What is Bid'ah in Islam ?

 What is Bid'ah in Islam ? - Innovation,
Booklet - 32 pages, Published : 2001.
By Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Naimi.


Introduction :

It is indeed very distressing and disappointing to see within our society certain groups of 'scholars' who are continuously slander true and sincere Muslims by labelling them as 'Bid'atis, grave-worshippers, proponents of Shirk' and other derogatory terms that do not befit true Muslims.


These true and sincere Muslims, belonging to the Ahl al Sunnah 'School of Thought' have been practicing certain aspects of the Deen over a long period, many of which could be traced to earlier sources in Islamic history and which were never in dispute.


Today, the term 'bid'ah' has been attached to these very actions. The frequency with which this term has been used and is used creates uncertainty in the minds of individuals who are not informed of the reality.


There exists, therefore, a dire need to explain in simple terms what bid'ah' means and what acts constitute 'bid'ah and what acts do not. This book, the origin of which was in urdu, and written by a great Islamic scholar or Aalim, Hakeem al Ummat, Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan Na'imi Ashrafi 'alayhir rahmah, purports to explain in great detail the concept of bid'ah and thus clear the minds of Muslims.


Published 2001 : Barakaatur Raza Publication (South Africa).