Allah does not accept the deeds of an innovator

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Ibn Abī al-‘Āsim said: “Chapter on what was mentioned on the authority of the Prophet (ﷺ): Allāh does not accept the deeds of an innovator

The prophet (ﷺ) said:

إن الله حجز – أو قال : حجب – التوبة عن كل صاحب بدعة

Indeed, Allāh places a barrier – or he said a veil – upon the repentance of every person of innovation.” (Kitab as-Sunnah of Ibn Abī ‘Āsim #37. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)


Al-Hasan al-Basrī and Hishām ibn Hassān said:

صَاحِبُ البِدْعَةٍ لَا يَقبَلُ اللهُ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ، وَلَا صِيَامًا، وَلَا حَجًّا، وَلَا عُمرَةً، وَلَا جِهَادًا، ولا صَدَقَة، ولا عتقا،  وَلَا صَرفًا، وَلَا عَدلًا

From the person of innovation Allāh does not accept the prayer, nor fasting, nor hajj, nor ‘umrah, nor jihād, nor charity, nor emancipation (of slaves), nor turning away (i.e repentance), nor ransom/compensation. (Kitāb al-‘Itisām of Al-Shātibī 1/106, and Sharh Usūl-I’tiqād Ahlul-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah 1/305 #237, Sahīh)

Al-Hasan al-Basrī said:

لَا يَقبَلُ اللهُ مِن صَاحِبِ البِدْعَةِ شَيئًا

Allāh does not accept anything from the person of innovation. (Sharh Usūl-I’tiqād Ahlul-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah 1/306 #238, Hasan)

Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyād said:

لَا يُرْفَعُ لِصَاحِبِ بِدَعَةٍ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَمَلٌ

No action of the person of innovation is raised to Allāh. (Sharh Usūl-I’tiqād Ahlul-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah 1/307 #239, Sahīh)

Ayyūb al-Sikhtiyānī said:

ما ازداد صاحب بدعة اجتهادا ، إلا ازداد من الله بعدا

The more a person of innovation strives (in worship), the farther he draws from Allāh. (Kitāb al-‘Itisām of Al-Shātibī 1/106)

Published by أبو زكريا عيسى الألباني

BSc (Hons) Microbiology | Qur'ān | Sunnah |

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