Statements of Scholars who condemned Bid'ah
practices
Umar b. al-Khattaab, with whom Allah is pleased, said:
'Beware of people who stick to their opinions (and disregard
textual proofs) for they are the enemies of the Sunnah; they
could not learn, memorize and understand the Hadeeth, so
they stuck to their opinions, and lead themselves and others
astray.'9F
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Ibn Abbaas, with whom Allah is pleased, said about the
words of Allah: A day faces would be brightened and darkened, as for those
whom their faces will be brightened… They are Ahlus Sunnah
wal-Jama'ah, and the people of knowledge as for those
whom their faces will be darkened they are the people of
Bid'ah and misguidance.'10F
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Umar b. Abdul-Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ established Sunnah practices, and
his rightly guided Caliphs revived Sunnah practices.
Observing these practices would point to the veracity of one's
belief in the Book of Allah, and one's complete will to obey
Allah, and one's strength in the Deen of Allah. No one can
distort or change these Sunnah practices, nor observe anything
which opposes it. Whoever observes these practices would be
guided aright, and whoever seeks the victory of Allah through
it, would become victorious, and whoever opposes and belies
it, and follows a path other than that of the believers, Allah
10 Fath al-Bari 13/302
11 Usool al-I'tiqaad 1/72
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would keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in
Hell, and what an evil abode it is.'1F
12
Al-Fudail b. 'Iyaad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'If
you see a man of Bid'ah walking on a road, take another road.
No deed of a man of Bid'ah will be accepted by Allah, and
whoever helps a man of Bid'ah, would have certainly helped in
destroying Islam.12F
13
Sufyan ath-Thauri, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
'Iblees rejoices when a person observes Bid'ah, more than
when he commits sinful acts; for the expiation of a sin is to
repent to Allah, while the Bid'ah is not expiated by
repentance.'13F
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Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 'If
the heart is busied with Bid'ah practices, that person would
abandon Sunnah practices.'14F
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