What is Bid'at ? - An Explanation of the Correct & Incorrect Innovations' in Islam.
Booklet - 32 pages, Published : 1995.
by Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Naimi.
The problem of 'Innovation' in Islam may seem an obscure subject, but in fact it lies at the centre of Islamic politics today. The wahhabis and fundamentalists have been trying for many years to put themselves in power over the Muslims, but they could only do this by getting rid of the Islam that went before. This was the 'true Islam', and the 'true Religion' ; traditional Sunni Islam of Ahl al-Sunnat wal Jama’at. These fundamentalists tried to sweep this away by claiming that the real Sunni Islam was, in fact, some kind of 'novelty', wrongly invented in the time since after the Beloved Prophet Muhammad, Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, and so Sunni Islam should be swept away and replaced by their radical neo conservative ideas.
This book by Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan, May Allah be pleased with him, totally defeats these plots! He explains the whole theory of novelty in Islam, giving a detailed analysis based on Qur'an, Hadith, Islamic Law and History. He shows the beauty of traditional Sunni Islam, and the complete freedom of the Muslim, for in Sunni Islam anything is allowed unless forbidden by Law!
Those Muslims who have doubts about Milad an Nabi (Mawlid), and many other things the Wahhabis and fundamentalists attack, should look no further than this excellent book.
Published 1995 : Raza Academy (UK)