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People of bid’ah are not to be excommunicated

Those who excommunicate the exponents of heresy and fancy (ahl al-bid`ah wa al-ahwa’), like the Shi `ah, the Mu `tazilah and others, go against the Quran and the Sunnah, the Consensus of the Companions and the Successors. The proof that … Continue reading

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Forms of worship, lawful (shar’i) and unlawful (bid`ah)

The lawful (shar i) forms of worship are those which God and His Messenger have instituted, such as salah, fasting, reading the Quran, praying in the night, visiting Makkah and the other two mosques, charity, jihad, remembering God, and invoking … Continue reading

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