[29] Notification to Ahlul Bidah and The Mumayyi’ah: These Clarifications Are Coming Back!

January 19, 2026 | Abdullah Jallow | Aqeedah (Creed & Belief), Articles, Bid’ah (Innovation), Contemporary Issues, Fitnah, History of Islam, Innovations In Islam (Bidah), Methodology – ‘Manhaj’, Morals and Manners – ‘Akhlaaq’, Refutations, Sahaabah, Salaf As Saalih (Pious Predecessors), Scholars of Islam, The Salaf – Pious Predecessors

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Beware of bidah! So it was said: “O father of Abdullah! What is bidah? He said:

“The people of bidah- those who speak (based on speculation) about Allah’s Names, His Attributes, His Speech, His Knowledge and His Qudrah, and they do not keep quiet about what the Sahabah kept quiet about and those who followed them exactly in faith.”

He said:

“If theological rhetoric was knowledge, the Sahabah and their followers would have spoken about it just as they spoke about the rulings of the religion, but it is falsehood and leads to falsehood.”

Sharhus Sunnah 1/217 by Imam Al-Baghawi, may Allah have mercy upon him.