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Questions tagged [bidah]

Bidah means innovation in the religion, or something made up and introduced as a part of Islam.

Bidah means innovation in the religion, or something made up and introduced as a part of Islam.

There are different of opinions about what is a bidah and what isn't and whereby good bidah exists, or only bad and forbidden bidah exists.

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What is the proper approach to Bid'ah?

There are certain things which may be accepted as proper worship in a religion, but others may consider it Bid'ah. For example, some people say that reciting "Ameen" after the Fatihah in prayer is a Bid'ah because it is a non-Arabic word. Or that…
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Is using a microphone for Azan bidah?

There are no hadiths saying that the call to prayer was made using a microphone. As Azan is considered an act of worship/religious observance, would using a microphone or tape recorder count as bidah? Bonus question: Is it bidah to use other loud…
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Is extra ibadah considered bidah?

If, for example, I say that I would repeat Subhanallah 10000 times, and Hz. Muhammad (pbuh) didn't advice such thing, is it considered bidah, or should I claim that this ibadah is part of religion in order for it to be bidah?
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Wife into bidah stuff and won’t say anything

My wife is into bidah stuff which she believes her mother use to do and she has been taught such way e.g. warding off evil eye by egg and throwing it away. Her mother knew I didn’t like it so she didn’t use to do it front of me but given my in laws…
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I found this question but didn't get the answer for it

The hadith of Abu Lahab's punishment being eased in Jahanam on Mondays for celebrating the Birth of the Prophet SAWAWS is very well known and is Sahih. You may find it in Sahih Bukhari and other Hadith books I did not find this on sunnah.com, so I…
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