In
The Name Of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful
Assalaamu
Alaykum Wa Rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu
What is a good innovation?
It is a practice which has its
roots in Quran and hadith,and the practice or practical application is new.
Praying
at Night in Ramadaan (Taraweeh) Bukhari
:: Book 3 :: Volume 32 :: Hadith 229
Narrated
'Urwa: That he was informed by 'Aisha, "Allah's Apostle went out in the
middle of the night and prayed in the mosque and some men prayed behind him. In
the morning, the people spoke about it and then a large number of them gathered
and prayed behind him (on the second night). In the next morning the people
again talked about it and on the third night the mosque was full with a large
number of people. Allah's Apostle came out and the people prayed behind him. On
the fourth night the Mosque was overwhelmed with people and could not
accommodate them, but the Prophet came out (only) for the morning prayer. When
the morning prayer was finished he recited Tashah-hud and (addressing the
people) said, "Amma ba'du, your presence was not hidden from me but I was
afraid lest the night prayer (Qiyam) should be enjoined on you and you might
not be able to carry it on." So, Allah's Apostle died and the situation
remained like that ( i.e. people prayed individually). "
*Note:People
prayed Tawareeh behind Prophet Muhammad
salla lahu alaihi wa salaam .Hence taraweeh in the mosque was practiced.This is
proof that it has its origin in Hadith
Praying
at Night in Ramadaan (Taraweeh) Bukhari
:: Book 3 :: Volume 32 :: Hadith 227 Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's
Apostle said, "Whoever prayed at night the whole month of Ramadan out of
sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins
will be forgiven." Ibn Shihab (a sub-narrator) said, "Allah's Apostle
died and the people continued observing that (i.e. Nawafil offered
individually, not in congregation), and it remained as it was during the
Caliphate of Abu Bakr and in the early days of 'Umar's Caliphate." 'Abdur
Rahman bin 'Abdul Qari said, "I went out in the company of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab
one night in Ramadan to the mosque and found the people praying in different
groups. A man praying alone or a man praying with a little group behind him.
So, 'Umar said, 'In my opinion I would better collect these (people) under the
leadership of one Qari (Reciter) (i.e. let them pray in congregation!)'. So, he
made up his mind to congregate them behind Ubai bin Ka'b. Then on another night
I went again in his company and the people were praying behind their reciter.
On that, 'Umar remarked, 'What an excellent Bid'a (i.e. innovation in religion)
this is; but the prayer which they do not perform, but sleep at its time is
better than the one they are offering.' He meant the prayer in the last part of
the night. (In those days) people used to pray in the early part of the
night."
*Note:Later it was
re-established by Umar [may Allah be pleased with him].But he also made it
clear that praying during the last part of night is best.
Prayer
(Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr Dawud :: Book 8 : Hadith 1424 Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b:
Al-Hasan
reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab gathered the people (in tarawih prayer) behind
Ubayy ibn Ka'b (who led them). He used to lead them for twenty days (during
Ramadan, and would not recite the supplication except in the second half of it
(i.e. Ramadan). When the last ten days remained, he kept away from them, and
prayed in his house. They used to say: Ubayy ran away.
“It was called bid’ah because the
Prophet (salla lahu alaihi wa salaam) did not use to pray it in congregation,
and neither was it prayed like that in the time of al-Siddiq (referring to the
first Caliph), nor in the early part of night or with these number of units.”
[al-Qastallani,
Irshad al-Sari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, volume 5, page 4][al-Nawawi, Sharh Sahih
Muslim, volume 6, page 287]
*Note:It
was’nt prayed during prophet’s [salla lahu alaihi wa salaam] time regularly.
And
during a part of the night, engage in the night prayer (Tahajjud) beyond what
is incumbent on you; perhaps your Lord will raise you to a position of great
glory. (17:79)
2
-Compiling The Qu'ran Was Done At The Timee Of Abu Bakr [may Allah be pleased
with him]
Quran
was already written down at the time of Prophet Muhammad [salla lahu alahi wa
salaam].Quran Gives Proofs On This.
