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.