Linguistically Bid’ah (innovation) means ‘a newly invented matter’. The Sharee’ah definition of Bid’ah is: “A newly invented way [beliefs or action] in the religion, in imitation of the Sharee’ah (prescribed Law), by which nearness to Allaah is sought, [but] not being supported by any authentic proof – neither in its foundations, nor in the manner [...]

There has been increasing misconceptions about this concept in many groups of Muslims. The increasing ignorance in this matter also led people to move away from the right path of Islam. Intercession means mediating for someone else to gain some benefit or ward off some harm. It is of two types: Intercession that will take [...]

Shirk basically is polytheism, i.e., the worship of others along with Allah. It also implies attributing divine attributes to any other besides Allah. It particularly implies associating partners in worship with Allah or to believe that the source of power, harm or blessings is from others besides Allah. Types There are three types of Shirk, [...]

Tawheed in Arabic means attributing Oneness to Allaah and describing Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes. The Arabs say waahid, ahad and waheed, all meaning one. Allaah is Waahid, meaning that He has no rivals or peers in any way. So Tawheed means knowing Allaah [...]