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**larentont** · 05-05-2012, 06:08 AM

Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi's opinion seems to rest emotionally on his attachment to the sunnah, and against bid'as that abolish or lead to (further) neglect of the sunnah. That is what I can discern and perhaps he is citing a wisdom that is aware of the sunnah in much more detail than others are and feels they are hiding the sunnah thereby. This is understandable and noteworthy to differentiate from those who oppose bid'a for the fact of hating bid'a for itself, rather than hating it because of what it distracts from.

This is a matter of Usul.

Bid'a exists right from the get-go in Islam. In fact, the polemic refuting Sunniforum members regularly and excessively engage in, is in fact, itself a bid'a that Imam al-Bayhaqi spoke about and said is a good bid'a for the sake of establishing the truth (although its clear how it can be a bad bid'a too)! There are other bid'as as well, like shaking hands with people which I believe the Muslims got from the Ashari tribe of Yemen.

The following diagram is a survey of the topic I have put together.

Source: http://muslimology.wordpress.com/201...standing-bida/

05-05-2012, 06:08 AM	#9
larentont Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 520 Senior Member	Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi's opinion seems to rest emotionally on his attachment to the sunnah, and against bid'as that abolish or lead to (further) neglect of the sunnah. That is what I can discern and perhaps he is citing a wisdom that is aware of the sunnah in much more detail than others are and feels they are hiding the sunnah thereby. This is understandable and noteworthy to differentiate from those who oppose bid'a for the fact of hating bid'a for itself, rather than hating it because of what it distracts from. This is a matter of Usul. Bid'a exists right from the get-go in Islam. In fact, the polemic refuting Sunniforum members regularly and excessively engage in, is in fact, itself a bid'a that Imam al-Bayhaqi spoke about and said is a good bid'a for the sake of establishing the truth (although its clear how it can be a bad bid'a too)! There are other bid'as as well, like shaking hands with people which I believe the Muslims got from the Ashari tribe of Yemen. The following diagram is a survey of the topic I have put together. Source: http://muslimology.wordpress.com/201...standing-bida/
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