Important Concept Of Bidah In Islam
Any kind of modernization and innovation done in Islam is called Bidah. Innovations are done in religious matters according to the needs of current time but before making any innovation in Islam, it is made sure that these changes are done in accordance with the Islamic Shariah. According to Imam Shaafi, innovations in Islam are of two types. First type of innovation is that in which any new concepts are introduced in Islam which are neither good nor match with the principles of Quran and Sunnah.
Second type of innovation is that which is good in nature but it is not destined in Islam as well. People often introduce many new innovations which are absolutely different from the Islamic Shariah. There are many different steps of Hajj and Umrah and each single step is important individually and should not be ignored or modified. If you and your family is planning to travel for Umrah and Hajj by availing any of the Ramadan Umrah Package 2017 from London or other, and want to gather as much as blessings they can, then one must have proper guidance of all the steps of performing Hajj and Umrah. This guidance should be taken from authentic sources and from reliable people who will guide
you all the steps without involving any new innovation which may displease Allah.
The rational and constantly changing mind never see old traditions in one way and never falls into the trap of going back to old ideologies. Even Islam has given the concept of Ijtihad which means independent reasoning or the utmost effort an individual can put forth in an activity. If at any point a Muslim think that certain rules of Islam need to be modified than he can modify them with the consent of proper scholars of Islam. For example, a group of people debate that capturing your pictures is haram in Islam but due to security reasons it is a need of the present world that people have to provide their pictures to the authorities even before performing Hajj and Umrah.
Islam is not a conservative religion, but one of the severest mistakes Muslims have committed, is closing the doors of Ijtihad. As belonging to the Muslim community, we should keep in mind that the verses of Quran and hadith are given in certain context and that context should be kept in mind before debating on any issue and before making Bidah. As long as any rule is not going strictly against the teachings of Islam and not causing any harm, then they can be modified according to the present needs by the permission of an authentic scholar and with the vote of majority of Muslims.
