ⓘ Wise Words From Ayyūb as-Sakhtiyānī (one of the Salaf [Predecessors]) ❎ Do not be deceived by the good character of a person of Bid'ah (Innovation) 💬 Allāh’s Messenger - ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم - said; ❝ I counsel you to *fear Allāh* and to *give absolute obedience* [in everything that is not disobedience to Allāh] even if a slave becomes your leader. Verily he among you who *lives [long] will see great controversy*, so you must *keep to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the rightly-guided Khalifahs* - bite onto it with your molars. *Beware of newly invented matters*, for *every invented matter is an innovation* and *every innovation is a going astray*, and *every going astray is in Hell-fire*.❞ Related by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī Translation: Dr Amjad Rafīq 🟩 *The Messenger - ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم - has taught us* that when we see controversy/ splitting/ differing we should *return to his Sunnah, and the Sunnah of his successors*. 🟥 All Bid'ah (innovation in the religion) is misguidance and *leads a person astray*. #abujasunni #innovation #abuja