour of good innovations,
thus a Hadith in Miskhat under Babul-I'lm says:
"He who sets a good precedent in Islam, there is reward for him for this (act of
goodness) and a reward for him also who acts according to it subsequently, without any deduction from their rewards and he who sets in Islam an evil precedent there is upon him the burden of that, and the burden of him also who acts upon it subsequently, without any deduction from their burdens."
From this Hadith we see that to introduce a nice way in Islam which is in accordance with the Holy Quran and Sunnah will induce rewards and to do vice versa will provoke punishment. If we assume that every new innovation is Bid'at then what the munkir-e-Milad has to say about the following new innovations which were not existed at the time of Prophet .
1. Compilation of Quran
2.Adding first call(Azan) to prayer on Friday
3. Traveeh prayer with jamaat
4. Compilation of books of hadiths
and so on ...
SOME GOOD BID'ATS IN OUR DAILY RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES (BID'AT-E-HASANA)
We will now see that no worship in Islam is void of Bid'at-e-Hasana. IMAAN: Every Muslim child is taught Imaan-e-Mujmal and Imaan-e-Mufassal whereas no such categories or names for Imaan were in practice in the age of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) or the three blessed generations after him.(*) (*) By the three blessed generations we mean the ages of the Sahaba, the Tabe'een and the Tab'e Tabe'een. KALIMAH: Every Muslim memorises six Kalimahs. These six Kalimahs, their enumeration and their sequence that,
this is the first Kalimah, this the second, etc. are all Bid'ats which were not there in the commencing period of Islam.
QURAN: To divide the Holy Quran into thirty Paras (sections) and to divide the Paras into Rukus, to put the I'raab (expressions such as Zabbar, Zer, Pesh) in the Holy Quran and to have the Holy Book printed by offset in the press are Bid'ats which could not be traced in the commencing era of Islam. HADITH: To collect the Hadith in book form and state the chain or narrators and to characterise the Hadiths by saying this is Sahih, this is Hassan or Da'if, Mu'addaal or Mudallas, etc. and to establish the commands with the help of Hadith such as Makruh, Mustahab, etc. are all appreciable Bid'ats which were not in practice in the blessed age of Rasulullah (Sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam).
PRINCIPLES OF HADITH (USUL-E-HADITH): This whole branch of knowledge along with its rules is itself Bid'at Hasana.
FIQH: Now a days all the matters in our daily life depend upon this knowledge because it contains the rules and commands for everything which may come across our lives, but this field of knowledge also is Bid'at-e- Hasana.
USUL FIQH AND I'LM-E-KALAAM: These two branches of knowledge too, along with their principles and injunctions are all Bid'at-e- Hasana.
SALAAT: It is Bid'at-e-Hasana to intend for praying Salaat by proclaiming the intention loudly or to pray the 20 Rakaah Tarawih prayer in congregation during the Holy Month of Ramadaan.
FASTING: At the time of breaking fast (Iftaar) to say the Du'a: "O Allah, for Thee have I Fasted and in Thee I believe and upon Thee I trust and with the food given by Thee I open my fast" and to intend for fasting by saying this Du'a audibly at the time of SEHRI: "O Allah, I intend to fast for Thy sake tomorrow" are all Bid'at Hasana.
ZAKAAT: To give Zakaat with the currency which is currently used such as coins and paper notes is Bid'at because these were not in vogue in the commencing centuries of Islam.
HAJJ: To perform Hajj by travelling in aeroplanes, ships, cars, lorries, buses and to go to the field of Arafaat by car or
bus are all Bid'ats because such conveyances had not been invented in that age.
When Bid'at has been introduced in such things as Imaan and Kalimah then how will we succeed in abstaining from it. So we will have to agree that all Bid'ats are not Haraam and only those Bid'ats are Haraam which contradict the
Kitaab and Sunnah.
BID'AT IN WORDLY AFFAIRS: Now a days we see around us such new inventions that could not be found in the first three centuries of Islam and we got so much accustomed to them that life would be very difficult without them.
Everyone is compelled to use these things such as trains, cars, aeroplanes, watches, electricity, and hundreds of other things, without which we cannot imagine how life would be. But all these things are Bid'ats and cannot be traced back to the blessed age of Rasulullah (Sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam)or the Sahaba.
What the Munkir-e-Milad has to say about these modern day bid'at which are now become the part of our religious activities for example:
1. Use of Loud Speakers and Microphone for conducting Daily and Friday prayers and delivering speeches.
2. Organizing Fund Raising dinners in Hotels for building Mosques, Madrassa etc. Why do not they issue fatwa of shirk, Kufr and Bid'at for practicing the above new innovations in Islam.
Please you don't tell me that Munkir-e-Milad don't use Loud speaker and don't organize or attend Fund Raising Dinners.
SOME MODERN DAY BAD BID'ATS (BID'AT-E-SAI'YYA) WHICH ARE AGAINST
ISLAM AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED HAS BEEN PRACTICED BY MUNKIR-E-MILAD.
UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF OUR INNOCENT MUSLIMS FALLS INTO THEIR TRAP!
1. Offering prayers with head's uncovered i.e not wearing cap while offering prayers.
2. Offering only fard part of the Namaz.
3. Make no Dua after Namaz.
4. Anounce the beginning of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha in advance without sighting the Moon.
Each of the above action is a new bad innovation in Islam i.e. Bid'at-e-Sai'yya, because by adopting these actions one is not only introducing new innovation in Islam but also at the same time he is abolishing the Sunnah of our Prophet which is direct violation of the commands of Allah Ta'ala.
REPLY TO OBJECTION #2
This is very unfortunate that in wordly affairs we are mentally impressed by the Westerners and in religious affairs we are impressed by the Arabs. Quran-ul-Hakeem has been revealed in Arabic and coincidentally Saudi Arabians speaks Arabic and our Holy places are in Saudi Arabia, We have natural respect for these but it does not mean that they are the only champions or authority of Islam. On the contrary, no where in the Quran and Hadees, Allah and His Rasul said that Muslims have to follow Saudi Arabia or Arabs or non-Arabs. Every where in Quran and Hadees it is stressed on Muslims to follow Allah and the Sunnah of our beloved prophet(sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) .
Also don't forget the last sermon of our master Muhammad(sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) delivered in the Hajj-ul-wida where he stated that Arabs has no superiority over non-Arabs and Non-Arabs have no Superiority over Arabs, You are all equal except by piety and good action. It is the present day Saudi Arabia's wahabis now salaffis goverment [which is installed by the Britishers (remember Lawrence of Arabia) in early 20th century] does not celebrate the birth of our Prophet(Sallallahu-alaihi-wa-sallam) . Otherwise if you go just beyond 75 years back in history of Saudi Arabia when it was Hijaz-al-Muqaddas (in the period of Ottoman empires) you will find how enthusiastically Arabs of that time had been celebrating Milad-un-Nabi Even
now a days except Saudi Arabia and its few ally, the whole Arab world Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan, Libya etc commemorate Milad-un-Nabi one way or the another. Allah has ordered us to follow His messenger and not to follow any particular country.
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