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Bidʿa (Reprehensible Innovation)

Innovation in religion lacking precedent in the Qurʾān and Sunna; the chief category by which novel beliefs and practices are condemned, with the disputed sub-category of 'good innovation' (bidʿa ḥasana).

Innovation in religion lacking precedent in the Qurʾān and Sunna; the chief category by which novel beliefs and practices are condemned, with the disputed sub-category of 'good innovation' (bidʿa ḥasana).

Key passages(17)

Sahih · Ibn Khuzayma

Very high

Iqtida Sirat · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Tanbih Ghafilin · Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi

High

Mucjam Awsat · Sulayman al-Tabarani

High

Khilafiyyat · al-Bayhaqi

High

Nukat Wa Cuyun · al-Mawardi

High

Qawacid Nuraniyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Radd Cala Subki · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Nubuwwat · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Jamic Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Mucjam Kabir · Sulayman al-Tabarani

High

Radd Cala Shadhili · Ibn Taymiyya

High
Futya 30explains

Futya · Al-Jahiz

Moderate

Majmucat Rasail Wa Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

Moderate

Masail Saghaniyya · al-Mufid

Moderate

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

Moderate