MAll Things Muslims

Creed

Hadith 5 of 42

Title

Innovations are rejected

Arabic

مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِي أَمْرِنَا هَذَا مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ.

Translation

Whoever introduces into this affair of ours that which is not from it — it is rejected.

Narrator

ʿĀʾishah

Source

Bukhārī 2697 · Muslim 1718

Commentary

The charter against bidʿah. The religion was completed during the Prophet's ﷺ life; what he did not do in worship, no one after him gets to add. Note the scope: 'this affair of ours' means the religion, not everyday life.

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