It is for Allah subhanawatala
to collect it.
75:16 Move not thy tongue
concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
17 It is for Us to collect it and
to promulgate it:
18 But when We have
promulgated it follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
19 Nay more it is for Us to
explain it (and make it clear):
The unbelievers call stories
of men[also prophets] as fables [false improbable account].This is their self
confession that Quran was written down.
25:5 And they say: Fables of
the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him
morn and evening.[And they say: Fables of
the men of old which he hath
had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening(another
translation by pickthall)
Prophet muhammad pbuh was
illiterate hence he neither wrote nor read.So he had it written down by his
companions and they r dictated to him by angel
Gabriel alai salaam.
*Note:So it has its proof in Quran ,later it was collected.The Collection was itself from the original source.
Umar[may Allah be
pleased with him] persuaded Abu Bakr
[may Allah be pleased with him] to collect Quran.
Prophetic
Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)) Bukhari :: Book 6 :: Volume 60 :: Hadith 201
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit Al-Ansari:
who
was one of those who used to write the Divine Revelation: Abu Bakr sent for me
after the (heavy) casualties among the warriors (of the battle) of Yamama
(where a great number of Qurra' were killed). 'Umar was present with Abu Bakr
who said, 'Umar has come to me and said, The people have suffered heavy
casualties on the day of (the battle of) Yamama, and I am afraid that there
will be more casualties among the Qurra' (those who know the Qur'an by heart)
at other battle-fields, whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost, unless
you collect it. And I am of the opinion that you should collect the
Qur'an." Abu Bakr added, "I said to 'Umar, 'How can I do something
which Allah's Apostle has not done?' 'Umar said (to me), 'By Allah, it is
(really) a good thing.' So 'Umar kept on pressing, trying to persuade me to
accept his proposal, till Allah opened my bosom for it and I had the same
opinion as 'Umar." (Zaid bin Thabit added:) Umar was sitting with him (Abu
Bakr) and was not speaking. me). "You are a wise young man and we do not
suspect you (of telling lies or of forgetfulness): and you used to write the
Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle. Therefore, look for the Qur'an and
collect it (in one manuscript). " By Allah, if he (Abu Bakr) had ordered
me to shift one of the mountains (from its place) it would not have been harder
for me than what he had ordered me concerning the collection of the Qur'an. I
said to both of them, "How dare you do a thing which the Prophet has not
done?" Abu Bakr said, "By Allah, it is (really) a good thing. So I
kept on arguing with him about it till Allah opened my bosom for that which He
had opened the bosoms of Abu Bakr and Umar. So I started locating Quranic
material and collecting it from parchments, scapula, leaf-stalks of date palms
and from the memories of men (who knew it by heart). I found with Khuzaima two
Verses of Surat-at-Tauba which I had not found with anybody else, (and they
were):--
"Verily
there has come to you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves. It grieves
him that you should receive any injury or difficulty He (Muhammad) is ardently
anxious over you (to be rightly guided)" (9.128)
The manuscript on which the Quran was collected, remained with
Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto Him, and then with 'Umar till Allah took him
unto Him, and finally it remained with Hafsa, Umar's daughter.
3-Is Saying “Prayer is better than sleep” an
innovation?
Al-Tirmidhi
HadithHadith 646 Narrated byBilal
Allah's
Messenger (peace be upon him) said to me: Don't pronounce these words, `Prayer
is better than sleep ' in the call for prayer, but for the dawn prayer
only.Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah.
Al-Muwatta Hadith Hadith 3.8 The Call to
Prayer
Yahya
related to me from Malik that he had heard that the muadhdhin came to Umar ibn
al-Khattab to call him to the subh prayer and found him sleeping, so he said,
"Prayer is better than sleep," and Umar ordered him to put that in
the adhan for subh .
*Note:Umar
[may Allah be pleased with him] was just enjoining the right act.It Was Not An
Innovation.This misconception is among Shia
4
-The Maqam/Station Of Ibrahim (alai salaamm) In Relation To The Ka'ba
The
Maqam/Station Of Ibrahim (alai salaam) is already mentioned in Quran,
In
it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the station of Abraham; whoever enters it
attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah,- those who can
afford the journey; but if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of any of
His creatures.
