Salafiyyah is not a Hizbi (partisan) Madhhab - QSEP

An Example of Distorting an Authentic Hadeeth
"He, who initiates a Sunnah Husna in Islam…"
The proponents of Bidah often distort the meaning of the following
Hadeeth to justify their innovations:
"He, who establishes/initiates a Sunnah Husna (good Sunnah) in
Islam, he will have the reward of those who perform it after him
until the Day of Judgment." [Saheeh Muslim]
Shaikh Fawzan says (in al-Muntaqa min Fatawa Shaikh Salih ibn Fawzan
al-Fawzan, (1/173) while explaining the correct understanding of the
Hadeeth,
"This Hadeeth does not prove their stance because Allah's
Messenger did not say,
'Whosoever innovates a Bidah,'
rather he said,
"Whosoever initiates a good Sunnah."
and Sunnah is the opposite of Bidah. Sunnah is something that is in
agreement with the Qur'aan and the Sunnah and in agreement with
the proof.
So (the meaning of the Hadeeth is) he, who performs a Sunnah
which is proved by the Qur'aan and the Sunnah, he will have the
reward of it (his actio n) and the reward of those who perform it
until the Day of Judgment.
(Thus,) Whoever revives a Sunnah and performs it for the
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