Al-Hāfidh Ibn Kathīr – Allāh have mercy upon him – reports the following incident in his tafsīr of Sūrah Al-Jinn, verse 11: Ahmad b. Sulaymān al-Najjād said in his Amālī: … Abū Mu’āwiyah said, “I heard Al-A’mash say, ‘A jinni once came to us and I asked him: what is the favorite food amongst you?’ […]
Umm Al-Dardâ` [the Younger] – Allâh be pleased with her – reports: One day, Abû Al-Dardâ` came home angry, so I asked him, “What has made you so angry?” He replied, “By Allâh, I do not recognize anything from the Ummah of Muhammad except that they pray (salâh) in congregation.” Al-Bukhârî, Al-Sahîh, Chapter on the […]
O People of Scripture! Do not be extreme in your religion! [Al-Mâ`idah (5): 77] It is reported from Qatâdah – Allâh have mercy on him – that he said, commenting on this verse, “Meaning: do not innovate in religion and do not sit with a religious innovator (mubtadi’).” Ibn Battah, Al-Ibânah Al-Kubrâ Vol.1 p394.
It is reported from Abû Qilâbah – Allâh have mercy on him – that he said: Do not sit with the People of Desires (Bid’ah), for I fear that they will immerse you in their misguidance or mix up and confuse what you already know. Ibn Battah, Al-Ibânah Al-Kubrâ Vol.1 p377.
The great Companion and scholar Muadh b. Jabal explains one of the main reason for the invention of Bid’ah in religion.
It is reported from ʿAbdullāh b. Mas’ūd – Allāh be pleased with him – that he said: “One should get used to the idea that if everyone on Earth disbelieved, you would not disbelieve. Do not be an im’ah (characterless).” He was asked, “And what is an im’ah?” He replied, “A person who says, ‘I […]
It is reported from ʿAbdullah b. Mas’ūd – Allah be pleased with him – that he said: For every bid’ah with which Islām is plotted against, Allah has a beloved worshipper (walī) who refutes and repels it and speaks about its signs, so take the full opportunity of attending such places, and trust in Allah. […]
It is reported from Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allah have mercy on him – that he said: A person who sits with a heretic (an adherent of bid’ah) will not escape one of three things: Either he will become a trial (fitnah) for others, or some deviation will occur in his heart and he will slip […]
Al-Hasan Al-Basrī – Allah have mercy on him – said: Do not sit with an adherent of bid’ah for he will cause a disease in your heart. Ibn Waddāh, Al-Bida’ p124.
It is reported from Abū Idrīs Al-Khawlānī – Allah have mercy on him – that he used to say: I would rather hear of a fire in the masjid than hear of a bid’ah in it without there being anyone to do away with it. Never do a people innovate a bid’ah in their religion […]