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Bid’ah and the Salaf’s Worship

By Imam Abu ‘l-Hasanat ‘Abd al-Hayy al-Laknawi

“Bid‘ah and the Salaf’s Worship” by Imam Abu ’l-Hasanat ‘Abd al-Hayy al-Laknawi (d.1504 AH). Edited and revised with explanatory notes by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah

Chapter 1

The practices of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), Successors, and their Successors or those who followed them during their era without being objected to shall not be classified as a reprehensible innovation.

The eminent scholar Sa‘ad al-Din al-Taftazani (Mas‘ud ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd Allah, an imam of great esteem) states: