The Saying of Allah’s Messenger “Every Bid’ah Leads Astray”
And you should be amazed at a people who recognise the words of Allah’s Messenger, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, “Beware of the newly-invented matters, for every such matter is a bid’ah and every bid’ah leads astray, and everything that leads astray is in the Fire,” [Reported by Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and others, no. 2549 in Sahih al-Jami’ without, ” … every thing that leads astray is in the Fire … “, and hadith no.28 in an-Nawawi’s Forty Hadith] and they know that his words, ” … every bid’ah … ” are complete, comprehensive and universal, being encompassed by the strongest grammatical particle used to make a noun universal and all-encompassing, i.e., kullu (which means everything), and (they know that) the one who used this word, may Allah’s salawat and salam be upon him, knew what this word indicated and he was the most eloquent of all (in the Arabic language) and he was the sincerest of the creation towards the creation. Hence he would not use a word unless its meaning was that which he intended. Hence (they know that) when the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said, ” … every bid’ah leads astray … ” he knew what he was saying and he knew its meaning and this saying of his eminated as a result of complete sincerity and concern for the ‘ummah. Continue reading
