Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Note: al-Bayhaqi narrated with a saheeh isnaad from Sa‘eed ibn al-Musayyab that he saw a man praying more than two rak‘ahs after dawn broke, bowing and prostrating a great deal, and he told him not to do that. The man said: O Abu Muhammad, will Allah punish me for praying? He said: No, but He will punish you for going against the Sunnah. This is an example of the brilliant answers of Sa‘eed ibn al-Musayyab (may Allah have mercy on him), and it is a powerful weapon against the innovators who think many innovations are good on the grounds that they are dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and prayer, then they criticize Ahl as-Sunnah for criticising their actions and accuse them of forbidding dhikr and prayer!, When in fact they are only criticizing their going against the Sunnah with regard to dhikr and prayer and so on. End quote from Irwa’ al-Ghaleel, 2/236.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 13:56:17 +0000
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