(,
Aal-e-Imran, Chapter #3, Verse #97)
later
Umar [may Allah be pleased with him] Moved It Back
(Al
Bayhaqi narrated with a strong chain of narrators from Aisha.) "The Maqam
during the time of the Prophet and Abu Bakr was attached to the House, then
`Umar moved it back." Al Hafiz Ibn Hajar said inAl Fath, "The
Companions did not oppose `Umar, neither did those who came after them, thus it
became unanimous agreement." He was the first to build the enclosure
(maqsura) on it, which still exists today.
*Note:It
was there,it is still there Alhamdulilah
5.Adding
The First Call To Prayer On Friday.
Call
to prayer is already mentioned in Quran and Hadith.
When
ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery and sport;
that is because they are a people without understanding.
( , Al-Maeda, Chapter #5, Verse #58)
Later Uthman [may Allah be pleased with him] added one more though its origin is still in Quran and hadith.
(From
Sahih Al Bukhari, from Al Sa'ib bin Yazid.) "During the time of the
Prophet (s), Abu Bakr (r) and `Umar (r), the call to Friday prayer used to
occur when the Imam sat on the pulpit. When it was Othman's (r) time, he added
the third call (considered third in relation to the first adhan and the iqama.
But it is named first because it proceeds the call to the Friday prayer.)"
6-Salutations
On The Prophet Composed And Taught By Our Master `Ali (may Allah be pleased
with him).
The
salutations have been mentioned by Sa'id bin Mansoor and Ibn Jareer in Tahzeeb
al Aathar, and by Ibn Abi Assim and Ya'qoob bin Shaiba in Akhbar `Ali and by Al
Tabarani and others fromSalamah Al Kindi.
*Note:Ali
[may Allah be pleased with him taught salutations.Good words were liked by Prophet Muhammad salla lahu
alaihi wa salaam]
The
Book on Salutations and Greetings (Kitab As-Salam)
Muslim
:: Book 26 : Hadith 5521
Abu
Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There is
no transitive disease, no divination, but I like good words.
The
Book of Prayers (Kitab Al-Salat) Muslim
:: Book 4 : Hadith 803
Abdullah
b. Zaid-he who was shown the call (for prayer in a dream) narrated it on the
authority of Mas'ad al-Ansiri who said: We were sitting in the company of Sa'id
b. 'Ubida when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) came to us.
Bashir b. S'ad said: Allah has commanded us to bless you. Messenger of Allah!
But how should we bless you? He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) kept quiet (and we were so much perturbed over his
silence) that we wished we had not asked him. The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) then said: (For blessing me) say:" 0 Allah, bless Muhammad
and the members of his household as Thou didst bless the mernbers of Ibrahim's
household. Grant favours to Muhammad and the members of his household as Thou
didst grant favours to the members of the household of Ibrahim in the world.
Thou art indeed Praiseworthy and Glorious" ; and salutation as you know.
*Note:Salutation was already in Practice,Good words were added to it.
7-The
addition to the tashahhud by Ibn Mas'ud.
After
"wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu," and the Mercy of Allah and Blessings,
he used to say, "assalamu `alayna min Rabbina," peace upon us from
our Lord. Narrated by Al Tabarani in Al Kabir, and the narrators are those of
the sound transmitters, as it has been mentioned in Majma' Al Zawa'id.
*Note:Salutation was already in Practice,Good words were added
to it.
4:86. When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with
what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally. Certainly, Allâh is
Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things.
8-The
Addition To The Tashahhud By Abdullah Ibn `Umar.
He
added the basmalah at the beginning of the tashahhud. He also added to the
talbia, "labbaika wa sa'daika wal khayru bi yadayka wal raghba'u ilayika
wal `amalu" This is mentioned in Bukhari, Muslim, et al.
*Note:Only Good words were added to it.
Tashahhud
Constitutes "Greetings, good words, prayers, pure actions belong to Allah”
Prayer Malik :: Book 3 : Hadith 3.14.59
Yahya
related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said al-Ansari that al-Qasim ibn
Muhammad ibn Muhammad told him that A'isha, the wife of the prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, used to say in the tashahhud, "Greetings,
good words, prayers, pure actions belong to Allah. I testify that there is
no god except Allah, alone without partner, and I testify that Muhammad is the
slave of Allah and His Messenger. Peace be upon you, Prophet, and the mercy of
Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and on the slaves of Allah who are
salihun . Peace be upon you . "
"At-tahiyatu,
at-tayibatu, as-salawatu, az-zakiyatu lillah. Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa'llah,
wahdahu la sharika llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluhu.
As-salamu alayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa rahmatu-llahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu
alayna wa ala ibadi-llahi's-salihin. As-salamu alaykum."
9-Two
Rakat Nawafil After Wudhu/Ablution
Bukhari and Muslim relate from Abu Hurayra
(Allah be well pleased with him) that at the dawn prayer the Prophet (Allah
bless him and give him peace) said to Bilal, "Bilal, tell me which of your
acts in Islam you are most hopeful about, for I have heard the footfall of your
sandals in paradise", and he replied, "I have done nothing I am more
hopeful about than the fact that I do not perform ablution at any time of the
night or day without praying with that ablution whatever has been destined for
me to pray."
Ibn
Hajar Asqalani says in Fath al-Bari that the hadith shows it is permissible to
use personal reasoning (ijtihad) in choosing times for acts of worship, for
Bilal reached the conclusions he mentioned by his own inference, and the
Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) confirmed him therein.
Similar
to this is the hadith in Bukhari about Khubayb (who asked to pray two rakas
before being executed by idolaters in Mecca) who was the first to establish the
sunna of two rak'as for those who are steadfast in going to their death. These
hadiths are explicit evidence that Bilal and Khubayb used their own personal
reasoning (ijtihad) in choosing the times of acts of worship, without any
previous command or precedent from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him
peace) other than the general demand to perform the prayer.
*Note:Nawafil
Prayers Are Always Encouraged
10-Additional
Words In Dhikr,was it an innovation?
Bukhari and Muslim relate that Rifa'a ibn
Rafi said, "When we were praying behind the Prophet (Allah bless him and
give him peace) and he raised his head from bowing and said , "Allah hears
whoever praises Him", a man behind him said, "Our Lord, Yours is
the praise, abundantly, wholesomely, and blessedly therein." When he
rose to leave, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) asked "who
said it", and when the man replied that it was he, the Prophet (Allah
bless him and give him peace) said, "I saw thirty-odd angels each striving
to be the one to write it."
Ibn Hajar says in Fath al-Bari that the
hadith indicates the permissibility of initiating new expressions of dhikr in
the prayer other than the ones related through hadith texts, as long as they do
not contradict those conveyed by the hadith [since the above words were a mere
enhancement and addendum to the known, sunna dhikr].
*Note: dhikr consists of words of praise.And after raising from bowing Surah is not recited,rather Dhikr is recited.Words of praise can be added but following Sunnah is more correct.
Oneness,
Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed) Bukhari
:: Book 9 :: Volume 93 :: Hadith 472 Narrated 'Aisha:
The
Prophet sent (an army unit) under the command of a man who used to lead his
companions in the prayers and would finish his recitation with (the Sura 112):
'Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, the One." ' (112.1) When they
returned (from the battle), they mentioned that to the Prophet. He said (to
them), "Ask him why he does so." They asked him and he said, "I
do so because it mentions the qualities of the Beneficent and I love to recite
it (in my prayer)." The Prophet; said (to them), "Tell him that Allah
loves him"
*Note:Scholars do not recommend this,as prophet himself did’nt prayed like this.But Its not forbidden,the acts the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to do regularly are superior. Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, "Pray as you have seen me pray", despite which he accepted the above example of personal reasoning because they did not depart from the form defined by the Lawgiver, as long as it is within the general category of being called for by Sacred Law.
Sahih
Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 7.645 Narrated
byAbu Said
A
group of the companions of Allah's Apostle proceeded on a journey till they dismounted
near one of the Arab tribes and requested them to entertain them as their
guests, but they (the tribe people) refused to entertain them. Then the chief
of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and he was given
all sorts of treatment, but all in vain. Some of them said, "Will you go
to the group (those travelers) who have dismounted near you and see if one of
them has something useful?" They came to them and said, "O the group!
Our leader has been bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and we have
treated him with everything but nothing benefited him. Has anyone of you
anything useful?" One of them replied, "Yes, by Allah, I know how to
treat with a Ruqya. But, by Allah, we wanted you to receive us as your guests
but you refused. I will not treat your patient with a Ruqya till you fix for us
something as wages." Consequently they agreed to give those travellers a
flock of sheep. The man went with them (the people of the tribe) and started
spitting (on the bite) and reciting Surat-al-Fatiha till the patient was healed
and started walking as if he had not been sick. When the tribe people paid them
their wages they had agreed upon, some of them (the Prophet's companions) said,
"Distribute (the sheep)." But the one who treated with the Ruqya
said, "Do not do that till we go to Allah's Apostle and mention to him
what has happened, and see what he will order us." So they came to Allah's
Apostle and mentioned the story to him and he said, "How do you know that
Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? You have done the right thing. Divide (what you
have got) and assign for me a share with you."
The hadith is explicit that the Companion had no previous
knowledge that reciting the Fatiha to heal (ruqya) was countenanced by Sacred
Law, but rather did so because of his own personal reasoning (ijtihad), the
Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) confirmed it .
13:31 If there were a
Qur'an with which mountains were moved or the earth were cloven asunder or the
dead were made to speak (this would be the one!) But truly the Command is with Allah in things! Do not the
Believers know that had Allah (so) willed He could have guided all mankind (to
the Right)? But the Unbelievers never will disaster cease to seize them for
their (ill) deeds or to settle close to their homes until the Promise of Allah
come to pass for verily Allah will not fail in His promise.
*Note: 17:We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that
which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it
causes nothing but loss after loss.
Quran is a healing and mercy,hence it cures by the will of Allah
Bukhari
relates from Abu Said al-Khudri that one man heard another reciting al-Ikhlas (Qur'an
112) over and over again, so when morning came he went to the Prophet (Allah
bless him and give him peace) and sarcastically mentioned it to him. The
Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, "By Him in whose hand
is my soul, it equals one-third of the Qur'an." Daraqutni recorded another
version of this hadith in which the man said, "I have a neighbor who prays
at night and does not recite anything but al-Ikhlas." The hadith shows
that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) confirmed the persons
restricting himself to this sura while praying at night, despite its not being
what the Prophet himself did (Allah bless him and give him peace), for though
the Prophets practice of reciting from the whole Qur'an was superior, the mans
act was within the general parameters of the sunna and there was nothing
blameworthy about it in any case.
*Note:18:27 And recite what has been revealed to thee
of the Book of thy Lord: none can change His Words and none wilt thou find as a
refuge other than Him.
Ahmad
and Ibn Hibban relates from Abdullah ibn Burayda that his father said, I
entered the mosque with the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), where
a man was at prayer, supplicating: "O Allah, I ask You by the fact that I
testify You are Allah, there is no god but You, the One, the Ultimate, who did
not beget and was not begotten, and to whom none is equal", and the
Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, "By Him in whose hand
is my soul, he has asked Allah by His greatest name, which if He is asked by it
He gives, and if supplicated He answers(Adilla Ahl al-Sunna wa'al-Jamaa,
119-33).
*Note:7:180 The most beautiful names belong to Allah:
so call on Him by them; but shun such men as use profanity in His names: for
what they do they will soon be requited.
15.Maintanence
Of Mosques Are Given To Believers
Prayers
(Salat) Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 8
:: Hadith 437 Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
In
the life-time of Allah's Apostle the mosque was built of adobes, its roof of
the leaves of date-palms and its pillars of the stems of date-palms. Abu Bakr
did not alter it. 'Umar expanded it on the same pattern as it was in the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle by using adobes, leaves of date-palms and changing
the pillars into wooden ones. 'Uthman changed it by expanding it to a great
extent and built its walls with engraved stones and lime and made its pillars
of engraved stones and its roof of teak wood.
*Note:Believers
can make changes for the benefit
16. Congregating
people behind one Imam to pray Salat al Tahajjud after Salat Al Tarawih, in the
two Holy Mosques and other mosques.
17.Reciting
the Prayer of Completion of the Qu'ran in Salat al Tarawih and also in Salat al
Tahajjud.
18.Designating
the 27th night of Ramadan to complete reading the entire Qu'ran in the two Holy
Mosques.
19.A
caller saying, after Salat al Tarawih, in the Qiyam prayer, "May Allah
reward you."
These
are some of the developments instituted by the Prophet's Companions, the
scholars, and the honorable members of his nation, which had its origin in
practice from earlier times.
As
for the claim that there is no such thing in religion as good innovation, here
are some sayings of the brilliant scholars of Islam belying this claim.
Imam
Nawawi said in Sahih Muslim (6-21)
"The
Prophet's saying every innovation is a general-particular and it is a reference
to most innovations. The linguists say, "Innovation is any act done
without a previous pattern, and it is of five different kinds.'" Imam
Nawawi also said in Tahzeeb al Asma' wal Sifaat, "Innovation in religious
law is to originate anything which did not exist during the time of the
Prophet, and it is divided into good and bad." He also said,
"Al-muhdathat (pl. for muhdatha) is to originate something that has no
roots in religious law. In the tradition of religious law it is called
innovation, and if it has an origin within the religious law, then it is not
innovation. Innovation in religious law is disagreeable, unlike in the language
where everything that has been originated without a previous pattern is called
innovation regardless of whether it is good or bad."
Shaykh
Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani, the commentator on Al Bukhari, said,
"Anything
that did not exist during the Prophet's time is called innovation, but some are
good while others are not."
Abu
Na'eem, narrated from Ibrahim Al Junaid, said, "I heard Ash-Shafi'i
saying,
"Innovation
is of two types; praiseworthy innovation and blameworthy innovation, and anything
that disagrees with the Sunnah is blameworthy.'"
Imam
Albayhaqi narrated in Manaqib Ash-Shafi'i that Ash-Shafi'i said,
"Innovations
are of two types: that which contradicts the Qu'ran, the Sunnah, or unanimous
agreement of the Muslims is a innovation of deception, while a good innovation
does not contradict any of these things."
Al
`Izz bin Abdussalam said, at the end of his book, Al Qawa'id,
"Innovation
is divided into obligatory, forbidden, recommended, disagreeable and
permissible, and the way to know which is which is to match it against the
religious law."
Clearly
we see from the opinions of these righteous scholars, that to define
innovations in worship as wholly negative without exception is ignorant. For
these pious knowers, among them Imam Nawawi and Ash-Shafi'i, declared that
innovations could be divided into good and bad, based on their compliance or
deviance with religious law.
Moreover,
the following Prophetic saying is known even to common Muslims, let alone
scholars: "He who inaugurates a good practice (sunnatun hasana) in Islam
earns the reward of it, and of all who perform it after him, without
diminishing their own rewards in the least." Therefore it is permissible
for a Muslim to re-establish a good practice with has its origin in Quran and
Hadith.A good practice,a good innovation (sanna sunnatun hasana) is to
establish a practice through personal reasoning (ijtihad) and derivation
(istinbat) from the rules of religious law or its general texts. The actions of
the Prophet's Companions and the generation following them which we have stated
above is the strongest evidence.
Al
Shafi'i said, "Anything that has a foundation in religious law is not an
innovation even if the Companions did not do it, because their refraining from
doing it might have been for a certain excuse they had at the time, or they
left it for something better, or perhaps not all of them knew about it."
Therefore, whoever prohibits anything based on the concept that the Prophet did
not do it, his claim has no proof and must be rejected.
Allah
knows best